Hebrew word study

כָּבַדkâbad to be heavy, i.e. in a bad sense (burdensome, severe, dul…

Pronounced “kaw-bad'

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)

Translated in the King James as: 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.

Appears 113 times in Scripture

Origin: or כָּבֵד; a primitive root;

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Where it appears

Genesis 3×
Genesis 18:20Genesis 34:19Genesis 48:10
Exodus 10×
Exodus 5:9Exodus 8:15Exodus 8:32Exodus 9:7Exodus 9:34Exodus 10:1Exodus 14:4Exodus 14:17Exodus 14:18Exodus 20:12
Leviticus 1×
Leviticus 10:3
Numbers 6×
Numbers 22:15Numbers 22:17Numbers 22:37Numbers 24:11+ 2 more in Numbers
Deuteronomy 2×
Deuteronomy 5:16Deuteronomy 28:58
Judges 4×
Judges 1:35Judges 9:9Judges 13:17Judges 20:34
1 Samuel 11×
1 Sam 2:291 Sam 2:301 Sam 5:61 Sam 5:111 Sam 6:61 Sam 9:61 Sam 15:301 Sam 22:141 Sam 31:3+ 2 more in 1 Samuel
2 Samuel 6×
2 Sam 6:202 Sam 6:222 Sam 10:32 Sam 13:252 Sam 23:192 Sam 23:23
1 Kings 2×
1 Ki 12:101 Ki 12:14
2 Kings 1×
2 Ki 14:10
1 Chronicles 5×
1 Chr 4:91 Chr 10:31 Chr 11:211 Chr 11:251 Chr 19:3
2 Chronicles 3×
2 Chr 10:102 Chr 10:142 Chr 25:19
Nehemiah 2×
Nehemiah 5:15Nehemiah 5:18
Job 4×
Job 6:3Job 14:21Job 23:2Job 33:7
Psalms 11×
Psalms 15:4Psalms 22:23Psalms 32:4Psalms 38:4Psalms 50:15Psalms 50:23Psalms 86:9Psalms 86:12Psalms 87:3Psalms 91:15Psalms 149:8
Proverbs 7×
Proverbs 3:9Proverbs 4:8Proverbs 8:24Proverbs 12:9Proverbs 13:18Proverbs 14:31Proverbs 27:18
Isaiah 20×
Isaiah 3:5Isaiah 6:10Isaiah 9:1Isaiah 23:8Isaiah 23:9Isaiah 24:15Isaiah 24:20Isaiah 25:3Isaiah 26:15Isaiah 29:13Isaiah 43:4Isaiah 43:20Isaiah 43:23Isaiah 47:6Isaiah 49:5Isaiah 58:13Isaiah 59:1Isaiah 60:13Isaiah 66:5+ 1 more in Isaiah
Jeremiah 1×
Jeremiah 30:19
Lamentations 2×
Lam 1:8Lam 3:7
Ezekiel 3×
Ezekiel 27:25Ezekiel 28:22Ezekiel 39:13
Daniel 2×
Daniel 11:38+ 1 more in Daniel
Nahum 3×
Nahum 3:10Nahum 3:15+ 1 more in Nahum
Habakkuk 1×
Habakkuk 2:6
Haggai 1×
Haggai 1:8
Zechariah 1×
Zech 7:11
Malachi 1×
Malachi 1:6

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