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Strong's H3515 כָּבֵד (kabed)

Kabed means “heavy” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G3515 — nepiazo (“be a child”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H3515
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 39
Books 11

Strong's H3515 Quick Answer

Strong's H3515 כָּבֵד (kabed) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. kabed (kaw-bade') adj. 1. heavy 2. figuratively in a good sense (numerous) or in a bad sense (severe, difficult, stupid) It has 39 linked Bible usages across 11 books. Visible English usage signals include heavy, great, grievous, and good. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
kabed (kaw-bade') adj. 1. heavy 2. figuratively in a good sense (numerous) or in a bad sense (severe, difficult, stupid)
Usage
39 linked usages
Books
11 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
heavy, great, grievous, and good

Meaning and Definition

kabed (kaw-bade') adj. 1. heavy 2. figuratively in a good sense (numerous) or in a bad sense (severe, difficult, stupid) [from H3513] KJV: (so) great, grievous, hard(-ened), (too) heavy(-ier), laden, much, slow, sore, thick. Root(s): H3513

Original Word
כָּבֵד
Transliteration
kabed
Derivation
Root: כבד First root strongs: 3513
Morphology
adjective

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H3515. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

heavy

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

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How Strong's H3515 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render kabed, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

heavy Exodus 17:12 10× great 1 Kings 10:2 grievous Exodus 8:24 good 1 Kings 3:9

How Strong's H3515 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 39 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H3515 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H3515 in the Old Testament

39 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 12:10 KJV

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 13:2 KJV

And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.

Genesis 41:31 KJV

And the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine following; for it shall be very grievous.

Usage Excerpts

First 39 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H3515.

Genesis 12:10 Old Testament, KJV
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 13:2 Old Testament, KJV
And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.
Genesis 41:31 Old Testament, KJV
And the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine following; for it shall be very grievous.
Genesis 43:1 Old Testament, KJV
And the famine was sore in the land.
Genesis 47:4 Old Testament, KJV
They said morever unto Pharaoh, For to sojourn in the land are we come; for thy servants have no pasture for their flocks; for the famine is sore in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen.
Genesis 47:13 Old Testament, KJV
And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very sore, so that the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine.
Genesis 50:9 Old Testament, KJV
And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen: and it was a very great company.
Genesis 50:10 Old Testament, KJV
And they came to the threshingfloor of Atad, which is beyond Jordan, and there they mourned with a great and very sore lamentation: and he made a mourning for his father seven days.
Genesis 50:11 Old Testament, KJV
And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, This is a grievous mourning to the Egyptians: wherefore the name of it was called Abelmizraim, which is beyond Jordan.
Exodus 4:10 Old Testament, KJV
And Moses said unto the LORD, O my LORD, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.
Exodus 7:14 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD said unto Moses, Pharaoh's heart is hardened, he refuseth to let the people go.
Exodus 8:24 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD did so; and there came a grievous swarm of flies into the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants' houses, and into all the land of Egypt: the land was corrupted by reason of the swarm of flies.
Exodus 9:3 Old Testament, KJV
Behold, the hand of the LORD is upon thy cattle which is in the field, upon the horses, upon the asses, upon the camels, upon the oxen, and upon the sheep: there shall be a very grievous murrain.
Exodus 9:18 Old Testament, KJV
Behold, to morrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as hath not been in Egypt since the foundation thereof even until now.
Exodus 9:24 Old Testament, KJV
So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very grievous, such as there was none like it in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation.
Exodus 10:14 Old Testament, KJV
And the locust went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the coasts of Egypt: very grievous were they; before them there were no such locusts as they, neither after them shall be such.
Exodus 12:38 Old Testament, KJV
And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and herds, even very much cattle.
Exodus 17:12 Old Testament, KJV
But Moses hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.
Exodus 18:18 Old Testament, KJV
Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this people that is with thee: for this thing is too heavy for thee; thou art not able to perform it thyself alone.
Exodus 19:16 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled.
Numbers 11:14 Old Testament, KJV
I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me.
Numbers 20:20 Old Testament, KJV
And he said, Thou shalt not go through. And Edom came out against him with much people, and with a strong hand.
1 Samuel 4:18 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, that he fell from off the seat backward by the side of the gate, and his neck brake, and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years.
1 Kings 3:9 Old Testament, KJV
Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?
1 Kings 10:2 Old Testament, KJV
And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels that bare spices, and very much gold, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.
1 Kings 12:4 Old Testament, KJV
Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make thou the grievous service of thy father, and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, lighter, and we will serve thee.
1 Kings 12:11 Old Testament, KJV
And now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke: my father hath chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
2 Kings 6:14 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a great host: and they came by night, and compassed the city about.
2 Kings 18:17 Old Testament, KJV
And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rabshakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great host against Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they were come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is in the highway of the fuller's field.
2 Chronicles 9:1 Old Testament, KJV
And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great company, and camels that bare spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.
2 Chronicles 10:4 Old Testament, KJV
Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore ease thou somewhat the grievous servitude of thy father, and his heavy yoke that he put upon us, and we will serve thee.
2 Chronicles 10:11 Old Testament, KJV
For whereas my father put a heavy yoke upon you, I will put more to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
Psalms 38:4 Old Testament, KJV
For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
Proverbs 27:3 Old Testament, KJV
A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.
Isaiah 1:4 Old Testament, KJV
Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward.
Isaiah 32:2 Old Testament, KJV
And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.
Isaiah 36:2 Old Testament, KJV
And the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem unto king Hezekiah with a great army. And he stood by the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller's field.
Ezekiel 3:5 Old Testament, KJV
For thou art not sent to a people of a strange speech and of an hard language, but to the house of Israel;
Ezekiel 3:6 Old Testament, KJV
Not to many people of a strange speech and of an hard language, whose words thou canst not understand. Surely, had I sent thee to them, they would have hearkened unto thee.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H3515, grouped by book.

Genesis 9 usages, Old Testament
Exodus 11 usages, Old Testament
Numbers 2 usages, Old Testament
1 Samuel 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Kings 4 usages, Old Testament
2 Kings 2 usages, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 3 usages, Old Testament
Psalms 1 usage, Old Testament
Proverbs 1 usage, Old Testament
Isaiah 3 usages, Old Testament
Ezekiel 2 usages, Old Testament

Strong's H3515 FAQ

What does kabed (כָּבֵד) mean?

Kabed (Strong's H3515) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "heavy". kabed (kaw-bade') adj. 1. heavy 2. figuratively in a good sense (numerous) or in a bad sense (severe, difficult, stupid)

How many times is kabed (כָּבֵד) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 39 linked usages for Strong's H3515 across 11 books.

Where can I study kabed (כָּבֵד) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H3515 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate kabed (כָּבֵד)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as heavy, great, grievous, and good. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.