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Lexicon :: Strong's H3515 - kāḇēḏ

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כָּבֵד
Transliteration
kāḇēḏ
Pronunciation
kaw-bade'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 943a

Strong’s Definitions

כָּבֵד kâbêd, kaw-bade'; from H3513; heavy; figuratively in a good sense (numerous) or in a bad sense (severe, difficult, stupid):—(so) great, grievous, hard(-ened), (too) heavy(-ier), laden, much, slow, sore, thick.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 38x

The KJV translates Strong's H3515 in the following manner: great (8x), grievous (8x), heavy (8x), sore (4x), hard (2x), much (2x), slow (2x), hardened (1x), heavier (1x), laden (1x), thick (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 38x
The KJV translates Strong's H3515 in the following manner: great (8x), grievous (8x), heavy (8x), sore (4x), hard (2x), much (2x), slow (2x), hardened (1x), heavier (1x), laden (1x), thick (1x).

  1. heavy, great

    1. heavy

    2. massive, abundant, numerous

    3. heavy, dull

    4. hard, difficult, burdensome

    5. very oppressive, numerous, rich

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
כָּבֵד kâbêd, kaw-bade'; from H3513; heavy; figuratively in a good sense (numerous) or in a bad sense (severe, difficult, stupid):—(so) great, grievous, hard(-ened), (too) heavy(-ier), laden, much, slow, sore, thick.
STRONGS H3515: Abbreviations
כָּבֵד adjective heavy; — כ׳ Genesis 41:31+ 34 times; construct כְּבַד Exodus 4:10 (twice in verse); כֶּבֶד Isaiah 1:4; plural כְּבֵדִים Exodus 17:12; construct כִּבְדֵי Ezekiel 3:5,6; —
1. a. heavy, a burden Psalm 38:5; hands (weary of holding up) Exodus 17:12 (E), hair of head 2 Samuel 14:26, a corpulent old man 1 Samuel 4:18; עַם כֶבֶד עָוֺן Isaiah 1:4 a people heavy with (the burden of) iniquity; a cloud charged with rain Exodus 19:16 (E); a rock of large size Isaiah 32:2; oppressive, grievous, burdensome, a yoke 1 Kings 12:4,11 2 Chronicles 10:4,11; a famine Genesis 12:10; Genesis 41:31; Genesis 43:1; Genesis 47:4,13 (J); the vexation (כַּעַס) of a fool Proverbs 27:3; vehement, sore, of a mourning Genesis 50:11(J).
b. massive, abundant, numerous, of a people עַם Numbers 20:20 (J) 1 Kings 3:9; army חיל 2 Kings 6:14; 2 Kings 18:14 = Isaiah 36:2 insect swarm Exodus 8:20 (J).
c. heavy, dull of speech and tongue Exodus 4:10 (twice in verse) (JE); of the לֵב, hard Exodus 7:14 (J).
d. hard, difficult, of a thing to be done Exodus 18:18 (E) Numbers 11:14 (J); of a language to be understood Ezekiel 3:5,6.
2. in the usage of J כָּבֵד מְאֹד is frequent:
a. very oppressive, grievous, of hail Exodus 9:18,24; murrain Exodus 9:8; lamentation Genesis 50:10.
b. very numerous, cattle Exodus 12:38; army, מַחֲנֶה Genesis 50:9; locusts Exodus 10:14; so חַיִל 1 Kings 10:2 2 Chronicles 9:1.
c. very rich, במקנה in cattle Genesis 13:2.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H3358.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

12:10; 13:2; 41:31; 41:31; 43:1; 47:4; 47:13; 50:9; 50:10; 50:11

Exodus

4:10; 4:10; 7:14; 8:20; 9:8; 9:18; 9:24; 10:14; 12:38; 17:12; 17:12; 18:18; 19:16

