Word

כָּבַד

kâbad · H3513 · Hebrew · 113 occurrences

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Meanings

to be heavy

State in which objects have relatively much weight, which is often associated with slowness, functioning with difficulty, but also with importance, riches, status, etc

Examples
Job 6:3 “For then it would be heavier than the sand of the seas; For that reason my words have been rash.
Ezekiel 27:25 “The ships of Tarshish were the carriers for your merchandise. And you were filled and were very glorious In the heart of the seas.
to be burdensome

Literally: to be heavy; hence: state in which people are burdensome to other people

Examples
2 Samuel 13:25 But the king said to Absalom, “No, my son, we should not all go, so that we will not be a burden to you.” Though he urged him, he would not go; but he blessed him.
to chastise

Literally: (someone's) hand is heavy (against someone else); hence: action by which a deity is chastising humans

Examples
1 Samuel 5:6 Now the hand of the LORD was heavy on the Ashdodites, and He made them feel devastated and struck them with tumors, both Ashdod and its territories.
1 Samuel 5:11 Therefore they sent word and gathered all the governors of the Philistines, and said, “Send away the ark of the God of Israel and let it return to its own place, so that it will not kill us and our people!” For there was a deadly panic throughout the city; the hand of God was very heavy there.
Job 23:2 “Even today my complaint is rebellion; His hand is heavy despite my groaning.
to lay heavy burdens

Literally: to make heavy; hence: action by which humans exercise authority on others with a heavy hand

Examples
Nehemiah 5:15 But the previous governors who were before me laid burdens on the people and took from them bread and wine besides forty shekels of silver; even their servants domineered the people. But I did not do so because of my fear of God.
to honor, to respect

Action by which humans, deities, or animals treat other humans, deities, times, or objects with honor and respect

Examples
Exodus 20:12 “Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be prolonged on the land which the LORD your God gives you.
Deuteronomy 5:16 ‘Honor your father and your mother, just as the LORD your God has commanded you, so that your days may be prolonged and that it may go well for you on the land which the LORD your God is giving you.
Judges 9:9 “But the olive tree said to them, ‘Shall I give up my fatness with which God and mankind are honored, and go to wave over the trees?’
Literally: to make (someone's) yoke heavy; hence: action by which human rules exercise authority on other with a heavy hand (to make (someone's) yoke heavy, to oppress)

Examples
1 Kings 12:10 And the young men who had grown up with him spoke to him, saying, “This is what you should say to this people who spoke to you, saying: ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, now you make it lighter for us!’ You should speak this way to them: ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist!
1 Kings 12:14 and he spoke to them according to the advice of the young men, saying, “My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke; my father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions!”
2 Chronicles 10:10 The young men who had grown up with him spoke to him, saying, “This is what you should say to the people who spoke to you, saying: ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you make it lighter for us!’ You should speak this way to them: ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist!
glorious

The state in which words are of a high quality and are spoken in order to inspire an attitude of respect towards something

Examples
Psalm 87:3 Glorious things are spoken of you, City of God. Selah
to be honorable, to be worthy of honor, to be renowned

State in which humans and deities are regarded as worthy of honor and respect

Examples
Genesis 34:19 The young man did not delay to do this, because he was delighted with Jacob’s daughter. Now he was more respected than all the household of his father.
Exodus 14:4 “And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and he will chase after them; and I will be honored through Pharaoh and all his army, and the Egyptians will know that I am the LORD.” And they did so.
Exodus 14:17 “And as for Me, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians so that they will go in after them; and I will be honored through Pharaoh and all his army, through his chariots and his horsemen.
to put on airs, to play the important man

Pattern of actions in which humans behave as people worthy of honor

Examples
Proverbs 12:9 Better is one who is lightly esteemed and has a servant, Than one who honors himself and lacks bread.
to gain honor, to gain glory

Action by which humans and deities bring honor and respect upon themselves

Examples
2 Samuel 6:20 But when David returned to bless his own household, Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David and said, “How the king of Israel dignified himself today! For he exposed himself today in the sight of his servants’ female slaves, as one of the rabble shamelessly exposes himself!”
2 Chronicles 25:19 “You said, ‘Behold, you have defeated Edom.’ And your heart has lifted you up in boasting. Now stay home; why should you provoke trouble so that you, would fall, you and Judah with you?”
Ezekiel 39:13 “And all the people of the land will bury them; and it will be to their renown on the day that I appear in My glory,” declares the Lord GOD.
to make glorious

