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Lexicon :: Strong's H3513 - kāḇaḏ

Aa
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 116 times in 108 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 3 (2Ch 10:14–Eze 28:22)

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:14 - and followed the counsel of his younger advisers. He told the people, “My father laid[fn] heavy burdens on you, but I’m going to make them even heavier! My father beat you with whips, but I will beat you with scorpions!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:19 - “You are saying, ‘I have defeated Edom,’ and you are very proud of it. But my advice is to stay at home. Why stir up trouble that will only bring disaster on you and the people of Judah?”
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:15 - The former governors, in contrast, had laid heavy burdens on the people, demanding a daily ration of food and wine, besides forty pieces[fn] of silver. Even their assistants took advantage of the people. But because I feared God, I did not act that way.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:18 - The provisions I paid for each day included one ox, six choice sheep or goats, and a large number of poultry. And every ten days we needed a large supply of all kinds of wine. Yet I refused to claim the governor’s food allowance because the people already carried a heavy burden.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:3 - they would outweigh all the sands of the sea.
That is why I spoke impulsively.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:21 - They never know if their children grow up in honor
or sink to insignificance.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:2 - “My complaint today is still a bitter one,
and I try hard not to groan aloud.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:7 - So you don’t need to be afraid of me.
I won’t come down hard on you.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 15:4 - Those who despise flagrant sinners,
and honor the faithful followers of the LORD,
and keep their promises even when it hurts.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:23 - Praise the LORD, all you who fear him!
Honor him, all you descendants of Jacob!
Show him reverence, all you descendants of Israel!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 32:4 - Day and night your hand of discipline was heavy on me.
My strength evaporated like water in the summer heat.
Interlude
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:4 - My guilt overwhelms me—
it is a burden too heavy to bear.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:15 - Then call on me when you are in trouble,
and I will rescue you,
and you will give me glory.”
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:23 - But giving thanks is a sacrifice that truly honors me.
If you keep to my path,
I will reveal to you the salvation of God.”
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:9 - All the nations you made
will come and bow before you, Lord;
they will praise your holy name.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:12 - With all my heart I will praise you, O Lord my God.
I will give glory to your name forever,
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 87:3 - O city of God,
what glorious things are said of you!
Interlude
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:15 - When they call on me, I will answer;
I will be with them in trouble.
I will rescue and honor them.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 149:8 - to bind their kings with shackles
and their leaders with iron chains,
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:9 - Honor the LORD with your wealth
and with the best part of everything you produce.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:8 - If you prize wisdom, she will make you great.
Embrace her, and she will honor you.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:24 - I was born before the oceans were created,
before the springs bubbled forth their waters.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:9 - Better to be an ordinary person with a servant
than to be self-important but have no food.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:18 - If you ignore criticism, you will end in poverty and disgrace;
if you accept correction, you will be honored.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:31 - Those who oppress the poor insult their Maker,
but helping the poor honors him.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:18 - As workers who tend a fig tree are allowed to eat the fruit,
so workers who protect their employer’s interests will be rewarded.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:5 - People will oppress each other—
man against man,
neighbor against neighbor.
Young people will insult their elders,
and vulgar people will sneer at the honorable.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:10 - Harden the hearts of these people.
Plug their ears and shut their eyes.
That way, they will not see with their eyes,
nor hear with their ears,
nor understand with their hearts
and turn to me for healing.”[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:1 - [fn]Nevertheless, that time of darkness and despair will not go on forever. The land of Zebulun and Naphtali will be humbled, but there will be a time in the future when Galilee of the Gentiles, which lies along the road that runs between the Jordan and the sea, will be filled with glory.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:8 - Who has brought this disaster on Tyre,
that great creator of kingdoms?
Her traders were all princes,
her merchants were nobles.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:9 - The LORD of Heaven’s Armies has done it
to destroy your pride
and bring low all earth’s nobility.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:15 - In eastern lands, give glory to the LORD.
In the lands beyond the sea, praise the name of the LORD, the God of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:20 - The earth staggers like a drunk.
It trembles like a tent in a storm.
It falls and will not rise again,
for the guilt of its rebellion is very heavy.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:3 - Therefore, strong nations will declare your glory;
ruthless nations will fear you.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:15 - O LORD, you have made our nation great;
yes, you have made us great.
You have extended our borders,
and we give you the glory!
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:13 - And so the Lord says,
“These people say they are mine.
They honor me with their lips,
but their hearts are far from me.
And their worship of me
is nothing but man-made rules learned by rote.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:4 - Others were given in exchange for you.
I traded their lives for yours
because you are precious to me.
You are honored, and I love you.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:20 - The wild animals in the fields will thank me,
the jackals and owls, too,
for giving them water in the desert.
Yes, I will make rivers in the dry wasteland
so my chosen people can be refreshed.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:23 - You have not brought me sheep or goats for burnt offerings.
You have not honored me with sacrifices,
though I have not burdened and wearied you
with requests for grain offerings and frankincense.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:6 - For I was angry with my chosen people
and punished them by letting them fall into your hands.
But you, Babylon, showed them no mercy.
You oppressed even the elderly.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:5 - And now the LORD speaks—
the one who formed me in my mother’s womb to be his servant,
who commissioned me to bring Israel back to him.
The LORD has honored me,
and my God has given me strength.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:13 - “Keep the Sabbath day holy.
Don’t pursue your own interests on that day,
but enjoy the Sabbath
and speak of it with delight as the LORD’s holy day.
Honor the Sabbath in everything you do on that day,
and don’t follow your own desires or talk idly.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:1 - Listen! The LORD’s arm is not too weak to save you,
nor is his ear too deaf to hear you call.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:13 - “The glory of Lebanon will be yours—
the forests of cypress, fir, and pine—
to beautify my sanctuary.
My Temple will be glorious!
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:5 - Hear this message from the LORD,
all you who tremble at his words:
“Your own people hate you
and throw you out for being loyal to my name.
‘Let the LORD be honored!’ they scoff.
‘Be joyful in him!’
But they will be put to shame.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:19 - There will be joy and songs of thanksgiving,
and I will multiply my people, not diminish them;
I will honor them, not despise them.
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:8 - Jerusalem has sinned greatly,
so she has been tossed away like a filthy rag.
All who once honored her now despise her,
for they have seen her stripped naked and humiliated.
All she can do is groan
and hide her face.
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:7 - He has walled me in, and I cannot escape.
He has bound me in heavy chains.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:25 - The ships of Tarshish were your ocean caravans. Your island warehouse was filled to the brim!
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:22 - Give the people of Sidon this message from the Sovereign LORD:
“I am your enemy, O Sidon,
and I will reveal my glory by what I do to you.
When I bring judgment against you
and reveal my holiness among you,
everyone watching will know
that I am the LORD.

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