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Lexicon :: Strong's H3513 - kāḇaḏ

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כָּבַד
Transliteration
kāḇaḏ
Pronunciation
kaw-bad'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 943

Strong’s Definitions

כָּבַד kâbad, kaw-bad'; or כָּבֵד kâbêd; a primitive root; to be heavy, i.e. in a bad sense (burdensome, severe, dull) or in a good sense (numerous, rich, honorable); causatively, to make weighty (in the same two senses):—abounding with, more grievously afflict, boast, be chargeable, × be dim, glorify, be (make) glorious (things), glory, (very) great, be grievous, harden, be (make) heavy, be heavier, lay heavily, (bring to, come to, do, get, be had in) honour (self), (be) honourable (man), lade, × more be laid, make self many, nobles, prevail, promote (to honour), be rich, be (go) sore, stop.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 116x

The KJV translates Strong's H3513 in the following manner: honour (34x), glorify (14x), honourable (14x), heavy (13x), harden (7x), glorious (5x), sore (3x), made heavy (3x), chargeable (2x), great (2x), many (2x), heavier (2x), promote (2x), miscellaneous (10x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 116x
The KJV translates Strong's H3513 in the following manner: honour (34x), glorify (14x), honourable (14x), heavy (13x), harden (7x), glorious (5x), sore (3x), made heavy (3x), chargeable (2x), great (2x), many (2x), heavier (2x), promote (2x), miscellaneous (10x).
  1. to be heavy, be weighty, be grievous, be hard, be rich, be honourable, be glorious, be burdensome, be honoured

    1. (Qal)

      1. to be heavy

      2. to be heavy, be insensible, be dull

      3. to be honoured

    2. (Niphal)

      1. to be made heavy, be honoured, enjoy honour, be made abundant

      2. to get oneself glory or honour, gain glory

    3. (Piel)

      1. to make heavy, make dull, make insensible

      2. to make honourable, honour, glorify

    4. (Pual) to be made honourable, be honoured

    5. (Hiphil)

      1. to make heavy

      2. to make heavy, make dull, make unresponsive

      3. to cause to be honoured

    6. (Hithpael)

