כָּבֵד
kâbêd · kaw-bade'
heavy; figuratively in a good sense (numerous) or in a bad sense (severe, difficult, stupid)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H3513 (כָּבַד);
heavy; figuratively in a good sense (numerous) or in a bad sense (severe, difficult, stupid)
- heavy
- figuratively, in a good sense (numerous) or in a bad sense (severe, difficult, stupid)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (so) great, grievous, hard(-ened), (too) heavy(-ier), laden, much, slow, sore, thick.
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 כָּבֵד 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
41 occurrences · 41 OT · 0 NT · 20 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- grievous5 · 14%
- great3 · 9%
- sore2 · 6%
- and his heavy2 · 6%
- with a great2 · 6%
- and of an hard2 · 6%
- was grievous1 · 3%
- was sore1 · 3%
- is sore1 · 3%
- this is a grievous1 · 3%
- but i am slow1 · 3%
- and of a slow1 · 3%
- is hardened1 · 3%
- a grievous1 · 3%
- much1 · 3%
- were heavy1 · 3%
- is too heavy1 · 3%
- and a thick1 · 3%
- because it is too heavy1 · 3%
- him with much1 · 3%
- this thy so great1 · 3%
- you with a heavy1 · 3%
- and a great1 · 3%
- a heavy1 · 3%
- as an heavy1 · 3%
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.