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Lexicon :: Strong's H3515 - kāḇēḏ

Aa
כָּבֵד
Transliteration
kāḇēḏ
Pronunciation
kaw-bade'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 943a

Strong’s Definitions

כָּבֵד kâbêd, kaw-bade'; from H3513; heavy; figuratively in a good sense (numerous) or in a bad sense (severe, difficult, stupid):—(so) great, grievous, hard(-ened), (too) heavy(-ier), laden, much, slow, sore, thick.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 38x

The KJV translates Strong's H3515 in the following manner: great (8x), grievous (8x), heavy (8x), sore (4x), hard (2x), much (2x), slow (2x), hardened (1x), heavier (1x), laden (1x), thick (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 38x
The KJV translates Strong's H3515 in the following manner: great (8x), grievous (8x), heavy (8x), sore (4x), hard (2x), much (2x), slow (2x), hardened (1x), heavier (1x), laden (1x), thick (1x).

  1. heavy, great

    1. heavy

    2. massive, abundant, numerous

    3. heavy, dull

    4. hard, difficult, burdensome

    5. very oppressive, numerous, rich

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
כָּבֵד kâbêd, kaw-bade'; from H3513; heavy; figuratively in a good sense (numerous) or in a bad sense (severe, difficult, stupid):—(so) great, grievous, hard(-ened), (too) heavy(-ier), laden, much, slow, sore, thick.
STRONGS H3515: Abbreviations
כָּבֵד adjective heavy; — כ׳ Genesis 41:31+ 34 times; construct כְּבַד Exodus 4:10 (twice in verse); כֶּבֶד Isaiah 1:4; plural כְּבֵדִים Exodus 17:12; construct כִּבְדֵי Ezekiel 3:5,6; —
1. a. heavy, a burden Psalm 38:5; hands (weary of holding up) Exodus 17:12 (E), hair of head 2 Samuel 14:26, a corpulent old man 1 Samuel 4:18; עַם כֶבֶד עָוֺן Isaiah 1:4 a people heavy with (the burden of) iniquity; a cloud charged with rain Exodus 19:16 (E); a rock of large size Isaiah 32:2; oppressive, grievous, burdensome, a yoke 1 Kings 12:4,11 2 Chronicles 10:4,11; a famine Genesis 12:10; Genesis 41:31; Genesis 43:1; Genesis 47:4,13 (J); the vexation (כַּעַס) of a fool Proverbs 27:3; vehement, sore, of a mourning Genesis 50:11(J).
b. massive, abundant, numerous, of a people עַם Numbers 20:20 (J) 1 Kings 3:9; army חיל 2 Kings 6:14; 2 Kings 18:14 = Isaiah 36:2 insect swarm Exodus 8:20 (J).
c. heavy, dull of speech and tongue Exodus 4:10 (twice in verse) (JE); of the לֵב, hard Exodus 7:14 (J).
d. hard, difficult, of a thing to be done Exodus 18:18 (E) Numbers 11:14 (J); of a language to be understood Ezekiel 3:5,6.
2. in the usage of J כָּבֵד מְאֹד is frequent:
a. very oppressive, grievous, of hail Exodus 9:18,24; murrain Exodus 9:8; lamentation Genesis 50:10.
b. very numerous, cattle Exodus 12:38; army, מַחֲנֶה Genesis 50:9; locusts Exodus 10:14; so חַיִל 1 Kings 10:2 2 Chronicles 9:1.
c. very rich, במקנה in cattle Genesis 13:2.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H3358.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

12:10; 13:2; 41:31; 41:31; 43:1; 47:4; 47:13; 50:9; 50:10; 50:11

Exodus

4:10; 4:10; 7:14; 8:20; 9:8; 9:18; 9:24; 10:14; 12:38; 17:12; 17:12; 18:18; 19:16