      1. to make oneself heavy, make oneself dense, make oneself numerous

      2. to honour oneself

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
כָּבַד kâbad, kaw-bad'; or כָּבֵד kâbêd; a primitive root; to be heavy, i.e. in a bad sense (burdensome, severe, dull) or in a good sense (numerous, rich, honorable); causatively, to make weighty (in the same two senses):—abounding with, more grievously afflict, boast, be chargeable, × be dim, glorify, be (make) glorious (things), glory, (very) great, be grievous, harden, be (make) heavy, be heavier, lay heavily, (bring to, come to, do, get, be had in) honour (self), (be) honourable (man), lade, × more be laid, make self many, nobles, prevail, promote (to honour), be rich, be (go) sore, stop.
STRONGS H3513: Abbreviations
כָּבֵד verb be heavy, weighty, burdensome, honoured (Late Hebrew Pi. honour, and derivatives, כֹּבֶד weight; Phoenician proper name, feminine כבדת = honoured one, and in compound proper name; Ethiopic bdb045701 be heavy, etc.; Assyrian kabâdu or kabâtu, grow or be heavy, DlHWB; compare Arabic bdb045702 difficulty, distress; bdb045703 III. struggle with difficulties, etc.; Zinjirli כבדו honour, DHMSendsch. 58; Sabean כבודת gifts of honour, = Hebrew נדבה freewill offering DHMZMG 1883, 341 f.
Qal Perfect כ׳ Isaiah 24:20; 3rd person feminine singular כָּֽבְדָה Genesis 18:20 + 4 times; כָּבֵ֑דָה Judges 20:34; 3rd person masculine plural כָּֽבְדוּ Genesis 48:10; Imperfect יִכְבַּד Exodus 9:7; Isaiah 66:5; יִכְבָּ֑ד Job 6:3; Job 33:7 + 10 times Imperfect (כָּבֵד Genesis 12:10 + is given as 3rd person masculine Perfect by some; but it is probably taken better as adjective SS make כָּבֵד Psalm 38:5 infinitive absolute; < Thes adjective). —
1. be heavy, in weight, of misfortune, heavier than sand Job 6:3; of God's hand in punishment 1 Samuel 5:11, with אֶל 1 Samuel 5:6; עַל Psalm 32:4; of man's hand in war Judges 1:35; יָדִי כָּֽבְדָה עַלאַֿנְחָתִי my hand is heavy upon my groaning Job 23:2 is explained by Targum Hrz Schlottm as hand smiting me; but read rather with Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version Ew De Reu Di יָדוֺ of God's hand; of pressure אַכְפִּי Job 33:7 (Greek Version of the LXX כַּפִּי); = vehement, sore, of battle Judges 20:34; with אֶל 1 Samuel 31:3 = עַל 1 Chronicles 10:3; burdensome, grievous; וְלֹא נִכְבַּד עָלֶי֑ךָ lest we be burdensome unto thee 2 Samuel 13:23; of work laid upon one, bondage, with עַל Exodus 5:9 (JE) Nehemiah 5:18; of sin conceived as a burden Genesis 18:20 (J), iniquities Psalm 38:5; transgressions, with עַל Isaiah 24:20.
2. heavy, insensible, dull,of the eyes, so as to be unable to see Genesis 48:10 (JE); of the ears Isaiah 59:1; of the לֵב, hard, insensible Exodus 9:7 (J; P and E's synonym is חָזַק, which see).
3. be honoured (compare βαρύς) of a man Job 14:21 (opposed to יצערו : compare Hiph. 3), of Tyre Ezekiel 27:25, of Yahweh Isaiah 66:5.
Niph. Perfect נִכְבַּד 2 Samuel 6:20, נִכְבָּ֔ד 2 Samuel 23:19, 23; 1 Chronicles 11:21; נִכְבַּדְתָּ Isaiah 43:4; + 2 times Perfect; Imperfect אֶכָּבֵד Leviticus 10:3; Isaiah 49:5; אִכָּֽבְדָה Exodus 14:4, 17; אִכָּבֵ֑דָה 2 Samuel 6:22; אִכָּֽבְדָ֯ Haggai 1:8; Imperative הִכָּבֵד 2 Kings 14:10; Infinitive הִכָּֽבְדִי Exodus 14:18; Ezekiel 39:13; Participle נִכְבָּד Genesis 34:19 + 6 times; plural נִכְבָּדִים Numbers 22:15; construct נִכְבַּדֵּי Isaiah 23:8, 9; Proverbs 8:24; נִכְבַּדֶּיהָ Nahum 3:10; נִכְבְּדֵיהֶם Psalm 149:8; Plural feminine נִכְבָּדוֺת Psalm 87:3
1. passive.
a. be made heavy from abundance, מַעְיָנוֺת נִכְבַּדֵּיֿ מָ֑יִם fountains abounding in water Proverbs 8:24.
