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כָּבוֹד

kavod · glory, honor

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H3519 · appears 200 times in the Bible

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What it means

kavod (כָּבוֹד) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “glory, honor”.

Weight, importance; from there glory, honor, splendor. Sometimes wealth: what makes someone "weigh".

How to say it

ka·vod

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. God's majesty and presence.
  2. Literally "weight": respect, good name; or one's inner self.
  3. What one has in abundance: goods and fortune that give him weight.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Word study

Glory, honor. BDB adds abundance and splendor. What gives someone “weight”: his importance, his honor, sometimes his wealth. It is the noun of כָּבֵד, “be heavy, honor” (H3513).

Historical and cultural background

From this word comes the name Ichabod: his mother calls him so, saying “The glory has gone into exile from Israel”, when the ark of Elohim had been taken (1 Samuel 4:21).

How we translate it

“Glory” 166 times, “honor” 29, “wealth” 3. This edition writes “glory”, and “honor” between persons; where it speaks of possessions, “wealth” (Genesis 31:1).

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

  • glory ×166
  • honor ×29
  • wealth ×3
  • glorious ×2

Related words

Words that come from it

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

  • Genesis 31:1

    He heard the words of Laban’s sons, saying, “Jacob has taken all that was our father’s, and from what was our father’s he has made all this wealth.”

  • Genesis 45:13

    Tell my father of all my glory in Egypt and all that you have seen, and hurry and bring down my father here.”

  • Genesis 49:6

    Into their council let my soul not enter; to their assembly let my honor not be joined; for in their anger they killed men, and at their whim they hamstrung oxen.

  • Exodus 16:7

    and in the morning you will see the glory of YHWH, because he has heard your grumblings against YHWH. And as for us, what are we that you grumble against us?”

  • Exodus 16:10

    As Aaron spoke to all the community of the sons of Israel, they turned toward the wilderness, and look, the glory of YHWH appeared in the cloud.

  • Exodus 24:16

    The glory of YHWH dwelt on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days; and on the seventh day he called to Moses from the midst of the cloud.

  • Exodus 24:17

    The appearance of the glory of YHWH was like a consuming fire on the top of the mountain in the eyes of the sons of Israel.

  • Exodus 28:2

    You shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother, for honor and for beauty.

  • Exodus 28:40

    For the sons of Aaron you shall make tunics, and you shall make for them sashes, and caps you shall make for them, for honor and for beauty.

  • Exodus 29:43

    There I will meet with the sons of Israel, and it shall be sanctified by my glory.

  • Exodus 33:18

    And he said, “Show me, please, your glory.”

  • Exodus 33:22

    And it will be, when my glory passes by, that I will put you in a cleft of the rock and cover you with my hand until I have passed by.

  • Exodus 40:34

    Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of YHWH filled the dwelling.

  • Exodus 40:35

    And Moses was not able to enter the tent of meeting, for the cloud dwelt on it, and the glory of YHWH filled the dwelling.

  • Leviticus 9:6

    Moses said, “This is the thing that YHWH has commanded you to do, and the glory of YHWH will appear to you.”

  • Leviticus 9:23

    Moses and Aaron went into the tent of meeting, and they came out and blessed the people; and the glory of YHWH appeared to all the people.

  • Numbers 14:10

    But all the community said to stone them with stones. Then the glory of YHWH appeared in the tent of meeting to all the sons of Israel.

  • Numbers 14:21

    But as surely as I live, and as all the earth will be filled with the glory of YHWH,

  • Numbers 14:22

    that all the men who have seen my glory and my signs that I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and yet have tested me these ten times and have not listened to my voice,

  • Numbers 16:19

    And Korah assembled all the community against them at the entrance of the tent of meeting. Then the glory of YHWH appeared to all the community.

  • Numbers 16:42

    And it happened, when the community had assembled against Moses and against Aaron, that they turned toward the tent of meeting, and look, the cloud covered it, and the glory of YHWH appeared.

  • Numbers 20:6

    And Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly to the entrance of the tent of meeting and fell on their faces; and the glory of YHWH appeared to them.

  • Numbers 24:11

    So now flee to your place. I said, ‘I will greatly honor you’; but look, YHWH has held you back from honor.”

  • Deuteronomy 5:24

    and you said, “Look, YHWH our Elohim has shown us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice from the midst of the fire. This day we have seen that Elohim speaks with a human being, and he lives.

  • Joshua 7:19

    Then Joshua said to Achan, “My son, please give glory to YHWH, the Elohim of Israel, and give him acknowledgment; and please tell me what you have done; do not hide it from me.”

  • 1 Samuel 2:8

    He raises the poor from the dust; from the ash heap he lifts the needy, to make them sit with nobles, and he makes them inherit a throne of glory. For the pillars of the earth are YHWH’s, and on them he has set the world.

  • 1 Samuel 4:21

    And she called the boy Ichabod, saying, “The glory has gone into exile from Israel,” because the ark of Elohim had been taken and because of her father-in-law and her husband.

  • 1 Samuel 4:22

    And she said, “The glory has gone into exile from Israel, for the ark of Elohim has been taken.”

  • 1 Samuel 6:5

    So you shall make images of your tumors and images of your mice that are destroying the land, and give glory to the Elohim of Israel; perhaps he will lighten his hand from upon you and from upon your gods and from upon your land.

  • 1 Kings 3:13

    And also what you have not asked I have given you, both riches and glory, so that there shall not be any man like you among the kings all your days.

  • 1 Kings 8:11

    and the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud, for the glory of YHWH filled the house of YHWH.

  • 1 Chronicles 16:24

    Tell among the nations his glory, among all the peoples his wonders.

  • 1 Chronicles 16:28

    Give to YHWH, families of the peoples, give to YHWH glory and strength.

  • 1 Chronicles 16:29

    Give to YHWH the glory of his name; bring an offering and come before him; bow down to YHWH in the splendor of holiness.

  • 1 Chronicles 17:18

    What more can David add to you for the honor of your servant? You know your servant.

  • 1 Chronicles 29:12

    Riches and glory come from before you, and you rule over all; in your hand are strength and might, and in your hand it is to make great and to strengthen all.

  • 1 Chronicles 29:28

    He died in a good old age, satisfied with days, riches, and glory; and Solomon his son reigned in his place.

  • 2 Chronicles 1:11

    Elohim said to Solomon, “Because this was in your heart, and you did not ask for riches, possessions, or glory, or the life of those who hate you, and you did not even ask for many days, but you asked for yourself wisdom and knowledge so that you may judge my people over whom I have made you king,

  • 2 Chronicles 1:12

    the wisdom and the knowledge are given to you; and riches, possessions, and glory I will give you, such as the kings who were before you did not have, and after you none will have the like.”

  • 2 Chronicles 5:14

    and the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud, for the glory of YHWH had filled the house of Elohim.

And 160 more times.