כָּבֵד
kâbêd · kaw-bade'
the liver (as the heaviest of the viscera)
Lexicon
Derivation: the same as H3515 (כָּבֵד);
the liver (as the heaviest of the viscera)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: liver.
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
14 occurrences · 14 OT · 0 NT · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- above the liver8 · 57%
- that is above the liver2 · 14%
- the liver1 · 7%
- through his liver1 · 7%
- my liver1 · 7%
- in the liver1 · 7%
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.