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Heavy

כָּבֵדStrong’s H3515

kaved (ka-ved)

Appears in 40 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Kaved is the Hebrew word usually translated “heavy”, “massive” and “numerous”. It appears in 40 verses of the Old Testament.

“And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land.”
Genesis 12:10 KJV
Meaning
  1. Heavy, greatheavy · massive, abundant, numerous · heavy, dull · hard, difficult, burdensome · very oppressive, numerous, rich
How it's translated
  • heavy 23
  • massive 6
  • numerous 4
  • and heavy of 3
  • and heavy 2
  • heavy of 2
  • wealthy 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Exodus 11
  • Genesis 9
  • 1 Kings 4
  • 2 Chronicles 3
  • Isaiah 3
  • Numbers 2

12 books in all.

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Explore in Scripture
All 40 verses, by book
Numbers 2
11:1420:20
1 Samuel 1
4:18
2 Samuel 1
14:26
2 Kings 2
6:1418:17
2 Chronicles 3
9:110:410:11
Psalms 1
38:4
Proverbs 1
27:3
Isaiah 3
1:432:236:2
Ezekiel 2
3:53:6
Hebrew dictionary

כָּבֵד kaved · heavy

1) heavy, great 1a) heavy 1b) massive, abundant, numerous 1c) heavy, dull 1d) hard, difficult, burdensome 1e) very oppressive, numerous, rich

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “heavy” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

HEAV'Y, adjective

hev'y.

  1. Weighty; ponderous; having great weight; tending strongly to the center of attraction; contrary to light; applied to material bodies; as a heavy stone; a heavy load.
  2. Sad; sorrowful; dejected; depressed in mind.“So is he that singeth songs to a heavy heart” Proverbs 25:20
  3. Grievous; afflictive; depressing to the spirits; as heavy news; a heavy calamity.
  4. Burdensome; oppressive; as heavy taxes.“Make thy father's heavy yoke--lighter” 1 Kings 12:4
All definitions and other forms of “heavy”
  1. Wanting life and animation; dull.
  2. Drowsy; dull.“Their eyes were heavy” Matthew 26:43
  3. Wanting spirit or animation; destitute of life or rapidity of sentiment; dull; as a heavy writer; a heavy style.
  4. Wanting activity or vivacity; indolent.
  5. Slow; sluggish.
  6. Burdensome; tedious; as heavy hours.
  7. Loaded; encumbered; burdened.
  8. Lying with weight on the stomach; not easily digested; as, oily food is heavy to the stomach.
  9. Moist; deep; soft; miry; as heavy land; a heavy soil.
  10. Difficult; laborious; as a heavy draught.
  11. Weary; supported with pain or difficulty.“And the hands of Moses were heavy” Exodus 17:12
  12. Inflicting severe evils, punishments or judgments.
  13. Burdensome; occasioning great care.“This thing is too heavy for thee” Exodus 18:18
  14. Dull; not hearing; inattentive.“Neither his ears heavy that he cannot hear” Isaiah 59:1
  15. Large, as billows; swelling and rolling with great force; as a heavy sea.
  16. Large in amount; as a heavy expense; a heavy debt.
  17. Thick; dense; black; as a heavy cloud.
  18. Violent; tempestuous; as a heavy wind or gale.
  19. Large; abundant; as a heavy fall of snow or rain.
  20. Great; violent; forcible; as a heavy fire of cannon or small arms.
  21. Not raised by leaven or fermentation; not light; clammy; as heavy bread.
  22. Requiring much labor or much expense; as a heavy undertaking.
  23. Loud; as heavy thunder.

HEAVY, adverb

hev'y. With great weight; used in composition.

    HEAVY, verb transitive

    hev'y. To make heavy [Not in use.]

      Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

      Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.