H3519 — כָּבוֹד (kâbôwd)¶

Core Data¶

Strong's: H3519
Original: כָּבוֹד
Transliteration: kâbôwd
Pronunciation: kaw-bode'
Part of Speech: Masculine noun
Root: כָּבַד (kâbad, H3513) — to be heavy, weighty; hence to be honoured
Occurrences: 189 unique verses (214 tokens) in 27 books
First Occurrence: Gen 31:1 — "Jacob hath taken away all that was our father's" (kabod = possessions/wealth)
Hapax Legomenon: No

Lexicon Definition¶

From H3513; properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness:—glorious(-ly), glory, honour(-able).

The root idea is literal heaviness (כָּבַד = "to be heavy"), applied metaphorically to that which has "weight" in a social, moral, or divine sense — substance, importance, radiance.

Translation Distribution (KJV)¶

Translation	Verses	%
glory / the glory / his/my/thy glory	~155	~82%
honour / mine honour / thine honour	~30	~16%
glorious / gloriously	~6	~3%

Note: KJV distributes across many phrase-forms (e.g., "the glory," "and the glory," "of glory") that are counted separately but collapse to two main semantic renderings: glory and honour.

Distribution by Book¶

Book	Count	Per 100 Verses
Haggai	3	7.9
Malachi	2	3.6
Habakkuk	2	3.6
Isaiah	36	2.8
Nahum	1	2.1
Psalms	48	2.0
Proverbs	14	1.5
Hosea	3	1.5
Ezekiel	16	1.3
2 Chronicles	11	1.3
Esther	2	1.2
Micah	1	1.0
Exodus	11	0.9
Zechariah	2	0.9
Ecclesiastes	2	0.9
1 Chronicles	6	0.6
1 Samuel	4	0.5
Numbers	7	0.5
Jeremiah	5	0.4
Daniel	1	0.3
Genesis	3	0.2
Joshua	1	0.2
Leviticus	2	0.2
1 Kings	2	0.2
Nehemiah	1	0.2
Job	2	0.2
Deuteronomy	1	0.1

Pattern: Heaviest concentration in prophetic/poetic corpus. Psalms leads in raw count (48); Haggai leads in density (7.9/100). Isaiah (36) and Ezekiel (16) dominate in prose-prophecy. Sparse in Torah narrative and Deuteronomy.

Semantic Categories¶

1. Divine Presence — Visible Theophany¶

Kabod as a luminous, tangible manifestation of God's presence, typically associated with cloud, fire, and overwhelming radiance that fills sacred space.

Exod 24:16 — "And the glory of the LORD abode upon mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days"
Exod 40:34 — "the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle" (priests unable to enter)
1 Kgs 8:11 — "the glory of the LORD had filled the house of the LORD"
Ezek 43:4 — "the glory of the LORD came into the house by the way of the gate whose prospect is toward the east"

2. Divine Identity and Exclusivity¶

Kabod as the essential, non-transferable attribute of God — His intrinsic worth and majesty that belongs to Him alone and cannot be shared with idols or creatures.

Isa 42:8 — "I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images"
Isa 6:3 — "the whole earth is full of his glory" (seraphim's declaration before the throne)
Isa 43:7 — "every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory"
Psa 19:1 — "The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork"

3. Liturgical / Doxological Use¶

Kabod as the proper due of God in worship — giving, declaring, or ascribing glory to His name as an act of acknowledgment and devotion.

1 Chr 16:28-29 — "Give unto the LORD glory and strength… give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name"
Josh 7:19 — "give, I pray thee, glory to the LORD God of Israel, and make confession"
Psa 24:7 — "Lift up your heads, O ye gates… and the King of glory shall come in"
Mal 2:2 — "if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the LORD of hosts"

4. Human Honour and Wealth¶

Kabod applied to persons, denoting social prestige, reputation, riches, and the visible marks of high standing — the "weight" a person carries in society.

