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

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Now there was a famine H7458 in the land H776; so Abram H87 went H3381 down H3381 to Egypt H4714 to live H1481 there H8033 for H1481 a H1481 time H1481, because H3588 the famine H7458 was severe H3515 in the land H776.

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Now the famine H7458 was severe H3515 in the land H776.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:4 - They also said H559 to Pharaoh H6547, “We have come H935 to reside H1481 in the land H776, for there H369 is H369 no H369 pasture H4829 for your servants’ H5650 flocks H6629, for the famine H7458 is severe H3515 in the land H776 of Canaan H3667. Now H6258, therefore, please H4994 let your servants H5650 live H3427 in the land H776 of Goshen H1657.”

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Now there H369 was H369 no H369 [fn]food H3899 in all H3605 the land H776, because H3588 the famine H7458 was very H3966 severe H3515, so that the land H776 of Egypt H4714 and the land H776 of Canaan H3667 languished H3856 because H4480 H6440 of the famine H7458.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:10 - When they came H935 to the [fn]threshing H1637 floor H1637 of Atad H329, which H834 is beyond H5676 the Jordan H3383, they mourned H5594 there H8033 with a very H3966 great H1419 and [fn]sorrowful H3515 lamentation H4553; and he [fn]observed H6213 seven H7651 days H3117 of mourning H60 for his father H1.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:11 - Now when the inhabitants H3427 of the land H776, the Canaanites H3669, saw H7200 the mourning H60 at [fn]the threshing H1637 floor H1637 of Atad H329, they said H559, “This H2088 is a [fn]grievous H3515 [fn]mourning H60 for the Egyptians H4714.” Therefore H5921 H3651 it was named H7121 H8034 [fn]Abel-mizraim H67, which H834 is beyond H5676 the Jordan H3383.

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Then Moses H4872 said H559 to the LORD H3068, “Please H994, Lord H136, I have never H3808 been [fn]eloquent H376 H1697, neither H1571 [fn]recently H4480 H8543 nor H1571 in time H8032 past H8032, nor H1571 since H227 You have spoken H1696 to Your servant H5650; for I am [fn]slow H3515 of speech H6310 and [fn]slow H3515 of tongue H3956.”

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Then the LORD H3068 said H559 to Moses H4872, “Pharaoh’s H6547 heart H3820 is [fn]stubborn H3515; he refuses H3985 to let H7971 the people H5971 go H7971.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:24 - Then the LORD H3068 did H6213 so H3651. And [fn]thick H3515 swarms H6157 of H6157 flies H6157 entered H935 the house H1004 of Pharaoh H6547 and the houses H1004 of his servants H5650, and the land H776 was laid H7843 waste H7843 because H4480 H6440 of the swarms H6157 of H6157 flies H6157 in all H3605 the land H776 of Egypt H4714.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:3 - behold H2009, the hand H3027 of the LORD H3068 [fn]will come H1961 with a very H3966 severe H3515 plague H1698 on your livestock H4735 which H834 are in the field H7704, on the horses H5483, on the donkeys H2543, on the camels H1581, on the herds H1241, and on the flocks H6629.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:24 - So there was hail H1259, and fire H784 flashing H3947 intermittently H3947 in the midst H8432 of the hail H1259, which was very H3966 heavy H3515, such H834 as had not occurred H1961 in all H3605 the land H776 of Egypt H4714 since H227 it became H1961 a nation H1471.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:14 - The locusts H697 came H5927 up H5927 over H5921 all H3605 the land H776 of Egypt H4714 and settled H5117 in all H3605 the territory H1366 of Egypt H4714; they were very H3966 [fn]numerous H3515. There had never H3808 been H1961 so H3651 many [fn]locusts H697, nor H3808 would there be so H3651 many [fn]again H310.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:38 - A mixed H6154 multitude H7227 also H1571 went H5927 up H5927 with them, [fn]along with flocks H6629 and herds H1241, a very H3966 large H3515 number H3515 of livestock H4735.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:12 - And Moses’ hands H3027 were heavy H3515. So they took H3947 a stone H68 and put H7760 it under H8478 him, and he sat H3427 on it; and Aaron H175 and Hur H2354 supported H8551 his hands H3027, one H259 on one H2088 side H2088 and one H259 on the other H2088. So his hands H3027 were steady H530 until H5704 the sun H8121 set H935.