Causative action by which deities bring honor to people and areas

Examples
Isaiah 9:1 But there will be no more gloom for her who was in anguish. In earlier times He treated the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali with contempt, but later on He will make it glorious, by the way of the sea, on the other side of the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles.
Jeremiah 30:19 ‘From them will come a song of thanksgiving And the voices of those who celebrate; And I will multiply them and they will not decrease; I will honor them and they will not be insignificant.
to be heavy, to be serious, to be grievous, to be burdensome, to be strong

State in which an event is weighing heavily on the mind of those undergoing it

Examples
Genesis 18:20 And the LORD said, “The outcry of Sodom and Gomorrah is indeed great, and their sin is exceedingly grave.
Exodus 5:9 “Let the labor be heavier on the men, and have them work at it so that they will pay no attention to false words.”
Judges 20:34 When ten thousand choice men from all Israel came against Gibeah, the battle became fierce; but Benjamin did not know that disaster was close to them.
to abound

State in which an object contains a large quantity of a substance

Examples
Proverbs 8:24 “When there were no ocean depths, I was born, When there were no springs abounding with water.
to multiply oneself, to make oneself numerous

Action by which humans make themselves numerous

Examples
Nahum 3:15 There fire will consume you, The sword will cut you down; It will consume you as the creeping locust consumes a crop. Multiply yourself like the creeping locust, Multiply yourself like the migratory locust.
to amass, to heap up

Causative action by which humans cause objects to increase in number

Examples
Habakkuk 2:6 “Will all of these not take up a song of ridicule against him, Even a saying and insinuations against him And say, ‘Woe to him who increases what is not his— For how long— And makes himself rich with debts!’
to increase in power

Literally: (someone's) hand is heavy; hence: state in which a nation's power increases to the extent that it enables them to exercise authority over others

Examples
Judges 1:35 yet the Amorites persisted in living on Mount Heres, in Aijalon and Shaalbim; but when the power of the house of Joseph grew strong, they became forced labor.
to be dim, to be dull

Literally: to be heavy; hence: state in which part of the body does not function well

Examples
Genesis 48:10 Now the eyes of Israel were so dim from age that he could not see. And Joseph brought them close to him, and he kissed them and embraced them.
Isaiah 59:1 Behold, the LORD’S hand is not so short That it cannot save; Nor is His ear so dull That it cannot hear.
to make dull

Literally: to make heavy; hence: causative action by which humans cause part of their body not to function well

Examples
Isaiah 6:10 “Make the hearts of this people insensitive, Their ears dull, And their eyes blind, So that they will not see with their eyes, Hear with their ears, Understand with their hearts, And return and be healed.”
Zechariah 7:11 “But they refused to pay attention, and turned a stubborn shoulder and plugged their ears from hearing.
to weigh down with chains > to bring heavy suffering

Literally: to make (someone's) bronze heavy; hence: causative action by which deities brings intense suffering on humans, compared to a prisoner wearing heavy chains

Examples
Lamentations 3:7 He has walled me in so that I cannot go out; He has made my chain heavy.
to be stubborn

Literally: (one's) heart is heavy; hence: state in which humans are stubborn and unwilling to listen

Examples
Exodus 9:7 And Pharaoh sent men, and they learned that, behold, not even one of the livestock of Israel was dead. But the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not let the people go.
to behave stubbornly

Literally: to make (one's) heart heavy; hence: action by which humans act in a stubborn way and are unwilling to listen

Examples
Exodus 8:15 But when Pharaoh saw that there was relief, he hardened his heart and did not listen to them, just as the LORD had said.
Exodus 8:32 But Pharaoh hardened his heart this time also, and he did not let the people go.
Exodus 9:34 But when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunder had stopped, he sinned again and hardened his heart, he and his servants.
to make stubborn

Literally: to make (someone else's) heart heavy; hence: causative action by which deities cause humans to act in a stubborn way and make them unwilling to listen

Examples
Exodus 10:1 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the heart of his servants, so that I may perform these signs of Mine among them,

