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.
See every passage
- Genesis 12:10, 13:2, 41:31, 43:1, 47:4, 47:13, 50:9, 50:10, 50:11
- Exodus 4:10, 7:14, 8:24, 9:3, 9:18, 9:24, 10:14, 12:38, 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, 18:17
- 2 Chronicles 9:1, 10:4, 10:11
- Psalms 38:4
- Proverbs 27:3
- Isaiah 1:4, 32:2, 36:2
- Ezekiel 3:5, 3:6
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).