Chokmah means wisdom, skill, or shrewd insight. It appears about 150 times. It encompasses practical skill, moral discernment, intellectual understanding, and — supremely — the fear of the LORD as the beginning of all true wisdom.
Biblical wisdom is not mere intelligence but the skill of living rightly before God. Chokmah is personified in Proverbs 8 as present with God at creation, leading the church to see Christ as the embodiment of divine wisdom (1 Corinthians 1:24). All reality is morally ordered by God.