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כָּבַד

kâbad · Hebrew · Strong's H3513 · 115 occurrences

What it means

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)

or כָּבֵד; a primitive root;

How the KJV renders it

abounding with, more grievously afflict, boast, be chargeable, glorify, be glorious, glory, great, be grievous, harden, be heavy, be heavier, lay heavily, bring to, come to, get, be had in honour, honourable, lade, make self many, nobles, prevail, promote, be rich, be sore, stop

Where that flattens a distinction

The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.

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Where it appears

115 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 60 verses shown.

Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.