How it’s used In 10 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

94 occurrences in 34 groups

Not stated: I 15
Not stated: you (one person) 14
Not stated: he, she or it 7
יָדhand, power 5
Not stated: they 5
Not stated (infinitive) 5
Other words · 23 groups that occur once or twice (30) 30

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

45 occurrences in 21 groups

לֵבheart, mind 6
נִיme 6
ךָּyou 6
אָבfather 5
עֹלyoke 5
וֹhim 3
Other words · 15 groups that occur once or twice (18) 18

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

41 occurrences in 39 groups

בin/on/with+ עַיִןeye, sight 3
Other words · 38 groups that occur once or twice (43) 43

With adverbsAdverbs

12 occurrences in 5 groups

מְאֹדvery 5
לֹאnot 4
עַתָּהnow 2
יוֹמָםby day 1
שָׁםthere 1

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

8 occurrences in 6 groups

אֶרֶץland, earth, ground 2
הָher 2
מַיִםwater 1
נִיme 1
וֹhim 1
הֶםthem 1

Named alongside itApposition

1 occurrences in 1 groups

מַעְיָןspring 1

What it doesIt is the subject

3 occurrences in 3 groups

דָבַרto speak, to say 1
זָלַלto be a glutton 1
חָנַןto be gracious, to have mercy 1

What is done to itIt is the object

7 occurrences in 5 groups

אָמַרto say 3
הָיָהto be, to become 1
יָכֹלto be able to 1
כָּבַדto honor, to be heavy, to glorify 1
קָלַלto curse, to be light 1

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

1 occurrences in 1 groups

כְּנַעַןCanaan 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

6 occurrences in 5 groups

עַלon, upon, over, against 2
בin/on/with 2
מִןfrom 1
כlike/as 1
לto/for 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Near synonyms 4 words

שָׂגַב sâgab · H7682 · high, to raise up against, to stir up against: Both lexemes share senses of greatness or excellence but approach it from different conceptual bases: כָּבַד (kâbad, H3513) from weight, honor, and glory, and שָׂגַב (sâgab, H7682) from height, elevation, and strength, within the overlapping sense of being extraordinary or great.
יָקַר yâqar · H3365 · to be precious: Both lexemes share semantic territory around value, honor, and weight/importance.
הָדַר hâdar · H1921 · splendid, glorious, to behave arrogantly: Both words overlap in the sphere of honor, glory and respect, and could substitute for each other in contexts of bestowing or manifesting honor.
אָדַר ʼâdar · H142 · to be great, to be majestic, to be glorious: אָדַר (ʼâdar, H142) (3×) is rare and focused on becoming glorious or honored; כָּבַד (kâbad, H3513) (113×) is a broad word spanning physical weight, affliction, honor, and glory, but in its "Extraordinary" sense overlaps with אָדַר (ʼâdar, H142) in the domain of being or making glorious.

In the other Testament 5 words

δοξάζω doxázō · G1392 · to praise, to glorify, praise: Greek δοξάζω specifically emphasizes the rendering or attribution of glory/honor, while Hebrew כָּבַד covers a broader semantic range including weight, heaviness, grievousness, and burden alongside the glory/honor sense; the two overlap in contexts where honor, glory, or making glorious is in view.
ἔνδοξος éndoxos · G1741 · glorious, splendid, wonderful: Greek ἔνδοξος specifically denotes the state of being 'in glory' or 'glorious/splendid' (often as an attributive quality), corresponding to the glorification sense-domain of Hebrew כָּבַד, but not extending to כָּבַד's broader semantic range of heaviness, burden, or affliction senses.
τιμάω timáō · G5091 · to honor, to respect, to set a price on: τιμάω captures the honorific/reverential sense of כָּבַד ('glorify, honor, make heavy with honor') but not its broader semantic range including burden/affliction senses ('be grievous, be chargeable') or the physical weight/darkness senses ('be dim')—the Greek term is semantically narrower, specialized for valuation and reverence contexts.
βαρύνω barýnō · G925 · to burden: βαρύνω (barýnō, G925) βαρύνω specifically denotes the act of making heavy or burdening (primarily figurative in NT usage), corresponding to the 'burden/grievous' semantic component within כָּבַד (kâbad, H3513)'s broader range that includes weight, heaviness, and the resulting affliction or grievousness.
βαρύς barýs · G926 · heavy, burdensome, troublous: Greek βαρύς preserves the core 'heaviness' semantic shared with Hebrew כָּבַד, particularly in contexts of weight, burden, and severity (cf. the shared Indo-European/Semitic metaphorical extension from physical weight to abstract gravity), though Greek usage tends toward the figurative register ('burdensome, grave') while Hebrew retains stronger ties to both literal weight and the honorific 'glory' extension.

