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כְּבֵדֻת

𐤊𐤁𐤃𐤕

kᵉbêduth

H3517 noun

SILEX Entry

Root כבד to be heavy, weighty, burdensome

Definition

State or quality of being heavy, burdened, or oppressive, both in literal and figurative senses. In context, it refers to heaviness as difficulty, hardship, or severity.

Semantic Range

heaviness, difficulty, burden, oppression, severity, hardship

Root / Etymology

Root: כבד (k-b-d). The root כבד means 'to be heavy, weighty'. כְּבֵדֻת is a feminine abstract noun formation from this root, signifying the state or condition of being heavy.

Historical & Contextual Notes

The noun כְּבֵדֻת occurs rarely in the Hebrew Bible, notably in reference to the oppressive and burdensome conditions (e.g., Isaiah 30:27). The word's meaning is anchored in the sensory language of weight, which often develops metaphorically into concepts of hardship or severity. The term's abstractness permits it to include both physical and metaphorical senses, such as physical weight, the gravity of a situation, or the difficulty encountered in circumstances. Later Hebrew continued to use derivatives of the root כבד for 'dignity' and 'honor,' but כְּבֵדֻת in Biblical contexts retains the nuance of burden or heaviness. Care should be taken not to confuse this with כָבוֹד (kavod, 'glory, honor'), which while related etymologically, has diverged semantically.

Original Strong's Gloss (1890)

feminine of כָּבֵד; difficulty; [idiom] heavily.

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Root Family

כבד (k-b-d) — to be heavy, weighty, burdensome

Strong's Lemma SIBI-P1
H3513 כָּבַד I will make weighty
H3514 כֹּבֶד heaviness of
H3515 כָּבֵד the liver
H3516 כָּבֵד in the liver
H3519 כָּבוֹד in weighty honor

Word Forms

1 distinct form

SIDANCE Surface Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1 Occurrences
H3517-01 בִּ/כְבֵדֻ֑ת bikhevedut HR/Ncfsa with heaviness heaviness 1

Occurrences in Scripture

1 total occurrence

SIDANCE Reference Word Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1
H3517-01 Exodus 14:25 בִּ/כְבֵדֻ֑ת bikhevedut HR/Ncfsa with heaviness heaviness
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