Numbers

11:14; 20:20

1 Samuel

4:18

2 Samuel

14:26

1 Kings

3:9; 10:2; 12:4; 12:11

2 Kings

6:14; 18:14

2 Chronicles

9:1; 10:4; 10:11

Psalms

38:5

Proverbs

27:3

Isaiah

1:4; 1:4; 32:2; 36:2

Ezekiel

3:5; 3:5; 3:6; 3:6

H3515

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3515 matches the Hebrew כָּבֵד (kāḇēḏ),
which occurs 39 times in 38 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:10 - And because there was little food to be had in that land, he went down into Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:31 - And men will have no memory of the good time because of the need which will come after, for it will be very bitter.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:1 - Now the land was in bitter need of food.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:4 - And they said to Pharaoh, We have come to make a living in this land, because we have no grass for our flocks in the land of Canaan; so now let your servants make a place for themselves in the land of Goshen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:13 - Now there was no food to be had in all the land, so that all Egypt and Canaan were wasted from need of food.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:9 - And carriages went up with him and horsemen, a great army.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:10 - And they came to the grain-floor of Atad on the other side of Jordan, and there they gave the last honours to Jacob, with great and bitter sorrow, weeping for their father for seven days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:11 - And when the people of the land, the people of Canaan, at the grain-floor of Atad, saw their grief, they said, Great is the grief of the Egyptians: so the place was named Abel-mizraim, on the other side of Jordan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:10 - And Moses said to the Lord, O Lord, I am not a man of words; I have never been so, and am not now, even after what you have said to your servant: for talking is hard for me, and I am slow of tongue.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:14 - And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, Pharaoh's heart is unchanged; he will not let the people go.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:24 - And the Lord did so; and great clouds of flies came into the house of Pharaoh and into his servants' houses, and all the land of Egypt was made waste because of the flies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:3 - Then the hand of the Lord will put on your cattle in the field, on the horses and the asses and the camels, on the herds and the flocks, a very evil disease.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:18 - Truly, tomorrow about this time I will send down an ice-storm, such as never was in Egypt from its earliest days till now.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:24 - So there was an ice-storm with fire running through it, coming down with great force, such as never was in all the land of Egypt from the time when it became a nation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:14 - And the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, resting on every part of the land, in very great numbers; such an army of locusts had never been seen before, and never will be again.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:38

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:38 - And a mixed band of people went with them; and flocks and herds in great numbers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:12 - But Moses' hands became tired; so they put a stone under him and he took his seat on it, Aaron and Hur supporting his hands, one on one side and one on the other; so his hands were kept up without falling till the sun went down.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:18 - Your strength and that of the people will be completely used up: this work is more than you are able to do by yourself.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:16 - And when morning came on the third day, there were thunders and flames and a thick cloud on the mountain, and a horn sounding very loud; and all the people in the tents were shaking with fear.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:14 - I am not able by myself to take the weight of all this people, for it is more than my strength.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:20 - But he said, You are not to go through. And Edom came out against them in his strength, with a great army.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:18 - And at these words about the ark of God, Eli, falling back off his seat by the side of the doorway into the town, came down on the earth so that his neck was broken and death overtook him, for he was an old man and of great weight. He had been judging Israel for forty years.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:9 - Give your servant, then, a wise heart for judging your people, able to see what is good and what evil; for who is able to be the judge of this great people?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:2 - And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels weighted down with spices, and stores of gold and jewels: and when she came to Solomon she had talk with him of everything in her mind.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:4 - Your father put a hard yoke on us: if you will make the conditions under which your father kept us down less cruel, and the weight of the yoke he put on us less hard, then we will be your servants.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:11 - If my father put a hard yoke on you, I will make it harder: my father gave you punishment with whips, but I will give you blows with snakes.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:14 - So he sent there horses and carriages and a great army; and they came by night, circling the town.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:17 - Then the king of Assyria sent the Tartan and the Rab-saris and the Rab-shakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem, to King Hezekiah, with a strong force. And they went up and came to Jerusalem, and took up their position by the stream of the higher pool, by the highway of the washerman's field.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:1 - Now the queen of Sheba, hearing great things of Solomon, came to Jerusalem to put his wisdom to the test with hard questions; and with her came a very great train, and camels weighted down with spices, and great stores of gold and jewels: and when she came to Solomon she had talk with him of everything in her mind.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:4 - Your father put a hard yoke on us: if you will make the conditions under which your father kept us down less cruel, and the weight of the yoke he put on us less hard, then we will be your servants.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:11 - If my father put a hard yoke on you, I will make it harder: my father gave you punishment with whips, but I will give you blows with snakes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:4 - For my crimes have gone over my head; they are like a great weight which is more than my strength.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:3 - A stone has great weight, and sand is crushing; but the wrath of the foolish is of greater weight than these.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:4 - O nation full of sin, a people weighted down with crime, a generation of evil-doers, false-hearted children: they have gone away from the Lord, they have no respect for the Holy One of Israel, their hearts are turned back from him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:2 - And a man will be as a safe place from the wind, and a cover from the storm; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shade of a great rock in a waste land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:2 - And the king of Assyria sent the Rab-shakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem to King Hezekiah with a strong force, and he took up his position by the stream of the higher pool, by the highway of the washerman's

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:5 - For you are not sent to a people whose talk is strange and whose language is hard, but to the children of Israel;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:6 - Not to a number of peoples whose talk is strange and whose language is hard and whose words are not clear to you. Truly, if I sent you to them they would give ear to you.
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