כָּבֵד
kābēd
be heavy
Strong's H3513VerbHebrewTWOT 943

כָּבֵד (kābēd) is a Hebrew verb meaning be heavy. It appears 116 times in 26 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H3513).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 943)

Range of meaning (TWOT 943)be heavy, weighty, burdensome, honoured; insensible, dull; be made heavy, enjoy honour, get oneself glory; make heavy, make honourable, glorify; be made honourable; unresponsive, cause to be honoured; make oneself heavy, dense…
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

כָּבֵד verb: be heavy, weighty, burdensome, honoured

Strong's H3513 כָּבַד: 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)
KJV:abounding with, more grievously afflict, boast, be chargeable, × 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, × more be laid, make self many, nobles, prevail, promote (to honour), be rich, be (go) sore, stop.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

See it in Scripture

Genesis 13:2Exodus 5:9Leviticus 10:3

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