STRONGS NUMBER H7922


Word Summary
sekel: prudence, insight
Original Word: שֶׂכֶל
Transliteration: sekel
Phonetic Spelling: (seh'-kel)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: prudence, insight
Meaning: intelligence, success
Strong's Concordance
discretion, knowledge, policy, prudence, sense, understanding, wisdom, wise

Or sekel {say'-kel}; from sakal; intelligence; by implication, success -- discretion, knowledge, policy, prudence, sense, understanding, wisdom, wise.

see HEBREW sakal

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H7922. sekel

שֶׂ֫כֶל שֵׂ֫כֶל,noun masculine prudence, insight; — ׳שֵׂ֫‎ absolute Psalm 111:10 +, construct Proverbs 19:11 +; ׳שֶׂ‎ absolute 1 Samuel 25:3 +; שָׂ֑כֶלJob 17:4; suffix שִׂכְלוֺProverbs 12:8; Daniel 8:25; —

1 prudence, good sense: שׂ ׳טוֺבַת‎ woman of good sense 1 Samuel 25:3.

2 insight, understanding: "" בִינָה1 Chronicles 22:12; 2 Chronicles 2:11, compare Job 17:4; ׳שׂ טוֺבProverbs 3:4; 13:15; Psalm 111:10; 2 Chronicles 30:22; שׂ ׳אִישׂEzra 8:18; בְּשׂ ׳יוֺעֵץ1 Chronicles 26:14; שׂ חַיִּים ׳מְקוֺר בְּעָלָיוProverbs 16:22; restrains from anger 19:11, wins praise 12:8, fool despises ׳שׂ מִלִּים23:9; שׂ ׳שׂוֺםNehemiah 8:8 ("" הֵבִין‎) set forth (the) understanding (i.e. the meaning).

3 bad sense, cunning, craft, Daniel 8:25.