b. be honoured, enjoy honour, of man 1 Samuel 9:6; 1 Samuel 22:14; 2 Samuel 6:20, 22; 2 Samuel 23:19 = 1 Chronicles 11:21; 2 Samuel 23:23; 2 Kings 14:10; Isaiah 43:4; Isaiah 49:5; 1 Chronicles 4:9 וַיְהִי נִכְבָּד, 1 Chronicles 11:25 נִכְבָּד הוּא (altered from 2 Samuel 23:23); but more frequent in participle as substantive honourable, honoured, distinguished man Genesis 34:19; Numbers 22:15 (JE) Isaiah 3:5; Isaiah 23:8, 9; Nahum 3:10; Psalm 149:8; נִכְבָּדוֺת Psalm 87:3 glorious things; הַשֵּׁם הַנִּכְבָּד וְהַנּוֺרָא Deuteronomy 28:58 the glorious and awe-inspiring name (of Yahweh).
2. medial, get oneself glory (or honour), of God Isaiah 26:15; Ezekiel 28:22; Ezekiel 39:13; Haggai 1:8; with בְּ in or by any one Exodus 14:4, 17, 18 (P); עַל־פְּנֵי Leviticus 10:3 (P).
Piel Perfect 2nd person masculine suffix כִּבַּדְתָּ֫נִי Isaiah 43:23; 3rd person masculine plural כִּבְּדוּ 1 Samuel 6:6; + 3 times Perfect; Imperfect יְכַבֵּד Malachi 1:6 + 3 times; suffix יְכַבְּדָ֑נְנִי Psalm 50:23; 3rd person feminine singular suffix תְּכַבְּדֵנִי Isaiah 43:20; אֲכַבְּדָה Psalm 86:12; + 12 times Imperfect; Imperative כַּבֵּד Exodus 20:12 + 2 times; + 3 times Imperative; Infinitive absolute כַּבֵּד Numbers 22:17; + 2 times Infinitive; Participle מְכַבֵּד 2 Samuel 10:3; + 4 times Participle; —
1. make heavy, insensible (compare Qal 2) the לב(ב) 1 Samuel 6:6 (twice in verse).
2. make honourable, honour, glorify, usually with human subject:
a. human object, parents Exodus 20:12 = Deuteronomy 5:16 Dec.), Malachi 1:6; Balaam Numbers 22:17 (twice in verse); Numbers 22:37; Numbers 24:11 (twice in verse)(JE); sons of Eli 1 Samuel 2:29; Saul 1 Samuel 15:30; Nahash 2 Samuel 10:3 = 1 Chronicles 19:3; Jerusalem Lamentations 1:8; more generally Psalm 15:4; subject God 1 Samuel 2:30b Psalm 91:15, compare Proverbs 4:8.
b. object things, sacred place Isaiah 60:13 (God subject); the Sabbath Isaiah 58:13.
c. God object 1 Samuel 2:30a Isaiah 24:15; Isaiah 25:3; Isaiah 43:20; Psalm 22:24; Psalm 50:15; Psalm 50:23; Proverbs 14:31; + accusative of thing זבחיך Isaiah 43:23; + בְּ instrumental (lips) Isaiah 29:13; + (מֵהוֺנֶ֑ךָ) מִן Proverbs 3:9; object the name of י׳, with accusative Psalm 86:12; with לְ Psalm 86:9; object the מַלְאַךְ י׳ Judges 13:17.
d. subject indefinite (si vera lectio), object God and man Judges 9:9 (of olive; on text, especially בּוֺ for בִּי, see GFM).
e. object a heathen god לֶאֱלֹהַּ Daniel 11:38 (twice in verse).
Pu. be made honourable, honoured. Imperfect יְכֻבָּ֑ד Proverbs 13:18; Proverbs 27:18; Participle מְכֻבָּד Isaiah 58:13.
Hiph. Perfect הִכְבִּיד Lamentations 3:7 + 5 times; 2nd person feminine הִכְבַּדְתְּ Isaiah 47:6 + 4 times Perfect; Imperfect וַיַּכְבֵּד Exodus 8:28; Exodus 9:34; Imperative הַכְבֵּד Isaiah 6:10; Infin. absolute הַכְבֵּד Exodus 8:11; construct הַכְבִּיד 2 Chronicles 25:19; Participle מַכְבִּיד Habakkuk 2:6. —
1. make heavy, a yoke 1 Kings 12:10, 14 2 Chronicles 10:10, 14; Isaiah 47:6 elliptical with עַל Nehemiah 5:15; a chain Lamentations 3:7; pledges, with עַל Habakkuk 2:6.
2. make heavy, dull, unresponsive, the ears Isaiah 6:10; Zechariah 7:11; the לֵב Exodus 8:11; Exodus 8:28; Exodus 9:34; Exodus 10:1(J).
3. cause to be honoured, of depopulated districts of northeast Israel, Isaiah 8:23 [Isaiah 9:1], of restored nation Jeremiah 30:19 (|| לא יצערו); shew or display honour, 2 Chronicles 25:19 לְהַכְבִּיד (in || 2 Kings 14:10 הִכָּבֵד).
Hithp. Imperative הִתְכַּבֵּד Nahum 3:15; feminine הִתְכַּבְּדִי Nahum 3:15; Participle מִתְכַּבֵּד Proverbs 12:9; —
1. make oneself heavy, dense, numerous (compare כָּבֵד 1b) as locusts Nahum 3:15 (twice in verse).
2. honour oneself Proverbs 12:9.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

