Biblica Analytica
H3513G Hebrew

כָּבֵד

ka.vad

to honor: honour

Lexicon Entry

Definition
to honor: honour
Transliteration
ka.vad
Strong's Number
H3513G
Occurrences
74

Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

What Original Readers Understood

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The Hebrew word "ka.vad" (H3513G) is defined as "to honor." This verb is used 74 times in the Bible, indicating its importance in Jewish culture and tradition. The meaning of "ka.vad" is straightforward: it involves giving weight, prestige, or respect to someone or something. The range of usage for "ka.vad" is broad, encompassing various contexts such as worship, respect for authority, and social hierarchy. For example, it is used to describe the honor given to God (e.g., Exodus 34:23), to rulers and leaders (e.g., 1 Samuel 24:11), and to one's parents (e.g., Leviticus 19:3). This verb also implies a sense of recognition and acknowledgment, as seen in the phrase "to give honor to" (e.g., Genesis 47:25). The significance of "ka.vad" lies in its emphasis on the importance of respect, dignity, and prestige in Jewish society. By using this verb, the Bible highlights the value of honoring others, whether it be God, leaders, or family members. This concept is essential in maintaining social harmony and upholding moral values.

Source data & methodology
Strong's
H3513G
Lemma
כָּבֵד
Transliteration
ka.vad
Definition
to honor: honour
Occurrences
74
Model
workers-ai
Prompt version
1

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Occurrences in Scripture

74 total occurrences across the text — showing 50

2 Chronicles 25:19

You say to yourself that you have struck Edom; and your heart lifts you up to boast. Now stay at home. Why should you meddle with trouble, that you should fall, even you, and Judah with you?’ ”

Job 14:21

His sons come to honor, and he doesn’t know it. They are brought low, but he doesn’t perceive it of them.

Psalms 15:4

in whose eyes a vile man is despised, but who honors those who fear Yahweh; he who keeps an oath even when it hurts, and doesn’t change;

Psalms 22:23

You who fear Yahweh, praise him! All you descendants of Jacob, glorify him! Stand in awe of him, all you descendants of Israel!

Psalms 50:15

Call on me in the day of trouble. I will deliver you, and you will honor me.”

Psalms 50:23

Whoever offers the sacrifice of thanksgiving glorifies me, and prepares his way so that I will show God’s salvation to him.”

Psalms 86:9

All nations you have made will come and worship before you, Lord. They shall glorify your name.

Psalms 86:12

I will praise you, Lord my God, with my whole heart. I will glorify your name forever more.

Psalms 87:3

Glorious things are spoken about you, city of God.

Psalms 91:15

He will call on me, and I will answer him. I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him, and honor him.

Psalms 149:8

to bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron;

Proverbs 3:9

Honor Yahweh with your substance, with the first fruits of all your increase:

Proverbs 4:8

Esteem her, and she will exalt you. She will bring you to honor when you embrace her.

Proverbs 12:9

Better is he who is little known, and has a servant, than he who honors himself, and lacks bread.

Proverbs 13:18

Poverty and shame come to him who refuses discipline, but he who heeds correction shall be honored.

Proverbs 14:31

He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for his Maker, but he who is kind to the needy honors him.

Proverbs 27:18

Whoever tends the fig tree shall eat its fruit. He who looks after his master shall be honored.

Isaiah 3:5

The people will be oppressed, everyone by another, and everyone by his neighbor. The child will behave himself proudly against the old man, and the wicked against the honorable.

Isaiah 9:1

But there shall be no more gloom for her who was in anguish. In the former time, he brought into contempt the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali; but in the latter time he has made it glorious, by the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations.

Isaiah 23:8

Who has planned this against Tyre, the giver of crowns, whose merchants are princes, whose traders are the honorable of the earth?

Isaiah 23:9

Yahweh of Armies has planned it, to stain the pride of all glory, to bring into contempt all the honorable of the earth.

Isaiah 24:15

Therefore glorify Yahweh in the east, even the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel, in the islands of the sea!

Isaiah 25:3

Therefore a strong people will glorify you. A city of awesome nations will fear you.

Isaiah 26:15

You have increased the nation, O Yahweh. You have increased the nation! You are glorified! You have enlarged all the borders of the land.

