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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 BoxGen 13:2 - Abram had become very wealthy in livestock and in silver and gold.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:20 - Then the LORD said, “The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great and their sin so grievous
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:19 - The young man, who was the most honored of all his father’s family, lost no time in doing what they said, because he was delighted with Jacob’s daughter.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:10 - Now Israel’s eyes were failing because of old age, and he could hardly see. So Joseph brought his sons close to him, and his father kissed them and embraced them.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:9 - Make the work harder for the people so that they keep working and pay no attention to lies.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:15 - But when Pharaoh saw that there was relief, he hardened his heart and would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the LORD had said.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:32 - But this time also Pharaoh hardened his heart and would not let the people go.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:7 - Pharaoh investigated and found that not even one of the animals of the Israelites had died. Yet his heart was unyielding and he would not let the people go.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:34 - When Pharaoh saw that the rain and hail and thunder had stopped, he sinned again: He and his officials hardened their hearts.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:1 - Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the hearts of his officials so that I may perform these signs of mine among them
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:4 - And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and he will pursue them. But I will gain glory for myself through Pharaoh and all his army, and the Egyptians will know that I am the LORD.” So the Israelites did this.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:17 - I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians so that they will go in after them. And I will gain glory through Pharaoh and all his army, through his chariots and his horsemen.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:18 - The Egyptians will know that I am the LORD when I gain glory through Pharaoh, his chariots and his horsemen.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:12 - “Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:3 - Moses then said to Aaron, “This is what the LORD spoke of when he said: “ ‘Among those who approach me I will be proved holy; in the sight of all the people I will be honored.’ ” Aaron remained silent.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:15 - Then Balak sent other officials, more numerous and more distinguished than the first.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:17 - because I will reward you handsomely and do whatever you say. Come and put a curse on these people for me.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:37 - Balak said to Balaam, “Did I not send you an urgent summons? Why didn’t you come to me? Am I really not able to reward you?”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:11 - Now leave at once and go home! I said I would reward you handsomely, but the LORD has kept you from being rewarded.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:16 - “Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, so that you may live long and that it may go well with you in the land the LORD your God is giving you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:58 - If you do not carefully follow all the words of this law, which are written in this book, and do not revere this glorious and awesome name—the LORD your God—
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:35 - And the Amorites were determined also to hold out in Mount Heres, Aijalon and Shaalbim, but when the power of the tribes of Joseph increased, they too were pressed into forced labor.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:9 - “But the olive tree answered, ‘Should I give up my oil, by which both gods and humans are honored, to hold sway over the trees?’
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:17 - Then Manoah inquired of the angel of the LORD, “What is your name, so that we may honor you when your word comes true?”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:34 - Then ten thousand of Israel’s able young men made a frontal attack on Gibeah. The fighting was so heavy that the Benjamites did not realize how near disaster was.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:29 - Why do you[fn] scorn my sacrifice and offering that I prescribed for my dwelling? Why do you honor your sons more than me by fattening yourselves on the choice parts of every offering made by my people Israel?’
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:30 - “Therefore the LORD, the God of Israel, declares: ‘I promised that members of your family would minister before me forever.’ But now the LORD declares: ‘Far be it from me! Those who honor me I will honor, but those who despise me will be disdained.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:6 - The LORD’s hand was heavy on the people of Ashdod and its vicinity; he brought devastation on them and afflicted them with tumors.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:11 - So they called together all the rulers of the Philistines and said, “Send the ark of the god of Israel away; let it go back to its own place, or it[fn] will kill us and our people.” For death had filled the city with panic; God’s hand was very heavy on it.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:6 - Why do you harden your hearts as the Egyptians and Pharaoh did? When Israel’s god dealt harshly with them, did they not send the Israelites out so they could go on their way?
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:6 - But the servant replied, “Look, in this town there is a man of God; he is highly respected, and everything he says comes true. Let’s go there now. Perhaps he will tell us what way to take.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:30 - Saul replied, “I have sinned. But please honor me before the elders of my people and before Israel; come back with me, so that I may worship the LORD your God.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:14 - Ahimelek answered the king, “Who of all your servants is as loyal as David, the king’s son-in-law, captain of your bodyguard and highly respected in your household?
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 31:3 - The fighting grew fierce around Saul, and when the archers overtook him, they wounded him critically.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:20 - When David returned home to bless his household, Michal daughter of Saul came out to meet him and said, “How the king of Israel has distinguished himself today, going around half-naked in full view of the slave girls of his servants as any vulgar fellow would!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:22 - I will become even more undignified than this, and I will be humiliated in my own eyes. But by these slave girls you spoke of, I will be held in honor.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:3 - the Ammonite commanders said to Hanun their lord, “Do you think David is honoring your father by sending envoys to you to express sympathy? Hasn’t David sent them to you only to explore the city and spy it out and overthrow it?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:25 - “No, my son,” the king replied. “All of us should not go; we would only be a burden to you.” Although Absalom urged him, he still refused to go but gave him his blessing.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:26 - Whenever he cut the hair of his head—he used to cut his hair once a year because it became too heavy for him—he would weigh it, and its weight was two hundred shekels[fn] by the royal standard.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:19 - Was he not held in greater honor than the Three? He became their commander, even though he was not included among them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:23 - He was held in greater honor than any of the Thirty, but he was not included among the Three. And David put him in charge of his bodyguard.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:10 - The young men who had grown up with him replied, “These people have said to you, ‘Your father put a heavy yoke on us, but make our yoke lighter.’ Now tell them, ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:14 - he followed the advice of the young men and said, “My father made your yoke heavy; I will make it even heavier. My father scourged you with whips; I will scourge you with scorpions.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:10 - You have indeed defeated Edom and now you are arrogant. Glory in your victory, but stay at home! Why ask for trouble and cause your own downfall and that of Judah also?”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:9 - Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. His mother had named him Jabez,[fn] saying, “I gave birth to him in pain.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 10:3 - The fighting grew fierce around Saul, and when the archers overtook him, they wounded him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:21 - He was doubly honored above the Three and became their commander, even though he was not included among them.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:25 - He was held in greater honor than any of the Thirty, but he was not included among the Three. And David put him in charge of his bodyguard.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:3 - the Ammonite commanders said to Hanun, “Do you think David is honoring your father by sending envoys to you to express sympathy? Haven’t his envoys come to you only to explore and spy out the country and overthrow it?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:10 - The young men who had grown up with him replied, “The people have said to you, ‘Your father put a heavy yoke on us, but make our yoke lighter.’ Now tell them, ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist.

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