Strong's Definition
or kabed {kaw-bade'}; a primitive root; 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 Usage: abounding with, more grievously afflict, boast, be chargeable, X 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, X more be laid, make self many, nobles, prevail, promote (to honour), be rich, be (go) sore, stop
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
כָּבֵד (ka.vad) — to honor: honour. : honour/glory 1) to be heavy, be weighty, be grievous, be hard, be rich, be honourable, be glorious, be burdensome, be honoured 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be heavy 1a2) to be heavy, be insensible, be dull 1a3) to be honoured 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be made heavy, be honoured, enjoy honour, be made abundant 1b2) to get oneself glory or honour, gain glory 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to make heavy, make dull, make insensible 1c2) to make honourable, honour, glorify 1d) (Pual) to be made honourable, be honoured 1e) (Hiphil) 1e1) to make heavy 1e2) to make heavy, make dull, make unresponsive 1e3) to cause to be honoured 1f) (Hithpael) 1f1) to make oneself heavy, make oneself dense, make oneself numerous 1f2) to honour oneself
כָּבֵד (ka.vad) — to honor: heavy. : heavy/severe 1) to be heavy, be weighty, be grievous, be hard, be rich, be honourable, be glorious, be burdensome, be honoured 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be heavy 1a2) to be heavy, be insensible, be dull 1a3) to be honoured 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be made heavy, be honoured, enjoy honour, be made abundant 1b2) to get oneself glory or honour, gain glory 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to make heavy, make dull, make insensible 1c2) to make honourable, honour, glorify 1d) (Pual) to be made honourable, be honoured 1e) (Hiphil) 1e1) to make heavy 1e2) to make heavy, make dull, make unresponsive 1e3) to cause to be honoured 1f) (Hithpael) 1f1) to make oneself heavy, make oneself dense, make oneself numerous 1f2) to honour oneself
כָּבֵד (ka.vad) — to honor: many. : many 1) to be heavy, be weighty, be grievous, be hard, be rich, be honourable, be glorious, be burdensome, be honoured 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be heavy 1a2) to be heavy, be insensible, be dull 1a3) to be honoured 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be made heavy, be honoured, enjoy honour, be made abundant 1b2) to get oneself glory or honour, gain glory 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to make heavy, make dull, make insensible 1c2) to make honourable, honour, glorify 1d) (Pual) to be made honourable, be honoured 1e) (Hiphil) 1e1) to make heavy 1e2) to make heavy, make dull, make unresponsive 1e3) to cause to be honoured 1f) (Hithpael) 1f1) to make oneself heavy, make oneself dense, make oneself numerous 1f2) to honour oneself
כָּבֵד (ka.vad) — to honor: dull. : dull/dim(hearing/eyesight) 1) to be heavy, be weighty, be grievous, be hard, be rich, be honourable, be glorious, be burdensome, be honoured 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be heavy 1a2) to be heavy, be insensible, be dull 1a3) to be honoured 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be made heavy, be honoured, enjoy honour, be made abundant 1b2) to get oneself glory or honour, gain glory 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to make heavy, make dull, make insensible 1c2) to make honourable, honour, glorify 1d) (Pual) to be made honourable, be honoured 1e) (Hiphil) 1e1) to make heavy 1e2) to make heavy, make dull, make unresponsive 1e3) to cause to be honoured 1f) (Hithpael) 1f1) to make oneself heavy, make oneself dense, make oneself numerous 1f2) to honour oneself
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · כָּבֵד · כֹּבֶד · כְּבֵדֻת · כָּבֹוד · כְּבוּדָּה · יֹוכֶבֶד
Heavy | verb qal
to be heavy = state in which objects have relatively much weight, ≈ which is often associated with slowness, functioning with difficulty, but also with importance, riches, status, etc.
