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HebrewH3513Verb

כָּבֵד

ka.vad

101Occurrences
H3513Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

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)

or כָּבֵד; a primitive root;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
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

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

H:V

Full Description

Hebrew Verb

Occurrences

כָּבֵד appears 101 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Isaiah
18
1 Samuel
9
Psalms
9
Exodus
8
Proverbs
7
2 Samuel
6
1 Chronicles
5
Judges
4

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 10:3BSB

When the battle intensified against Saul, the archers overtook him and wounded him.

2 Samuel 10:3BSB

the princes of the Ammonites said to Hanun their lord, “Just because David has sent you comforters, do you really believe he is showing respect for your father? Has not David instead sent his servants to explore the city, spy it out, and overthrow it?”

Genesis 18:20BSB

Then the LORD said, “The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great. Because their sin is so grievous,

Isaiah 6:10BSB

Make the hearts of this people calloused;deafen their ears and close their eyes.Otherwise they might see with their eyes,hear with their ears,understand with their hearts,and turn and be healed.”

Numbers 22:15BSB

Then Balak sent other princes, more numerous and more distinguished than the first messengers.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.