# כָּבַד (kavad)

Israeli respelling: ka-vad. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H3513. 108 Old Testament occurrences.

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)

King James renderings: 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…

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/kavad-h3513

## Occurrences

- [Genesis 13:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/13/2) — And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.
- [Genesis 18:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/18/20) — And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;
- [Genesis 34:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/34/19) — And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob’s daughter: and he was more honourable than all the house o…
- [Genesis 48:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/48/10) — Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not see. And he brought them near unto him; and he kissed them, and embraced them.
- [Exodus 5:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/5/9) — Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein; and let them not regard vain words.
- [Exodus 8:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/8/15) — But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his heart, and hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.
- [Exodus 8:32](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/8/32) — And Pharaoh hardened his heart at this time also, neither would he let the people go.
- [Exodus 9:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/9/7) — And Pharaoh sent, and, behold, there was not one of the cattle of the Israelites dead. And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did no…
- [Exodus 9:34](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/9/34) — And when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunders were ceased, he sinned yet more, and hardened his heart, he and his servan…
- [Exodus 10:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/10/1) — And the LORD said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh: for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I might shew these my…
- [Exodus 14:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/14/4) — And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, that he shall follow after them; and I will be honoured upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host; that the Eg…
- [Exodus 14:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/14/17) — And I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall follow them: and I will get me honour upon Pharaoh, and upon all h…
- [Exodus 14:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/14/18) — And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I have gotten me honour upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen.
- [Exodus 20:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 peop…
- [Numbers 22:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/22/15) — And Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honourable than they.
- [Numbers 22:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/22/17) — For I will promote thee unto very great honour, and I will do whatsoever thou sayest unto me: come therefore, I pray thee, curse me this pe…
- [Numbers 22:37](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/22/37) — And Balak said unto Balaam, Did I not earnestly send unto thee to call thee? wherefore camest thou not unto me? am I not able indeed to pro…
- [Numbers 24:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/24/11) — Therefore now flee thou to thy place: I thought to promote thee unto great honour; but, lo, the LORD hath kept thee back from honour.
- [Deuteronomy 5:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/5/16) — Honour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with the…
- [Deuteronomy 28:58](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/28/58) — If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful nam…
- [Judges 1:35](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/1/35) — But the Amorites would dwell in mount Heres in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim: yet the hand of the house of Joseph prevailed, so that they became…
- [Judges 9:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/9/9) — But the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness, wherewith by me they honour God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?
- [Judges 13:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/13/17) — And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, What is thy name, that when thy sayings come to pass we may do thee honour?
- [Judges 20:34](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/20/34) — And there came against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and the battle was sore: but they knew not that evil was near them.
- [1 Samuel 2:29](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/2/29) — Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which I have commanded in my habitation; and honourest thy sons above me, to make y…
- [1 Samuel 2:30](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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…
- [1 Samuel 5:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/5/6) — But the hand of the LORD was heavy upon them of Ashdod, and he destroyed them, and smote them with emerods, even Ashdod and the coasts ther…
- [1 Samuel 5:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/5/11) — So they sent and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again…
- [1 Samuel 6:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/6/6) — Wherefore then do ye harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? when he had wrought wonderfully among them, di…
- [1 Samuel 9:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/9/6) — And he said unto him, Behold now, there is in this city a man of God, and he is an honourable man; all that he saith cometh surely to pass:…
- [1 Samuel 15:30](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/15/30) — Then he said, I have sinned: yet honour me now, I pray thee, before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn again with me, tha…
- [1 Samuel 22:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/22/14) — Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, And who is so faithful among all thy servants as David, which is the king’s son in law, and goe…
- [1 Samuel 31:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/31/3) — And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him; and he was sore wounded of the archers.
- [2 Samuel 6:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/6/20) — Then David returned to bless his household. And Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, How glorious was the king of…
- [2 Samuel 6:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/6/22) — And I will yet be more vile than thus, and will be base in mine own sight: and of the maidservants which thou hast spoken of, of them shall…
- [2 Samuel 10:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/10/3) — And the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun their lord, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent com…
- [2 Samuel 13:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/13/25) — And the king said to Absalom, Nay, my son, let us not all now go, lest we be chargeable unto thee. And he pressed him: howbeit he would not…
- [2 Samuel 14:26](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/14/26) — And when he polled his head, (for it was at every year’s end that he polled it: because the hair was heavy on him, therefore he polled it:)…
- [2 Samuel 23:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/23/19) — Was he not most honourable of three? therefore he was their captain: howbeit he attained not unto the first three.
- [2 Samuel 23:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/23/23) — He was more honourable than the thirty, but he attained not to the first three. And David set him over his guard.
- [1 Kings 12:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/12/10) — And the young men that were grown up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou speak unto this people that spake unto thee, saying,…
- [1 Kings 12:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/12/14) — And spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke: my father also c…
- [2 Kings 14:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/14/10) — Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and thine heart hath lifted thee up: glory of this, and tarry at home: for why shouldest thou meddle to thy…
- [1 Chronicles 4:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/4/9) — And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow.
- [1 Chronicles 10:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/10/3) — And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him, and he was wounded of the archers.
- [1 Chronicles 11:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/11/21) — Of the three, he was more honourable than the two; for he was their captain: howbeit he attained not to the first three.
- [1 Chronicles 11:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/11/25) — Behold, he was honourable among the thirty, but attained not to the first three: and David set him over his guard.
