כָּבֵד
ka.vadVerbH3513
to honor: honour
From: or כָּבֵד; a primitive root;
Short Definition
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)
Full Lexicon Entry
honour/glory 1) to be heavy, be weighty, be grievous, be hard, be rich, be honourable, be glorious, be burdensome, be honoured 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be heavy 1a2) to be heavy, be insensible, be dull 1a3) to be honoured 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be made heavy, be honoured, enjoy honour, be made abundant 1b2) to get oneself glory or honour, gain glory 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to make heavy, make dull, make insensible 1c2) to make honourable, honour, glorify 1d) (Pual) to be made honourable, be honoured 1e) (Hiphil) 1e1) to make heavy 1e2) to make heavy, make dull, make unresponsive 1e3) to cause to be honoured 1f) (Hithpael) 1f1) to make oneself heavy, make oneself dense, make oneself numerous 1f2) to honour oneself
Grammar
Part of Speech Verb
Morphology H:V
DescriptionHebrew Verb
Occurrences
101 timesAppears 101 times in the Old Testament. Top books include:
Isaiah
18
1 Samuel
9
Psalms
9
Exodus
8
Proverbs
7
Key Passages
- 1 Chronicles 10:3
- 2 Samuel 10:3
- Genesis 18:20
- Isaiah 6:10
- Numbers 22:15
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