Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H3515: כָּבֵד

kâbêd · pronounced kaw-bade' · “heavy”

Definition

heavy; figuratively in a good sense (numerous) or in a bad sense (severe, difficult, stupid)

KJV translates it as: (so) great, grievous, hard(-ened), (too) heavy(-ier), laden, much, slow, sore, thick.

Word origin: from H3513 (כָּבַד);

Extended definition

1) heavy, great
1a) heavy
1b) massive, abundant, numerous
1c) heavy, dull
1d) hard, difficult, burdensome
1e) very oppressive, numerous, rich

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H3515 is translated

  • heavy ×14
  • massive ×6
  • was heavy ×4
  • numerous ×4
  • heavy of ×4
  • is heavy ×2
  • was wealthy ×1
  • will be heavy ×1
  • am heavy of ×1
  • were heavy ×1
  • is too heavy ×1
  • it is too heavy ×1

Bible verses with H3515 (kâbêd)

Kâbêd appears in 40 verses; the first 25 are shown below.

  • Genesis 12:10

    And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land.

  • Genesis 13:2

    And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.

  • Genesis 41:31

    And the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine following; for it shall be very grievous.

  • Genesis 43:1

    And the famine was sore in the land.

  • Genesis 47:4

    They said moreover unto Pharaoh, For to sojourn in the land are we come; for thy servants have no pasture for their flocks; for the famine is sore in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen.

  • Genesis 47:13

    And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very sore, so that the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine.

  • Genesis 50:9

    And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen: and it was a very great company.

  • Genesis 50:10

    And they came to the threshingfloor of Atad, which is beyond Jordan, and there they mourned with a great and very sore lamentation: and he made a mourning for his father seven days.

  • Genesis 50:11

    And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, This is a grievous mourning to the Egyptians: wherefore the name of it was called Abel–mizraim, which is beyond Jordan.

  • Exodus 4:10

    And Moses said unto the Lord, O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.

  • Exodus 7:14

    And the Lord said unto Moses, Pharaoh’s heart is hardened, he refuseth to let the people go.

  • Exodus 8:24

    And the Lord did so; and there came a grievous swarm of flies into the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants’ houses, and into all the land of Egypt: the land was corrupted by reason of the swarm of flies.

  • Exodus 9:3

    Behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thy cattle which is in the field, upon the horses, upon the asses, upon the camels, upon the oxen, and upon the sheep: there shall be a very grievous murrain.

  • Exodus 9:18

    Behold, to morrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as hath not been in Egypt since the foundation thereof even until now.

  • Exodus 9:24

    So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very grievous, such as there was none like it in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation.

  • Exodus 10:14

    And the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the coasts of Egypt: very grievous were they; before them there were no such locusts as they, neither after them shall be such.

  • Exodus 12:38

    And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and herds, even very much cattle.

  • Exodus 17:12

    But Moses’ hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.

  • Exodus 18:18

    Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this people that is with thee: for this thing is too heavy for thee; thou art not able to perform it thyself alone.

  • Exodus 19:16

    And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled.

  • Numbers 11:14

    I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me.

  • Numbers 20:20

    And he said, Thou shalt not go through. And Edom came out against him with much people, and with a strong hand.

  • 1 Samuel 4:18

    And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, that he fell from off the seat backward by the side of the gate, and his neck brake, and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years.

  • 2 Samuel 14:26

    And when he polled his head, (for it was at every year’s end that he polled it: because the hair was heavy on him, therefore he polled it:) he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels after the king’s weight.

  • 1 Kings 3:9

    Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?

All 40 references

Words derived from H3515