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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
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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 116 times in 108 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:14 - King Rehoboam spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying, “My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to it. My father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:19 - You say, ‘See, I[fn] have struck down Edom,’ and your heart has lifted you up in boastfulness. But now stay at home. Why should you provoke trouble so that you fall, you and Judah with you?”
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:15 - The former governors who were before me laid heavy burdens on the people and took from them for their daily ration[fn] forty shekels[fn] of silver. Even their servants lorded it over the people. But I did not do so, because of the fear of God.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:18 - Now what was prepared at my expense[fn] for each day was one ox and six choice sheep and birds, and every ten days all kinds of wine in abundance. Yet for all this I did not demand the food allowance of the governor, because the service was too heavy on this people.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:3 - For then it would be heavier than the sand of the sea;
therefore my words have been rash.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:21 - His sons come to honor, and he does not know it;
they are brought low, and he perceives it not.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:2 - “Today also my complaint is bitter;[fn]
my hand is heavy on account of my groaning.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:7 - Behold, no fear of me need terrify you;
my pressure will not be heavy upon you.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 15:4 - in whose eyes a vile person is despised,
but who honors those who fear the LORD;
who swears to his own hurt and does not change;
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:23 - You who fear the LORD, praise him!
All you offspring of Jacob, glorify him,
and stand in awe of him, all you offspring of Israel!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 32:4 - For day and night your hand was heavy upon me;
my strength was dried up[fn] as by the heat of summer. Selah
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:4 - For my iniquities have gone over my head;
like a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:15 - and call upon me in the day of trouble;
I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me.”
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:23 - The one who offers thanksgiving as his sacrifice glorifies me;
to one who orders his way rightly
I will show the salvation of God!”
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:9 - All the nations you have made shall come
and worship before you, O Lord,
and shall glorify your name.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:12 - I give thanks to you, O Lord my God, with my whole heart,
and I will glorify your name forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 87:3 - Glorious things of you are spoken,
O city of God. Selah
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:15 - When he calls to me, I will answer him;
I will be with him in trouble;
I will rescue him and honor him.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 149:8 - to bind their kings with chains
and their nobles with fetters of iron,
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:9 - Honor the LORD with your wealth
and with the firstfruits of all your produce;
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:8 - Prize her highly, and she will exalt you;
she will honor you if you embrace her.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:24 - When there were no depths I was brought forth,
when there were no springs abounding with water.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:9 - Better to be lowly and have a servant
than to play the great man and lack bread.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:18 - Poverty and disgrace come to him who ignores instruction,
but whoever heeds reproof is honored.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:31 - Whoever oppresses a poor man insults his Maker,
but he who is generous to the needy honors him.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:18 - Whoever tends a fig tree will eat its fruit,
and he who guards his master will be honored.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:5 - And the people will oppress one another,
every one his fellow
and every one his neighbor;
the youth will be insolent to the elder,
and the despised to the honorable.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:10 - Make the heart of this people dull,[fn]
and their ears heavy,
and blind their eyes;
lest they see with their eyes,
and hear with their ears,
and understand with their hearts,
and turn and be healed.”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:1 - [fn] But there will be no gloom for her who was in anguish. In the former time he brought into contempt the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the latter time he has made glorious the way of the sea, the land beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:8 - Who has purposed this
against Tyre, the bestower of crowns,
whose merchants were princes,
whose traders were the honored of the earth?
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:9 - The LORD of hosts has purposed it,
to defile the pompous pride of all glory,[fn]
to dishonor all the honored of the earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:15 - Therefore in the east[fn] give glory to the LORD;
in the coastlands of the sea, give glory to the name of the LORD, the God of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:20 - The earth staggers like a drunken man;
it sways like a hut;
its transgression lies heavy upon it,
and it falls, and will not rise again.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:3 - Therefore strong peoples will glorify you;
cities of ruthless nations will fear you.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:15 - But you have increased the nation, O LORD,
you have increased the nation; you are glorified;
you have enlarged all the borders of the land.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:13 - And the Lord said:
“Because this people draw near with their mouth
and honor me with their lips,
while their hearts are far from me,
and their fear of me is a commandment taught by men,
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:4 - Because you are precious in my eyes,
and honored, and I love you,
I give men in return for you,
peoples in exchange for your life.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:20 - The wild beasts will honor me,
the jackals and the ostriches,
for I give water in the wilderness,
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 frankincense.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:6 - I was angry with my people;
I profaned my heritage;
I gave them into your hand;
you showed them no mercy;
on the aged you made your yoke exceedingly heavy.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:5 - And now the LORD says,
he who formed me from the womb to be his servant,
to bring Jacob back to him;
and that Israel might be gathered to him—
for I am honored in the eyes of the LORD,
and my God has become my strength—
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:13 - “If you turn back your foot from the Sabbath,
from doing your pleasure[fn] on my holy day,
and call the Sabbath a delight
and the holy day of the LORD honorable;
if you honor it, not going your own ways,
or seeking your own pleasure,[fn] or talking idly;[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:1 - Behold, the LORD’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save,
or his ear dull, that it cannot hear;
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:13 - The glory of Lebanon shall come to you,
the cypress, the plane, and the pine,
to beautify the place of my sanctuary,
and I will make the place of my feet glorious.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:5 - Hear the word of the LORD,
you who tremble at his word:
“Your brothers who hate you
and cast you out for my name’s sake
have said, ‘Let the LORD be glorified,
that we may see your joy’;
but it is they who shall be put to shame.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:19 - Out of them shall come songs of thanksgiving,
and the voices of those who celebrate.
I will multiply them, and they shall not be few;
I will make them honored, and they shall not be small.
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:8 - Jerusalem sinned grievously;
therefore she became filthy;
all who honored her despise her,
for they have seen her nakedness;
she herself groans
and turns her face away.
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:7 - He has walled me about so that I cannot escape;
he has made my chains heavy;
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:25 - The ships of Tarshish traveled for you with your merchandise. So you were filled and heavily laden in the heart of the seas.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:22 - and say, Thus says the Lord GOD:
“Behold, I am against you, O Sidon,
and I will manifest my glory in your midst.
And they shall know that I am the LORD
when I execute judgments in her
and manifest my holiness in her;

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