12:10; 18:20; 18:20; 34:19; 34:19; 48:10; 48:10

Exodus

5:9; 8:11; 8:11; 8:28; 8:28; 9:7; 9:7; 9:34; 9:34; 10:1; 14:4; 14:4; 14:17; 14:17; 14:18; 14:18; 20:12; 20:12

Leviticus

10:3; 10:3

Numbers

22:15; 22:15; 22:17; 22:17; 22:37; 24:11

Deuteronomy

5:16; 28:58

Judges

1:35; 9:9; 13:17; 20:34; 20:34

1 Samuel

2:29; 2:30; 2:30; 5:6; 5:11; 6:6; 6:6; 9:6; 15:30; 22:14; 31:3

2 Samuel

6:20; 6:20; 6:22; 6:22; 10:3; 10:3; 13:23; 23:19; 23:19; 23:23; 23:23; 23:23

1 Kings

12:10; 12:14

2 Kings

14:10; 14:10; 14:10

1 Chronicles

4:9; 10:3; 11:21; 11:21; 11:25; 19:3

2 Chronicles

10:10; 10:14; 25:19; 25:19

Nehemiah

5:15; 5:18

Job

6:3; 6:3; 14:21; 23:2; 33:7; 33:7

Psalms

15:4; 22:24; 32:4; 38:5; 38:5; 50:15; 50:23; 50:23; 86:9; 86:12; 86:12; 87:3; 87:3; 91:15; 149:8; 149:8

Proverbs

3:9; 4:8; 8:24; 8:24; 12:9; 12:9; 13:18; 14:31; 27:18

Isaiah

3:5; 6:10; 6:10; 9:1; 23:8; 23:8; 23:9; 23:9; 24:15; 24:20; 24:20; 25:3; 26:15; 29:13; 43:4; 43:4; 43:20; 43:20; 43:23; 43:23; 47:6; 47:6; 49:5; 49:5; 58:13; 58:13; 59:1; 60:13; 66:5; 66:5

Jeremiah

30:19

Lamentations

1:8; 3:7; 3:7

Ezekiel

27:25; 28:22; 39:13; 39:13

Daniel

11:38

Nahum

3:10; 3:10; 3:15; 3:15; 3:15

Habakkuk

2:6; 2:6

Haggai

1:8; 1:8

Zechariah

7:11

Malachi

1:6; 1:6

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3513 matches the Hebrew כָּבַד (kāḇaḏ),
which occurs 115 times in 108 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 3 (2Ch 10:14–Eze 28:22)

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:14 -

and spoke to them according to the young men’s advice, saying, “My father made your yoke heavy,[fn] but I will add to it; my father disciplined you with whips, but I, with barbed whips.”

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:19 -

“You have said, ‘Look, I[fn] have defeated Edom,’ and you have become overconfident[fn] that you will get glory. Now stay at home. Why stir up such trouble so that you fall and Judah with you? ”

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:15 -

The governors who preceded me had heavily burdened the people, taking from them food and wine as well as a pound[fn] of silver. Their subordinates also oppressed the people, but because of the fear of God, I didn’t do this.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:18 -

Each[fn] day, one ox, six choice sheep, and some fowl were prepared for me. An abundance of all kinds of wine was provided every ten days. But I didn’t demand the food allotted to the governor, because the burden on the people was so heavy.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:3 -

For then it would outweigh the sand of the seas!

That is why my words are rash.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:21 -

If his sons receive honor, he does not know it;

if they become insignificant, he is unaware of it.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:2 -

Today also my complaint is bitter.[fn]

His[fn] hand is heavy despite my groaning.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:7 -

Fear of me should not terrify you;

no pressure from me should weigh you down.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 15:4 -

who despises the one rejected by the LORD[fn]

but honors those who fear the LORD,

who keeps his word whatever the cost,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:23 -

You who fear the LORD, praise him!

All you descendants of Jacob, honor him!

All you descendants of Israel, revere him!

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 32:4 -

For day and night your hand was heavy on me;

my strength was drained[fn]

as in the summer’s heat.Selah

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:4 -

For my iniquities have flooded over my head;

they are a burden too heavy for me to bear.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:15 -

“Call on me in a day of trouble;

I will rescue you, and you will honor me.”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:23 -

“Whoever offers a thanksgiving sacrifice honors me,

and whoever orders his conduct,

I will show him the salvation of God.”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:9 -

All the nations you have made

will come and bow down before you, Lord,

and will honor your name.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:12 -

I will praise you with all my heart, Lord my God,

and will honor your name forever.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 87:3 -

Glorious things are said about you,

city of God.Selah

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:15 -

When he calls out to me, I will answer him;

I will be with him in trouble.

