Strong’s H3520 · Hebrew

כְּבוּדָּה
kᵉbûwddâh
keb-ood-daw'

Definition

weightiness, i.e. magnificence, wealth

Etymology

irregular feminine passive participle of H3513 (כָּבַד);

Where the KJV renders it

  • carriage
  • all glorious
  • stately

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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