Numbers

11:14; 20:20

1 Samuel

4:18

2 Samuel

14:26

1 Kings

3:9; 10:2; 12:4; 12:11

2 Kings

6:14; 18:14

2 Chronicles

9:1; 10:4; 10:11

Psalms

38:5

Proverbs

27:3

Isaiah

1:4; 1:4; 32:2; 36:2

Ezekiel

3:5; 3:5; 3:6; 3:6

H3515

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Strong's Number H3515 matches the Hebrew כָּבֵד (kāḇēḏ),
which occurs 39 times in 38 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:10 - And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was sore in the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:31 - and the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine which followeth; for it shall be very grievous.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:1 - And the famine was sore in the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 47:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:4 - And they said unto Pharaoh, To sojourn in the land are we come; for there is no pasture for thy servants’ flocks; for the famine is sore in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 47:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:13 - And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very sore, so that the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 50:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:9 - And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen: and it was a very great company.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 50:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:10 - And they came to the threshing-floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, and there they lamented with a very great and sore lamentation: and he made a mourning for his father seven days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:11 - And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, This is a grievous mourning to the Egyptians: wherefore the name of it was called Abel-mizraim, which is beyond the Jordan.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:10 - And Moses said unto Jehovah, Oh, Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant; for I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 7:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:14 - And Jehovah said unto Moses, Pharaoh’s heart is stubborn, he refuseth to let the people go.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 8:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:24 - And Jehovah did so; and there came grievous swarms of flies into the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants’ houses: and in all the land of Egypt the land was corrupted by reason of the swarms of flies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:3 - behold, the hand of Jehovah is upon thy cattle which are in the field, upon the horses, upon the asses, upon the camels, upon the herds, and upon the flocks: there shall be a very grievous murrain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:18 - Behold, to-morrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as hath not been in Egypt since the day it was founded even until now.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 9:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:24 - So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very grievous, such as had not been in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 10:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:14 - And the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the borders of Egypt; very grievous were they; before them there were no such locusts as they, neither after them shall be such.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 12:38

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:38 - And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and herds, even very much cattle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 17:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:12 - But Moses’ hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; And his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:18 - Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this people that is with thee: for the thing is too heavy for thee; thou art not able to perform it thyself alone.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 19:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:16 - And it came to pass on the third day, when it was morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of a trumpet exceeding loud; and all the people that were in the camp trembled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 11:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:14 - I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 20:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:20 - And he said, Thou shalt not pass through. And Edom came out against him with much people, and with a strong hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 4:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:18 - And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, that Eli fell from off his seat backward by the side of the gate; and his neck brake, and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:9 - Give thy servant therefore an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and evil; for who is able to judge this thy great people?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:2 - And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels that bare spices, and very much gold, and precious stones; and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 12:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:4 - Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make thou the grievous service of thy father, and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, lighter, and we will serve thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 12:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:11 - And now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 6:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:14 - Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a great host: and they came by night, and compassed the city about.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 18:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:17 - And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rab-saris and Rabshakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great army unto Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they were come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is in the highway of the fuller’s field.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:1 - And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great train, and camels that bare spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:4 - Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make thou the grievous service of thy father, and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, lighter, and we will serve thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:11 - And now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 38:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:4 -
For mine iniquities are gone over my head:
As a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:3 -
A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty;
But a fool’s vexation is heavier than they both.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:4 - Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evil-doers, children that deal corruptly! they have forsaken Jehovah, they have despised the Holy One of Israel, they are estranged and gone backward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 32:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:2 - And a man shall be as a hiding-place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest, as streams of water in a dry place, as the shade of a great rock in a weary land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 36:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:2 - And the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem unto king Hezekiah with a great army. And he stood by the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller’s field.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:5 - For thou art not sent to a people of a strange speech and of a hard language, but to the house of Israel;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:6 - not to many peoples of a strange speech and of a hard language, whose words thou canst not understand. Surely, if I sent thee to them, they would hearken unto thee.
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