Definition

heavy; figuratively in a good sense (numerous) or in a bad sense (severe, difficult, stupid)

Etymology

from H3513 (כָּבַד);

Where the KJV renders it

• (so) great
• grievous
• hard(-ened)
• (too) heavy(-ier)
• laden
• much
• slow
• sore
• thick

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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