Bear | verb qal
to be burdensome literally: to be heavy; hence: = state in which people are burdensome to other people
Chastise | verb qal
Collocation: יָד כבד
to chastise literally: (someone's) hand is heavy (against someone else); hence: = action by which a deity is chastising humans
Control | verb hif
to lay heavy burdens literally: to make heavy; hence: = action by which humans exercise authority on others with a heavy hand
Respect | verb pi, verb pu'al | ≈ גור · הלל · חוה · ידה · ירא · רום | ≠ זלל · חרף · קָלֹון
to honor, to respect = action by which humans, deities, or animals treat other humans, deities, times, or objects with honor and respect
EXO 20:12 · NUM 22:17 · NUM 22:17 · NUM 22:37 · NUM 24:11 · NUM 24:11 · DEU 5:16 · JDG 9:9 · JDG 13:17 · 1SA 2:29 · 1SA 2:30 · 1SA 2:30 · 1SA 15:30 · 2SA 10:3 · 1CH 19:3 · PSA 15:4 · PSA 22:24 · PSA 50:15 · PSA 50:23 · PSA 86:9 · PSA 86:12 · PSA 91:15 · PRO 3:9 · PRO 4:8 · PRO 13:18 · PRO 14:31 · PRO 27:18 · ISA 24:15 · ISA 25:3 · ISA 29:13 · ISA 43:20 · ISA 43:23 · ISA 58:13 · ISA 58:13 · ISA 60:13 · LAM 1:8 · DAN 11:38 · DAN 11:38 · MAL 1:6
Control | verb hif
Collocation: כבד עֹל
to make (someone's) yoke heavy, to oppress literally: to make (someone's) yoke heavy; hence: = action by which human rules exercise authority on other with a heavy hand
Extraordinary | verb nif ptc.act
glorious = state in which words are of a high quality, and ► spoken in order to inspire an attitude of respect towards something
Great | verb nif, verb qal
to be honorable, to be worthy of honor, to be renowned = state in which humans and deities are regarded as worthy of honor and respect
GEN 34:19 · EXO 14:4 · EXO 14:17 · EXO 14:18 · LEV 10:3 · NUM 22:15 · DEU 28:58 · 1SA 9:6 · 1SA 22:14 · 2SA 6:22 · 2SA 23:19 · 2SA 23:23 · 2KI 14:10 · 1CH 4:9 · 1CH 11:21 · 1CH 11:25 · JOB 14:21 · PSA 149:8 · ISA 3:5 · ISA 23:8 · ISA 23:9 · ISA 26:15 · ISA 43:4 · ISA 49:5 · ISA 66:5 · EZK 28:22 · NAM 3:10 · HAG 1:8
Great | verb hit
to put on airs, to play the important man = pattern of actions in which humans behave as people worthy of honor
Great | verb nif, verb hif
to gain honor, to gain glory = action by which humans and deities bring honor and respect upon themselves
Great | verb hif
to make glorious = causative action by which deities bring honor to people and areas
Intense | verb qal
to be heavy, to be serious, to be grievous, to be burdensome, to be strong = state in which an event is weighing heavily on the mind of those undergoing it
GEN 18:20 · EXO 5:9 · JDG 20:34 · 1SA 31:3 · 1CH 10:3 · NEH 5:18 · JOB 33:7 · PSA 38:5 · ISA 24:20
Quantity | verb nif
to abound = state in which an object contains a large quantity of a substance
Quantity | verb hit
to multiply oneself, to make oneself numerous = action by which humans make themselves numerous
Quantity | verb hif
to amass, to heap up = causative action by which humans cause objects to increase in number
Strong | verb qal
Collocation: יָד כבד
to increase in power literally: (someone's) hand is heavy; hence: = state in which a nation's power increases to the extent that it enables them to exercise authority over others
Unable | verb qal
to be dim, to be dull literally: to be heavy; hence: = state in which part of the body does not function well
Unable | verb hif
to make dull literally: to make heavy; hence: = causative action by which humans cause part of their body not to function well
Unsafe | verb hif
Collocation: כבד נְחֹשֶׁת
to weigh down with chains > to bring heavy suffering literally: to make (someone's) bronze heavy; hence: = causative action by which deities brings intense suffering on humans, ◄ compared to a prisoner wearing heavy chains
Unwilling | verb qal
Collocation: לֵב כבד
to be stubborn literally: (one's) heart is heavy; hence: = state in which humans are stubborn and unwilling to listen
Unwilling | verb hif, verb pi
Collocation: כבד לֵב · כבד לֵבָב
to behave stubbornly literally: to make (one's) heart heavy; hence: = action by which humans act in a stubborn way and are unwilling to listen
Unwilling
Collocation: כבד לֵב
to make stubborn literally: to make (someone else's) heart heavy; hence: = causative action by which deities cause humans to act in a stubborn way and make them unwilling to listen
1 JOB 23:2 This interpretation requires that יָדִי is read as יָדוֹ. 2 HAG 1:8 MT-K אכבד | MT-Q אַכָּבְדָה
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
כָּבֵד vb. be heavy, weighty, burdensome, honoured Qal be heavy, in weight
heavy, insensible, dull
be honoured
Niph. pass. be made heavy fr. abundance
be honoured, enjoy honour, of man
medial, get oneself glory (or honour), of God
Pi. make heavy, insensible
make honourable, honour, glorify, usu. c. human subj.
Pu. be made honourable, honoured
Hiph. make heavy
make heavy, dull, unresponsive, the ears
cause to be honoured
Hithp. make oneself heavy, dense, numerous
honour oneself
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