Semantic domains 13 entries

Heavy002001001032: The verb's core sense is being heavy, as when Israel's eyes were heavy and dim with age in Genesis 48:10, or when labor is made heavier in Exodus 5:9.
Bear002003003003: The verb's sense of a heavy burden being placed upon someone associates it with bearing weight, as with the heavier labor imposed on the Israelites in Exodus 5:9.
Chastise002003002005: The verb describes an affliction made more severe or grievous, a chastising weight laid upon someone, in keeping with its glossed sense "more grievously afflict."
Control002003002007: The verb's causative sense of making labor heavier reflects an exercise of control, imposing a burden on those under one's authority.
Respect002001002024: The verb describes being honored or held in high regard, as when the young man was more respected than all his father's household in Genesis 34:19.
Extraordinary002001003006: The verb's sense of "exceedingly grave" describes something extraordinary in degree, as with the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah's sin in Genesis 18:20.
Great002001002012: The verb describes greatness or glory, being made glorious or held in great esteem, part of its broad range covering weight, honor, and magnitude.
Intense002001003011: The verb describes an intensified degree of severity, as with sin described as exceedingly grave in Genesis 18:20.
Quantity002001001046: The verb's glossed sense "abounding with" describes an abundant quantity, a great amount of something accumulated.
Strong002001001063: The verb's sense of heaviness and weightiness associates it with strength or forcefulness, a burden too strong to easily bear.
Unable002001001065: The verb describes eyes made too dim and heavy to see, as with Israel's failing eyesight in Genesis 48:10, an inability resulting from the described heaviness.
Unsafe002003003022: The verb's context of grievous affliction and heavier labor associates it with conditions of hardship or danger imposed on those burdened.
Unwilling002001002031: The verb's sense of a burden made heavier can reflect an unwillingness, a reluctance to bear what has been imposed.

Word family 7 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

כָּבַדkâbad · H3513כָּבוֹד kâbôwd · H3519 · honor, power, dignity · 200×כָּבֵד kâbêd · H3515 · heavy, "heavy of tongue" > difficult language · 41×כָּבֵד kâbêd · H3516 · heavy, "heavy of tongue" > difficult language · 14×כֹּבֶד kôbed · H3514 · heaviness, abundance · 4×כְּבוּדָּה kᵉbûwddâh · H3520 · greatness, glory, valuable goods · 3×כְּבֵדֻת kᵉbêduth · H3517 · heaviness, difficulty · 1×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H3513. kabad or kabed כָּבֵד verb be heavy, weighty, burdensome, honoured (Late Hebrew…

H3513. kabad
or kabed כָּבֵד verb be heavy, weighty, burdensome, honoured (Late Hebrew Pi`el honour, and derivatives, כֹּבֶד weight; Phoenician proper name, feminine כבדת = honoured one, and in compound proper name; Ethiopic be heavy, etc.; Assyrian kabâdu or kabâtu, grow or be heavy, DlHWB; compare Arabic difficulty, distress; III. struggle with difficulties, etc.; Zinjirli כבדו honour, DHMSendsch. 58; Sabean כבודת gifts of honour, = Hebrew נדבה freewill offering DHMZMG 1883, 341 f. —
Qal Perfect ׳כ Isa 24:20; Isa 24:3feminine singular כָּֽבְדָה Gen 18:20 Gen 18:4t.; כָּבֵ֑דָה Jdg 20:34; Jdg 20:3masculine plural כָּֽבְדוּ Gen 48:10; Imperfect יִכְבַּד Exo 9:7; Isa 66:5; יִכְבָּ֑ד Job 6:3; Job 33:7 Job 33:10t. Imperfect (כָּבֵד Gen 12:10 + is given as 3 masculine Perfect by some; but it is probably taken better as adjective SS make כָּבֵד Psa 38:5 infinitive absolute; < Thes adjective ). —
1 be heavy, in weight, of misfortune, heavier than sand Job 6:3; of God's hand in punishment 1Sa 5:11, with אֶל 1Sa 5:6; עַל Psa 32:4; of man's hand in war Jdg 1:35; עַלאַֿנְחָתִי כָּֽבְדָה יָדִי my hand is heavy upon my groaning Job 23:2 is explained by ᵑ7 Hrz Schlottm as hand smiting me; but read rather with ᵑ6 ᵐ5 Ew De Reu Di יָדוֺ of God's hand; of pressure אַכְמִּי Job 33:7 (כַּמִּי ᵐ5); = vehement, sore, of battle Jdg 20:34; with אֶל 1Sa 31:3 = עַל 1Ch 10:3; burdensome, grievous; עָלֶי֑ךָ נִכְבַּד וְלֹא lest we be burdensome unto thee 2Sa 13:23; of work laid upon one, bondage, with עַל Exo 5:9 (JE) Neh 5:18; of sin conceived as a burden Gen 18:20 (J), iniquities Psa 38:5; transgressions, with עַל Isa 24:20.
2 heavy, insensible, dull,of the eyes, so as to be unable to see Gen 48:10 (JE); of the ears Isa 59:1; of the לֵב, hard, insensible Exo 9:7 (J; P and E's synonym is חָזַק, q. v.)
3 be honoured (compare βαρύς) of a man Job 14:21 (opposed to יצערו: compare Hiph`il
3 ), of Tyre Eze 27:25, of Yahweh Isa 66:5.
Niph`al Perfect נִכְבַּד 2Sa 6:20, נִכְבָּ֔ד 2Sa 23:19, 2Sa 23:23; 1Ch 11:21; נִכְבַּדְתָּ Isa 43:4; Isa 43:2t. Perfect; Imperfect אֶכָּבֵד Lev 10:3; Isa 49:5; אִכָּֽבְדָה Exo 14:4, Exo 14:17; אִכָּבֵ֑דָה 2Sa 6:22; אִכָּֽבְדָ֯ Hag 1:8; Imperative הִכָּבֵד 2Ki 14:10; Infinitive הִכָּֽבְדִי Exo 14:18; Eze 39:13; Participle נִכְבָּד Gen 34:19 Gen 34:6t.; plural נִכְבָּדִים Num 22:15; construct נִכְבַּדֵּי Isa 23:8-9, Pro 8:24; נִכְבַּדֶּיהָ Nah 3:10; נִכְבְּדֵיהֶם Psa 149:8; Plural feminine נִכְבָּדוֺת Psa 87:3 — 1 passive
a. be made heavy from abundance, מָ֑יִם נִכְבַּדֵּיֿ מַעְיָנוֺת fountains abounding in water Pro 8:24.
b. be honoured, enjoy honour, of man 1Sa 9:6; 1Sa 22:14; 2Sa 6:20, 2Sa 6:22; 2Sa 23:19 = 1Ch 11:21; 2Sa 23:23; 2Ki 14:10; Isa 43:4; Isa 49:5; 1Ch 4:9 נִכְבָּד וַיְהִי, 1Ch 11:25 הוּא נִכְבָּד (altered from 2Sa 23:23); but more frequent in participle as substantive honourable, honoured, distinguished man Gen 34:19; Num 22:15 (JE) Isa 3:5; Isa 23:8-9, Nah 3:10; Psa 149:8; נִכְבָּדוֺת Psa 87:3 glorious things; וְהַנּוֺרָא הַנִּכְבָּד הַשֵּׁם Deu 28:58 the glorious and awe-inspiring name (of Yahweh).
2 medial, get oneself glory (or honour), of God Isa 26:15; Eze 28:22; Eze 39:13; Hag 1:8; with בְּ in or by any one Exo 14:4, Exo 14:17, Exo 14:18 (P); עַלמְּֿנֵי Lev 10:3 (P).
Piel Perfect2masculine suffix כִּבַּדְתָּ֫נִי Isa 43:23; Isa 43:3masculine plural כִּבְּדוּ 1Sa 6:6; 1Sa 6:3t. Perfect; Imperfect יְכַבֵּד Mal 1:6 Mal 1:3t.; suffix יְכַבְּדָ֑נְנִי Psa 50:23; Psa 50:3feminine singular suffix תְּכַבְּדֵנִי Isa 43:20; אֲכַבְּדָה Psa 86:12; Psa 86:12t. Imperfect; Imperative כַּבֵּד Exo 20:12 Exo 20:2t.; + 3 t. Imperative; Infinitive absolute כַּבֵּד Num 22:17; Num 22:2t. Infinitive; Participle מְכַבֵּד 2Sa 10:3-4;t. Participle; —
1 make heavy, insensible (compare Qal 2) the לב(בׅ 1Sa 6:6 (twice in verse).
2 make honourable, honour, glorify, usually with human subject:
a. human object, parents Exo 20:12 = Deu 5:16 Dec.), Mal 1:6; Balaam Num 22:17 (twice in verse); Num 22:37; Num 24:11 (twice in verse)(JE); sons of Eli 1Sa 2:29; Saul 1Sa 15:30; Nahash 2Sa 10:3 = 1Ch 19:3; Jerusalem Lam 1:8; more Generally Psa 15:4; subject God 1Sa 2:30b Psa 91:15, compare Pro 4:8.
b. object things, sacred place Isa 60:13 (God subject); the Sabbath Isa 58:13.
c. God object 1Sa 2:30 a Isa 24:15; Isa 25:3; Isa 43:20; Psa 22:24; Psa 50:15; Psa 50:23; Pro 14:31; + accusative of thing זבחיך Isa 43:23; + בְּ instrumental (lips) Isa 29:13; + מִן (מֵהוֺנֶ֑ךָ) Pro 3:9; object the name of ׳י, with accusative Psa 86:12; with לְ Psa 86:9; object the י ׳מַלְאַךְ Jdg 13:17.
d. subject indefinite (si vera lectio), object God and man Jdg 9:9 (of olive; on text, especially בּוֺ for בִּי, see GFM).
e. object a heathen god לֶאֱלֹהַּ Dan 11:38 (twice in verse).
Pu`al be made honourable, honoured. Imperfect יְכֻבָּ֑ד Pro 13:18; Pro 27:18; Participle מְכֻבָּד Isa 58:13.
Hiph`il Perfect הִכְבִּיד Lam 3:7 Lam 3:5t.; 2 feminine הִכְבַּדְתְּ Isa 47:6 Isa 47:4t. Perfect; Imperfect וַיַּכְבֵּד Exo 8:28; Exo 9:34; Imperative הַכְבֵּד Isa 6:10; Infin. absolute הַכְבֵּד Exo 8:11; construct הַכְבִּיד2Ch 25:19; Participle מַכְבִּיד Hab 2:6. —
1 make heavy, a yoke 1Ki 12:10, 1Ki 12:14 2Ch 10:10, 2Ch 10:14; Isa 47:6 elliptical with עַל Neh 5:15; a chain Lam 3:7; pledges, with עַל Hab 2:6.
2 make heavy, dull, unresponsive, the ears Isa 6:10; Zec 7:11; the לֵב Exo 8:11; Exo 8:28; Exo 9:34; Exo 10:1(J).
3 cause to be honoured, of depopulated districts of northeast Israel, Isaiah 8:23, of restored nation Jer 30:19 (|| יצערו לא); shew or display honour, 2Ch 25:19 לְהַכְבִּיד (in || 2Ki 14:10 הִכָּבֵד).
Hithpa`el Imperative הִתְכַּבֵּד Nah 3:15; f. הִתְכַּבְּדִי Nah 3:15; Participle מִתְכַּבֵּד Pro 12:9; —
1 make oneself heavy, dense, numerous (compare כָּבֵד
1b) as locusts Nah 3:15 (twice in verse).
2 honour oneself Pro 12:9.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 13 entries

Heavy2 occurrences Quantity3 occurrences Strong1 occurrence Unable4 occurrences Great34 occurrences Respect36 occurrences Unwilling7 occurrences Extraordinary1 occurrence Intense9 occurrences Chastise4 occurrences Control6 occurrences Bear1 occurrence Unsafe1 occurrence

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

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