כָּבַדkâbad
be heavy, weighty, burdensome, honoured
Pronunciation: kaw-bad' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3513
Meanings
Qal
1. be heavy, in weight (Job 6:3; 1 Samuel 5:11; 1 Samuel 5:6)
2. heavy, insensible, dull (Genesis 48:10; Isaiah 59:1; Exodus 9:7)
3. be honoured (Job 14:21; Ezekiel 27:25; Isaiah 66:5)
Niph`al: Plural feminine (2 Samuel 6:20; 2 Samuel 23:19; 2 Samuel 23:23)
1.
a. be made heavy (Proverbs 8:24)
b. be honoured, enjoy honour (1 Samuel 9:6; 1 Samuel 22:14; 2 Samuel 6:20)
2. get oneself glory (or honour) (Isaiah 26:15; Ezekiel 28:22; Ezekiel 39:13)
Piel
1. make heavy, insensible, (compare Qal 2) (1 Samuel 6:6)
2. make honourable, honour, glorify
Pu`al: be made honourable, honoured (Proverbs 13:18; Proverbs 27:18; Isaiah 58:13)
Hiph`il: Infin. absolute (Lamentations 3:7; Isaiah 47:6; Exodus 8:28)
1. make heavy (1 Kings 12:10; 1 Kings 12:14; 2 Chronicles 10:10)
2. make heavy, dull, unresponsive (Isaiah 6:10; Zechariah 7:11; Exodus 8:11)
3. cause to be honoured (Isaiah 8:23; Jeremiah 30:19; 2 Chronicles 25:19)
Hithpa`el: f. (Nahum 3:15; Proverbs 12:9)
1. as locusts, make oneself heavy, dense, numerous (Nahum 3:15)
2. honour oneself (Proverbs 12:9)
Same root
- יוֹכֶבֶדYôwkebed · H3115Jokebed, the mother of Moses
- כֹּבֶדkôbed · H3514weight, multitude, vehemence
- כָּבֵדkâbêd · H3515heavy; figuratively in a good sense (numerous) or in a bad sense (severe, difficult, stupid)
- כָּבוֹדkâbôwd · H3519properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness
- כְּבוּדָּהkᵉbûwddâh · H3520weightiness, i.e. magnificence, wealth
Where it appears
Appears 113 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 18:20 So the Lord told Abraham, “I have heard a great outcry from Sodom and Gomorrah, because their sin is so flagrant.
- Genesis 34:19 Shechem wasted no time in acting on this request, for he wanted Jacob’s daughter desperately. Shechem was a highly respected member of his family,
- Genesis 48:10 Jacob was half blind because of his age and could hardly see. So Joseph brought the boys close to him, and Jacob kissed and embraced them.
- Exodus 5:9 Load them down with more work. Make them sweat! That will teach them to listen to lies!”
- Exodus 8:15 But when Pharaoh saw that relief had come, he became stubborn. He refused to listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the Lord had predicted.
- Exodus 8:32 But Pharaoh again became stubborn and refused to let the people go.
See every passage
- Genesis 18:20, 34:19, 48:10
- Exodus 5:9, 8:15, 8:32, 9:7, 9:34, 10:1, 14:4, 14:17, 14:18, 20:12
- Leviticus 10:3
- Numbers 22:15, 22:17, 22:37, 24:11
- Deuteronomy 5:16, 28:58
- Judges 1:35, 9:9, 13:17, 20:34
- 1 Samuel 2:29, 2:30, 5:6, 5:11, 6:6, 9:6, 15:30, 22:14, 31:3
- 2 Samuel 6:20, 6:22, 10:3, 13:25, 23:19, 23:23
- 1 Kings 12:10, 12:14
- 2 Kings 14:10
- 1 Chronicles 4:9, 10:3, 11:21, 11:25, 19:3
- 2 Chronicles 10:10, 10:14, 25:19
- Nehemiah 5:15, 5:18
- Job 6:3, 14:21, 23:2, 33:7
- Psalms 15:4, 22:23, 32:4, 38:4, 50:15, 50:23, 86:9, 86:12, 87:3, 91:15, 149:8
- Proverbs 3:9, 4:8, 8:24, 12:9, 13:18, 14:31, 27:18
- Isaiah 3:5, 6:10, 9:1, 23:8, 23:9, 24:15, 24:20, 25:3, 26:15, 29:13, 43:4, 43:20, 43:23, 47:6, 49:5, 58:13, 59:1, 60:13, 66:5
- Jeremiah 30:19
- Lamentations 1:8, 3:7
- Ezekiel 27:25, 28:22, 39:13
- Daniel 11:38
- Nahum 3:10, 3:15
- Habakkuk 2:6
- Haggai 1:8
- Zechariah 7:11
- Malachi 1:6
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).