כָּבֵד kavad

Hebrew word for “to honor” · Strong’s H3513 · used 113 times in 106 verses

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Meaning

: honour/glory; 1) to be heavy, be weighty, be grievous, be hard, be rich, be honourable, be glorious, be burdensome, be honoured;

Senses in the lexicon

• to honor: honour (74)
• to honor: heavy (33)
• to honor: dull (3)
• to honor: many (3)

How it is translated

Glosses given for kavad in context, with how often each is used:

• honored 15
• heavy 12
• will honor 11
• made heavy 9
• honor 7
• honors 4
• honored people 4
• will be heavy 4
• will be honored 3
• will gain honor 2
• will gain glory 2
• surely 2

Where it is used

Also in 14 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Exodus 14 (3), Numbers 22 (3), Isaiah 43 (3), Exodus 8 (2), Exodus 9 (2), 1 Samuel 2 (2), 1 Samuel 5 (2), 2 Samuel 6 (2), 2 Samuel 23 (2), 1 Kings 12 (2)

Forms

• נכבד 9
• יכבד 9
• כבדה 6
• כבד 5
• ותכבד 5
• הכביד 5
• ואכבדה 4
• אכבד 3
• יכבדו 3
• נכבדי 3

Words used with it

Words that share verses with kavad more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• לֵב lev “heart” 13
• פַּרְעֹה paroh “Pharaoh” 9
• אָב av “father” 12
• קָלַל qalal “to lighten” 6
• אֲנִי ani “I” 10
• עֹל ol “yoke” 5
• הֶם hem “them” 10
• עֶבֶד eved “servant/slave” 9
• שֵׁם shem “name” 9
• עַיִן ayin “eye” 9
• יָסַף yasaph “to add” 6
• עַתָּה attah “now” 7

Key verses

The verses using kavad that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Exodus 20:12 — Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
• Leviticus 10:3 — Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the LORD spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be…
• 1 Samuel 2:30 — Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be…
• Psalms 50:15 — And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
• Psalms 50:23 — Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God.
• Psalms 91:15 — He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.
• Proverbs 3:9 — Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:
• Isaiah 6:10 — Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with…
• Isaiah 29:13 — Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me,…
• Isaiah 66:5 — Hear the word of the LORD, ye that tremble at his word; Your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name’s sake, said, Let the LORD be glorified:…
• Zechariah 7:11 — But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear.
• Malachi 1:6 — A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the LORD of…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.