כָּבֵדkâbêd

heavy

Pronunciation: kaw-bade' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3515

Meanings

1.

a. heavy (Psalms 38:5; Exodus 17:12; 2 Samuel 14:26)

b. massive, abundant, numerous (Numbers 20:20; 1 Kings 3:9; 2 Kings 6:14)

c. heavy, dull (Exodus 4:10; Exodus 7:14)

d. hard, difficult (Exodus 18:18; Numbers 11:14; Ezekiel 3:5)

2. כָּבֵד מְאֹד

a. very oppressive, grievous (Exodus 9:18; Exodus 9:24; Exodus 9:8)

b. very numerous (Exodus 12:38; Genesis 50:9; Exodus 10:14)

c. very rich (Genesis 13:2)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 41 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 12:10 At that time a severe famine struck the land of Canaan, forcing Abram to go down to Egypt, where he lived as a foreigner.
  • Genesis 13:2 (Abram was very rich in livestock, silver, and gold.)
  • Genesis 41:31 This famine will be so severe that even the memory of the good years will be erased.
  • Genesis 43:1 But the famine continued to ravage the land of Canaan.
  • Genesis 47:4 We have come to live here in Egypt for a while, for there is no pasture for our flocks in Canaan. The famine is very severe there. So please, we request permission to live in the region of Goshen.”
  • Genesis 47:13 Meanwhile, the famine became so severe that all the food was used up, and people were starving throughout the lands of Egypt and Canaan.
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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).