Strong's Lexicon

H3516

H3516 — כָּבֵד

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewkabednoun femOccurrences: 14TWOT: 943b

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H3516
Word:כָּבֵד
Part of Speech:noun fem
Etymology:the same as H3515
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:14
Transliteration:kabed
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:kaw-bade'
Meaning:1. the liver (as the heaviest of the viscera)
KJV Renderings:liver.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB3884

כָּבֵד noun masculine Lam 2:11 liver (explained by Thes (quoting Galen) as the heavy organ, par excellence, of the body; Late Hebrew כָּבֵד ; Aramaic כַּבְדָא [untranscribed source text 2416]; Arabic [untranscribed source text 2417], compare [untranscribed source text 2418] (anything) large, thick in the middle; Ethiopic [untranscribed source text 2419] Assyrian kabittu DlHWB temper, heart (figurative), Aramaic כְּבַד, [untranscribed source text 2420] be angry, because the liver was regarded as seat of emotions) — ׳ כ Exod 29:13 + 11 t.; כְּבֵדוֺ Prov 7:23 כְּבֵדִי Lam 2:11 — liver of man, as pierced by arrow Prov 7:23 poured out in sorrow Lam 2:11 of animals as consulted by divination ׳ רָאָה בַּכּ Ezek 21:26 elsewhere in P , in phrases (ה)יֹתֶרֶת (עַלֿ) הַכָּבֵד Exod 29:13; Exod 29:22; Lev 3:4; Lev 3:10; Lev 3:15; Lev 4:9; Lev 7:4; Lev 8:16; Lev 8:25; Lev 9:19 ׳ הַיֹּתֶרֶת מִןהַֿכּ Lev 9:10, of the animals suited for sacrifice.


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

כבד (koh’-ved)

Proverbs 27:3

KJV: A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool’s wrath is heavier than them both.heavy: Heb. heaviness
EHCC: A stone (is) heavy, (marg. heaviness!

Nahum 3:3

KJV: The horseman lifteth up both the bright sword and the glittering spear: and there is a multitude of slain, and a great number of carcases; and there is none end of their corpses; they stumble upon their corpses:the bright…: Heb. the flame of the sword, and the lightning of the spear
EHCC: and a great number of carcases ;
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