Isaiah 29:13

The Lord said, “Because this people draws near with their mouth and honors me with their lips, but they have removed their heart far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment of men which has been taught;

Isaiah 43:4

Since you have been precious and honored in my sight, and I have loved you, therefore I will give people in your place, and nations instead of your life.

Isaiah 43:20

The animals of the field, the jackals and the ostriches, shall honor me, because I give water in the wilderness and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen,

Isaiah 43:23

You have not brought me any of your sheep for burnt offerings, neither have you honored me with your sacrifices. I have not burdened you with offerings, nor wearied you with frankincense.

Isaiah 49:5

Now Yahweh, he who formed me from the womb to be his servant, says to bring Jacob again to him, and to gather Israel to him, for I am honorable in Yahweh’s eyes, and my God has become my strength.

Isaiah 58:13

“If you turn away your foot from the Sabbath, from doing your pleasure on my holy day; and call the Sabbath a delight, and the holy of Yahweh honorable; and honor it, not doing your own ways, nor finding your own pleasure, nor speaking your own words,

Isaiah 58:13

“If you turn away your foot from the Sabbath, from doing your pleasure on my holy day; and call the Sabbath a delight, and the holy of Yahweh honorable; and honor it, not doing your own ways, nor finding your own pleasure, nor speaking your own words,

Isaiah 60:13

“The glory of Lebanon shall come to you, the cypress tree, the pine, and the box tree together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary; and I will make the place of my feet glorious.

Isaiah 66:5

Hear Yahweh’s word, you who tremble at his word: “Your brothers who hate you, who cast you out for my name’s sake, have said, ‘Let Yahweh be glorified, that we may see your joy;’ but it is those who shall be disappointed.

Jeremiah 30:19

Thanksgiving will proceed out of them with the voice of those who make merry. I will multiply them, and they will not be few; I will also glorify them, and they will not be small.

Lamentations 1:8

Jerusalem has grievously sinned. Therefore she has become unclean. All who honored her despise her, because they have seen her nakedness. Yes, she sighs, and turns backward.

Ezekiel 28:22

and say, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “Behold, I am against you, Sidon. I will be glorified among you. Then they will know that I am Yahweh, when I have executed judgments in her, and am sanctified in her.

Ezekiel 39:13

Yes, all the people of the land will bury them; and they will become famous in the day that I will be glorified,” says the Lord Yahweh.

Daniel 11:38

But in his place he will honor the god of fortresses. He will honor a god whom his fathers didn’t know with gold, silver, and with precious stones and pleasant things.

Daniel 11:38

But in his place he will honor the god of fortresses. He will honor a god whom his fathers didn’t know with gold, silver, and with precious stones and pleasant things.

Nahum 3:10

Yet was she carried away. She went into captivity. Her young children also were dashed in pieces at the head of all the streets, and they cast lots for her honorable men, and all her great men were bound in chains.

Haggai 1:8

Go up to the mountain, bring wood, and build the house. I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified,” says Yahweh.

Malachi 1:6

“A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If I am a father, then where is my honor? And if I am a master, where is the respect due me? Says Yahweh of Armies to you, priests, who despise my name. You say, ‘How have we despised your name?’

Genesis 34:19

The young man didn’t wait to do this thing, because he had delight in Jacob’s daughter, and he was honored above all the house of his father.

Exodus 14:4

I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and he will follow after them; and I will get honor over Pharaoh, and over all his armies; and the Egyptians shall know that I am Yahweh.” They did so.

Exodus 14:17

Behold, I myself will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they will go in after them. I will get myself honor over Pharaoh, and over all his armies, over his chariots, and over his horsemen.

Exodus 14:18

The Egyptians shall know that I am Yahweh when I have gotten myself honor over Pharaoh, over his chariots, and over his horsemen.”

Exodus 20:12

“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.

Leviticus 10:3

Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is what Yahweh spoke of, saying, ‘I will show myself holy to those who come near me, and before all the people I will be glorified.’ ” Aaron held his peace.

Numbers 22:15

Balak again sent princes, more, and more honorable than they.

Numbers 22:17

for I will promote you to very great honor, and whatever you say to me I will do. Please come therefore, and curse this people for me.’ ”