כָּבַד

Strong’s Definition

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)

Etymology & Derivation

or כָּבֵד; a primitive root;

KJV Usage

abounding with, more grievously afflict, boast, be chargeable, [idiom] 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, [idiom] more be laid, make self many, nobles, prevail, promote (to honour), be rich, be (go) sore, stop.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.to be heavy, be weighty, be grievous, be hard, be rich, be honorable, be glorious, be burdensome, be honored
• 2.(qal)
• 3.(niphal)
• 4.(piel)
• 5.(pual) to be made honorable, be honored
• 6.(hiphil)
• 7.(hithpael)

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: kâbad; Pronunciation: kaw-bad'