Lexical Definition

‎כָּבֵד‎ kâbêd (kaw-bade') heavy ^H:A
from ‎כָּבַד‎

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

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

1) heavy, great
1a) heavy
1b) massive, abundant, numerous
1c) heavy, dull
1d) hard, difficult, burdensome
1e) very oppressive, numerous, rich

See Greek: βαρύς · ἰσχυρός · πλῆθος · πλήρης · πλούσιος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎כָּבֵד‎ adjective heavy; — ‎׳‎‎כ‎ Gen 41:31+ 34 t.; construct ‎כְּבַד‎ Exod 4:10 (twice in verse); ‎כֶּבֶד‎ Isa 1:4 plural ‎כְּבֵדִים‎ Exod 17:12 construct ‎כִּבְדֵי‎ Ezek 3:5; Ezek 3:6 —

1. a. heavy, a burden Ps 38:5* hands (weary of holding up) Exod 17:12 (E), hair of head 2Sam 14:26, a corpulent old man 1Sam 4:18 ‎עַם כֶבֶד עָוֺן‎ Isa 1:4 a people heavy with (the burden of) iniquity; a cloud charged with rain Exod 19:16 (E); a rock of large size Isa 32:2 oppressive, grievous, burdensome, a yoke 1Kgs 12:4; 1Kgs 12:11 = 2Chr 10:4; 2Chr 10:11 a famine Gen 12:10; Gen 41:31; Gen 43:1; Gen 47:4; Gen 47:13 (J); the vexation (‎כַּעַס‎) of a fool Prov 27:3 vehement, sore, of a mourning Gen 50:11(J).
b. massive, abundant, numerous, of a people ‎עַם‎ Num 20:20 (J) 1Kgs 3:9 army ‎חיל‎ 2Kgs 6:14; 2Kgs 18:14 = Isa 36:2 insect swarm Exod 8:20* (J).
c. heavy, dull of speech and tongue Exod 4:10 (twice in verse) (JE); of the ‎לֵב‎, hard Exod 7:14 (J).
d. hard, difficult, of a thing to be done Exod 18:18 (E) Num 11:14 (J); of a language to be understood Ezek 3:5; Ezek 3:6.

2. in the usage of J ‎כָּבֵד מְאֹד‎ is frequent:
a. very oppressive, grievous, of hail Exod 9:18; Exod 9:24 murrain Exod 9:8 lamentation Gen 50:10.
b. very numerous, cattle Exod 12:38 army, ‎מַחֲנֶה‎ Gen 50:9 locusts Exod 10:14 so ‎חַיִל‎ 1Kgs 10:2 = 2Chr 9:1.
c. very rich, ‎במקנה‎ in cattle Gen 13:2.

Brown-Driver-Briggs References