- [1 Chronicles 19:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/19/3) — But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto…
- [2 Chronicles 10:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/10/10) — And the young men that were brought up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou answer the people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy…
- [2 Chronicles 10:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/10/14) — And answered them after the advice of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add thereto: my father chastised yo…
- [2 Chronicles 25:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/25/19) — Thou sayest, Lo, thou hast smitten the Edomites; and thine heart lifteth thee up to boast: abide now at home; why shouldest thou meddle to…
- [Nehemiah 5:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/5/15) — But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekel…
- [Nehemiah 5:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/5/18) — Now that which was prepared for me daily was one ox and six choice sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days store of al…
- [Job 6:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/6/3) — For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up.
- [Job 14:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/14/21) — His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.
- [Job 23:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/23/2) — Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.
- [Job 33:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/33/7) — Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid, neither shall my hand be heavy upon thee.
- [Psalms 15:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/15/4) — In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the LORD. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not.
- [Psalms 22:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/22/23) — Ye that fear the LORD, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel.
- [Psalms 32:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/32/4) — For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.
- [Psalms 38:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/38/4) — For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
- [Psalms 50:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/50/15) — And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
- [Psalms 50:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/50/23) — Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God.
- [Psalms 86:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/86/9) — All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord; and shall glorify thy name.
- [Psalms 86:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/86/12) — I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart: and I will glorify thy name for evermore.
- [Psalms 87:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/87/3) — Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah.
- [Psalms 91:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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.
- [Psalms 149:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/149/8) — To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron;
- [Proverbs 3:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/3/9) — Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:
- [Proverbs 4:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/4/8) — Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.
- [Proverbs 8:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/8/24) — When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water.
- [Proverbs 12:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/12/9) — He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.
- [Proverbs 13:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/13/18) — Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.
- [Proverbs 14:31](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/14/31) — He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.
- [Proverbs 27:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/27/18) — Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.
- [Isaiah 3:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/3/5) — And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the…
- [Isaiah 6:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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,…
- [Isaiah 9:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/9/1) — Nevertheless the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation, when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land…
- [Isaiah 23:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/23/8) — Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honourable of the earth?
- [Isaiah 23:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/23/9) — The LORD of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth.
- [Isaiah 24:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/24/15) — Wherefore glorify ye the LORD in the fires, even the name of the LORD God of Israel in the isles of the sea.
- [Isaiah 24:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/24/20) — The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it;…
- [Isaiah 25:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/25/3) — Therefore shall the strong people glorify thee, the city of the terrible nations shall fear thee.
- [Isaiah 26:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/26/15) — Thou hast increased the nation, O LORD, thou hast increased the nation: thou art glorified: thou hadst removed it far unto all the ends of…
- [Isaiah 29:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 h…
- [Isaiah 43:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/43/4) — Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honourable, and I have loved thee: therefore will I give men for thee, and people for…
- [Isaiah 43:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/43/20) — The beast of the field shall honour me, the dragons and the owls: because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to giv…
- [Isaiah 43:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/43/23) — Thou hast not brought me the small cattle of thy burnt offerings; neither hast thou honoured me with thy sacrifices. I have not caused thee…
- [Isaiah 47:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/47/6) — I was wroth with my people, I have polluted mine inheritance, and given them into thine hand: thou didst shew them no mercy; upon the ancie…
- [Isaiah 49:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/49/5) — And now, saith the LORD that formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, Though Israel be not gathered, yet sha…
- [Isaiah 58:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/58/13) — If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD,…
- [Isaiah 59:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/59/1) — Behold, the LORD’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:
- [Isaiah 60:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/60/13) — The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the fir tree, the pine tree, and the box together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary; and I…
- [Isaiah 66:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 L…
- [Jeremiah 30:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/30/19) — And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I wi…
- [Lamentations 1:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/lamentations/1/8) — Jerusalem hath grievously sinned; therefore she is removed: all that honoured her despise her, because they have seen her nakedness: yea, s…
- [Lamentations 3:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/lamentations/3/7) — He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
- [Ezekiel 27:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/27/25) — The ships of Tarshish did sing of thee in thy market: and thou wast replenished, and made very glorious in the midst of the seas.
- [Ezekiel 28:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/28/22) — And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Zidon; and I will be glorified in the midst of thee: and they shall know tha…
- [Ezekiel 39:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/39/13) — Yea, all the people of the land shall bury them; and it shall be to them a renown the day that I shall be glorified, saith the Lord GOD.
- [Daniel 11:38](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/daniel/11/38) — But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces: and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with pr…
- [Nahum 3:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nahum/3/10) — Yet was she carried away, she went into captivity: her young children also were dashed in pieces at the top of all the streets: and they ca…
- [Nahum 3:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nahum/3/15) — There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off, it shall eat thee up like the cankerworm: make thyself many as the cankerwo…
- [Habakkuk 2:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/habakkuk/2/6) — Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is no…
- [Haggai 1:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/haggai/1/8) — Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith the LORD.
- [Zechariah 7:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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?…