I will rescue him and give him honor.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 149:8 -

binding their kings with chains

and their dignitaries with iron shackles,

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:9 -

Honor the LORD with your possessions

and with the first produce of your entire harvest;

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:8 -

“Cherish her, and she will exalt you;

if you embrace her, she will honor you.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:24 -

“I was born

when there were no watery depths

and no springs filled with water.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:9 -

Better to be disregarded, yet have a servant,

than to act important but have no food.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:18 -

Poverty and disgrace come to those

who ignore discipline,

but the one who accepts correction will be honored.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:31 -

The one who oppresses the poor person insults his Maker,

but one who is kind to the needy honors him.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:18 -

Whoever tends a fig tree will eat its fruit,

and whoever looks after his master will be honored.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:5 -

The people will oppress one another,

man against man, neighbor against neighbor;

the young will act arrogantly toward the old,

and the worthless toward the honorable.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:10 -

Make the minds[fn] of these people dull;

deafen their ears and blind their eyes;

otherwise they might see with their eyes

and hear with their ears,

understand with their minds,

turn back, and be healed.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:1 -

Nevertheless, the gloom of the distressed land will not be like that of the former times when he humbled the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali. But in the future he will bring honor to the way of the sea, to the land east of the Jordan, and to Galilee of the nations.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:8 -

Who planned this against Tyre,

the bestower of crowns,

whose traders are princes,

whose merchants are the honored ones of the earth?

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:9 -

The LORD of Armies planned it,

to desecrate all its glorious beauty,

to disgrace all the honored ones of the earth.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:15 -

Therefore, in the east honor the LORD!

In the coasts and islands of the west

honor the name of the LORD,

the God of Israel.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:20 -

The earth staggers like a drunkard

and sways like a hut.

Earth’s rebellion weighs it down,

and it falls, never to rise again.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:3 -

Therefore, a strong people will honor you.

The cities of violent nations will fear you.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:15 -

You have added to the nation, LORD.

You have added to the nation; you are honored.

You have expanded all the borders of the land.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:13 -

The Lord said:

These people approach me with their speeches

to honor me with lip-service,[fn]

yet their hearts are far from me,

and human rules direct their worship of me.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:4 -

“Because you are precious in my sight

and honored, and I love you,

I will give people in exchange for you

and nations instead of your life.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:20 -

“Wild animals —

jackals and ostriches ​— ​will honor me,

because I provide water in the wilderness,

and rivers in the desert,

to give drink to my chosen people.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:23 -

“You have not brought me your sheep for burnt offerings

or honored me with your sacrifices.

I have not burdened you with offerings

or wearied you with incense.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:6 -

“I was angry with my people;

I profaned my possession,

and I handed them over to you.

You showed them no mercy;

you made your yoke very heavy on the elderly.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:5 -

And now, says the LORD,

who formed me from the womb to be his servant,

to bring Jacob back to him

so that Israel might be gathered to him;

for I am honored in the sight of the LORD,

and my God is my strength —

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:13 -

“If you keep from desecrating the Sabbath,

from doing whatever you want on my holy day;

if you call the Sabbath a delight,

and the holy day of the LORD honorable;

if you honor it, not going your own ways,

seeking your own pleasure, or talking business;[fn][fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:1 -

Indeed, the LORD’s arm is not too weak to save,

and his ear is not too deaf to hear.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:13 -

The glory of Lebanon will come to you —

its pine, elm, and cypress together —

to beautify the place of my sanctuary,

and I will glorify my dwelling place.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:5 -

You who tremble at his word,

hear the word of the LORD:

“Your brothers who hate and exclude you

for my name’s sake have said,

‘Let the LORD be glorified

so that we can see your joy! ’

But they will be put to shame.”

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Thanksgiving will come out of them,

a sound of rejoicing.

I will multiply them, and they will not decrease;

I will honor them, and they will not be insignificant.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:8 -

Jerusalem has sinned grievously;

therefore, she has become an object of scorn.[fn]

All who honored her now despise her,

for they have seen her nakedness.

She herself groans and turns away.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:7 -

He has walled me in so I cannot get out;

he has weighed me down with chains.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:25 -

“Ships of Tarshish were the carriers for your goods.

“ ‘So you became full and heavily loaded[fn]

in the heart of the sea.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:22 -

“You are to say, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says:

Look! I am against you, Sidon,

and I will display my glory within you.

They will know that I am the LORD

when I execute judgments against her

and demonstrate my holiness through her.


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Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan