כָּבַד
kâbad · kaw-bad'
to be heavy, i.e. in a bad sense (burdensome, severe, dull) or in a good sense (numerous, rich, honorable; causatively, to make weighty (in the same two senses)
Lexicon
Derivation: or כָּבֵד; a primitive root;
to be heavy, i.e. in a bad sense (burdensome, severe, dull) or in a good sense (numerous, rich, honorable; causatively, to make weighty (in the same two senses)
- to be heavy, i.e. in a bad sense (burdensome, severe, dull) or in a good sense (numerous, rich, honorable
- causatively, to make weighty (in the same two senses)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: abounding with, more grievously afflict, boast, be chargeable, [idiom] be dim, glorify, be (make) glorious (things), glory, (very) great, be grievous, harden, be (make) heavy, be heavier, lay heavily, (bring to, come to, do, get, be had in) honour (self), (be) honourable (man), lade, [idiom] more be laid, make self many, nobles, prevail, promote (to honour), be rich, be (go) sore, stop.
Letters
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the open hand that covers › the house, what is within › the doorway, the way in
The open hand that covers of the house, what is within of the doorway, the way in.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of כָּבַד above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
113 occurrences · 113 OT · 0 NT · 98 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- heavy8 · 17%
- honour5 · 10%
- made3 · 6%
- was heavy3 · 6%
- make thyself many2 · 4%
- hardened2 · 4%
- doth honour2 · 4%
- shall be honoured2 · 4%
- went sore2 · 4%
- glorify2 · 4%
- he was more honourable2 · 4%
- glorious2 · 4%
- and he was more honourable1 · 2%
- i will be glorified1 · 2%
- when i have gotten me honour1 · 2%
- grievous1 · 2%
- them; and i will be honoured1 · 2%
- for i have hardened1 · 2%
- and hardened1 · 2%
- was hardened1 · 2%
- he hardened1 · 2%
- and i will get me honour1 · 2%
- be laid1 · 2%
- were dim1 · 2%
- rich1 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.