כָּבוֹד
kâbôwd · kaw-bode'
properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness
Lexicon
Derivation: rarely כָּבֹד; from H3513 (כָּבַד);
properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: glorious(-ly), glory, honour(-able).
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
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- 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 › to fasten and establish › the doorway, the way in
The open hand that covers of the house, what is within that works to fasten and establish of the doorway, the way in.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of כָּבוֹד 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
200 occurrences · 200 OT · 0 NT · 110 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and the glory17 · 13%
- the glory16 · 13%
- and honour13 · 10%
- glory11 · 9%
- my glory8 · 6%
- of glory7 · 6%
- and, behold, the glory6 · 5%
- his glory5 · 4%
- honour5 · 4%
- of the glory4 · 3%
- their glory4 · 3%
- of his glory3 · 2%
- and my glory3 · 2%
- in glory3 · 2%
- then the glory2 · 2%
- of thy glory2 · 2%
- thy glory2 · 2%
- and glory2 · 2%
- with his glory2 · 2%
- and thy glory2 · 2%
- let thy glory2 · 2%
- and his glory2 · 2%
- for the glory2 · 2%
- for glory2 · 2%
- mine honour2 · 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.