כָּבֵד
ka.vadto honor: honourHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentVerb113 occurrences26 books106 verses
Definition
or כָּבֵד; 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)
Traditional renderings: 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.
Traditional renderings: 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.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders כָּבֵד:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
113 total
- Lamentations 3:7הִכְבִּ֥יד · He has weighed me downHe has walled me in so I cannot escape; He has weighed me down with chains.
- Ezekiel 27:25וַֽתִּכְבְּדִ֛י · with heavy cargoThe ships of Tarshish carried your merchandise. And you were filled with heavy cargo in the heart of the sea.
- Ezekiel 28:22וְנִכְבַּדְתִּ֖י · and I will be glorifiedAnd you are to declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I am against you, O Sidon, and I will be glorified within you. They will know that I am the LORD when I execute judgments against her and demonstrate My holiness through her.
- Ezekiel 39:13הִכָּ֣בְדִ֔י · I display My gloryAll the people of the land will bury them, and it will bring them renown on the day I display My glory, declares the Lord GOD.
- Daniel 11:38יְכַבֵּ֑ד · he will honor; יְכַבֵּ֛דAnd in their place, he will honor a god of fortresses—a god his fathers did not know—with gold, silver, precious stones, and riches.
- Nahum 3:10נִכְבַּדֶּ֙יהָ֙ · her dignitariesYet she became an exile; she went into captivity. Her infants were dashed to pieces at the head of every street. They cast lots for her dignitaries, and all her nobles were bound in chains.
- Nahum 3:15הִתְכַּבֵּ֣ד · Make yourself many; הִֽתְכַּבְּדִ֖י · make yourself manyThere the fire will devour you; the sword will cut you down and consume you like a young locust. Make yourself many like the young locust; make yourself many like the swarming locust!
- Habakkuk 2:6וּמַכְבִּ֥יד · and makes himself richWill not all of these take up a taunt against him, speaking with mockery and derision: ‘Woe to him who amasses what is not his and makes himself rich with many loans! How long will this go on?’
- Haggai 1:8וְאֶכָּבֵד · and be glorifiedGo up into the hills, bring down lumber, and build the house, so that I may take pleasure in it and be glorified, says the LORD.
- Zechariah 7:11הִכְבִּ֥ידוּ · they stopped upBut they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they stopped up their ears from hearing.
- Malachi 1:6יְכַבֵּ֥ד · honors“A son honors his father, and a servant his master. But if I am a father, where is My honor? And if I am a master, where is your fear of Me?” says the LORD of Hosts to you priests who despise My name. “But you ask, ‘How have we despised Your name?’