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So it came H1961 about H1961 on the third H7992 day H3117, when it was morning H1242, that there were [fn]thunder H6963 and lightning H1300 flashes H1300 and a thick H3515 cloud H6051 over the mountain H2022 and a very H3966 loud H2389 trumpet H7782 sound H6963, so that all H3605 the people H5971 who H834 were in the camp H4264 trembled H2729.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:14 - “I am H3201 not able H3201 to carry H5375 all H3605 this H2088 people H5971 by myself H905, because H3588 it is too H4480 [fn]burdensome H3515 for me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:20 - But he said H559, “You shall not pass H5674 through H5674.” And Edom H123 came H3318 out H3318 against H7122 him with a heavy H3515 [fn]force H5971 and a strong H2389 hand H3027.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:18 - When he mentioned H2142 the ark H727 of God H430, [fn]Eli fell H5307 off H4480 H5921 the seat H3678 backward H322 beside H5704 H3027 the gate H8179, and his neck H4665 was broken H7665 and he died H4191, for [fn]he was H2204 old H2204 and heavy H3515. And so he judged H8199 Israel H3478 for forty H705 years H8141.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:9 - “So give H5414 Your servant H5650 [fn]an understanding H8085 heart H3820 to judge H8199 Your people H5971, to discern H995 between H996 good H2896 and evil H7451. For who H4310 is H3201 capable H3201 of judging H8199 this H2088 [fn]great H3515 people H5971 of Yours?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:2 - So she came H935 to Jerusalem H3389 with a very H3966 large H3515 entourage H2428, with camels H1581 carrying H5375 balsam H1314 oil H1314 and a very H3966 large H7227 quantity of gold H2091 and precious H3368 stones H68. When she came H935 to Solomon H8010, she spoke H1696 to him about everything H3605 that was in her heart H3824.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:4 - “Your father H1 made H7185 our yoke H5923 hard H7185; but now H6258, lighten H7043 the hard H7186 labor H5656 imposed by your father H1 and his heavy H3515 yoke H5923 which H834 he put H5414 on us, and we will serve H5647 you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:11 - ‘Now H6258 then, my father H1 loaded H6006 you with a heavy H3515 yoke H5923; yet I will add H3254 to your yoke H5923. My father H1 disciplined H3256 you with whips H7752, but I will discipline H3256 you with [fn]scorpions H6137!’”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:14 - So he sent H7971 horses H5483 and chariots H7393 and a substantial H3515 army H2428 there H8033, and they came H935 by night H3915 and surrounded H5362 the city H5892.

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Then the king H4428 of Assyria H804 sent H7971 Tartan H8661, Rab-saris H7249, and Rabshakeh H7262 from Lachish H3923 to King H4428 Hezekiah H2396 with a large H3515 army H2428 to Jerusalem H3389. So they went H5927 up H5927 and came H935 to Jerusalem H3389. And when they went H5927 up H5927, they came H935 and stood H5975 by the conduit H8585 of the upper H5945 pool H1295, which H834 is on the road H4546 of the [fn]fuller’s H3526 field H7704.

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Now when the queen H4436 of Sheba H7614 heard H8085 about the fame H8088 of Solomon H8010, she came H935 to Jerusalem H3389 to test H5254 Solomon H8010 with riddles H2420. She had a very H3966 large H3515 entourage H2428, with camels H1581 carrying H5375 balsam H1314 oil H1314 and a large H7230 amount H7230 of gold H2091 and precious H3368 stones H68; and when she came H935 to Solomon H8010, she spoke H1696 with him about everything H3605 that was on her heart H3824.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:4 - “Your father H1 made H7185 our yoke H5923 hard H7185; but now H6258, lighten H7043 the hard H7186 labor H5656 imposed by your father H1 and his heavy H3515 yoke H5923 which H834 he put H5414 on us, and we will serve H5647 you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:11 - ‘Now H6258 then, my father H1 loaded H6006 you with a heavy H3515 yoke H5923; yet I will add H3254 to your yoke H5923. My father H1 disciplined H3256 you with whips H7752, but I will discipline you with [fn]scorpions H6137!’”

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For my guilty H5771 deeds H5771 have gone H5674 over H5674 my head H7218;

Like a heavy H3515 burden H4853 they weigh H3513 too H4480 much H3513 for me.

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A stone H68 is heavy H3514 and the sand H2344 weighty H5192,

But the provocation H3708 of a fool H191 is heavier H3515 than H4480 both H8147 of them.

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Oh H1945, sinful H2398 nation H1471,

People H5971 weighed H3515 down H3515 with guilt H5771,

[fn]Offspring H2233 of evildoers H7489,

Sons H1121 who act H7843 corruptly H7843!

They have abandoned H5800 the LORD H3068,

They have despised H5006 the Holy H6918 One H6918 of Israel H3478,

They have turned H2114 away H2114 [fn]from Him.

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Each H376 will be like a refuge H4224 from the wind H7307

And a shelter H5643 from the storm H2230,

Like [fn]streams H6388 of water H4325 in a dry H6724 country H6724,

Like the shade H6738 of a [fn]huge H3515 rock H5553 in an exhausted H5889 land H776.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:2 - And the king H4428 of Assyria H804 sent H7971 Rabshakeh H7262 from Lachish H3923 to Jerusalem H3389 to King H4428 Hezekiah H2396 with a large H3515 army H2428. And he stood H5975 by the conduit H8585 of the upper H5945 pool H1295 on the road H4546 to the [fn]fuller’s H3526 field H7704.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:6 - nor H3808 to many H7227 peoples H5971 of [fn]unintelligible H6012 speech H8193 or difficult H3515 language H3956, whose H834 words H1697 you cannot H3808 understand H8085. [fn]But I have sent H7971 you to [fn]the people who understand H8085 you;
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