Gen 31:1 — "Jacob hath taken away all that was our father's" (kabod = their possessions/substance)
1 Kgs 3:13 — "I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both riches, and honour"
Prov 22:4 — "by humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life"
Esth 1:4 — "the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honour of his excellent majesty"

5. Glory Departing or Defiled¶

Kabod lost, exchanged, or stripped away — whether Israel's national glory removed in judgment, or individuals stripped of honour.

1 Sam 4:21-22 — "The glory is departed from Israel: for the ark of God is taken"
Jer 2:11 — "my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit"
Hos 4:7 — "I will change their glory into shame"
Psa 106:20 — "They changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass"

6. Eschatological Universal Revelation¶

Kabod as the goal of history — the future universal filling of creation with the knowledge and visible presence of God's glory.

Num 14:21 — "as truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the LORD"
Hab 2:14 — "the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea"
Isa 40:5 — "the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together"
Hag 2:9 — "The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the LORD of hosts"

Common Collocations¶

Word	Strong's	Co-occ	Typical Pattern
יְהֹוָה (Yahweh)	H3068	85x (45%)	"the glory of the LORD" — defining the source and subject of divine kabod
אֱלֹהִים (Elohim)	H430	29x (15%)	"the glory of the God of Israel" — especially Ezekiel's vision texts
רָאָה (ra'ah)	H7200	29x (15%)	"see/seen the glory" — theophanic beholding
בַּיִת (bayith)	H1004	21x (11%)	"glory filled the house" — tabernacle/temple filling
בּוֹא (bo')	H935	20x (11%)	"glory came into… filled…" — movement of divine presence
עֹשֶׁר (osher)	H6239	15x (8%)	"riches and honour" — paired in Proverbs/Chronicles human-honour contexts
שֵׁם (shem)	H8034	16x (8%)	"name and glory" — divine identity cluster
מָלֵא (male')	H4390	13x (7%)	"filled with glory" — full theophanic saturation

Word Family / Cognates¶

H3513 כָּבַד (kâbad) — root verb: to be heavy, to honour, to make glorious; also "liver" as the heaviest organ (H3516)
H3515 כָּבֵד (kâbêd) — adjective: heavy, burdensome
H3516 כָּבֵד (kâbêd) — noun: liver (the heavy organ)

Synonyms¶

H1926 הָדָר — surfaced by search_relationships.py as a nearby splendor / honor term in the same glory field.
H1935 הוֹד — neighboring word for majesty, radiance, and imposing glory.
H5797 עֹז — linked where glory appears as manifested strength or might.
H6239 עֹשֶׁר — overlaps with kabod's human-honor / wealth sense.
H5315 נֶפֶשׁ — secondary relationship result in the "self/person" domain, where kabod attaches to the person as weight or honor.

Antonyms¶

No antonyms were returned by search_relationships.py for H3519.

Easily Confused Words¶

Word	Strong's	Shared Translation	Key Difference
תִּפְאָרָה (tiphʼarah)	H8597	"glory, the glory, their glory"	tiphʼarah = beauty/ornament/splendor — aesthetic; kabod = weight/importance/radiance
הוֹד (howd)	H1935	"his glory, glory, with glory"	howd = grandeur/majesty (imposing presence); kabod = substantive weight/brightness
צְבִי (tsebiy)	H6643	"the glory, glory, glorious"	tsebiy = beauty/splendor (often of a land or decoration); kabod = inherent worth/luminosity
יְקָר (yeqar)	H3366	"honour"	yeqar = preciousness/rarity/value; kabod = weighty social status or divine radiance
כָּבַד (kabad)	H3513	"honour" (verb)	kabad is the root verb (to honour/be heavy); kabod is its noun derivative

LXX Mapping¶

Greek Equivalent	Co-occ	PMI Score	Notes
δόξα (doxa, G1391)	170	6.32	Overwhelmingly primary — virtually the standard rendering in all contexts
πλοῦτος (ploutos, G4149)	17	4.85	"wealth/riches" — used when kabod = human prosperity
τιμή (time, G5092)	11	4.57	"value/honour" — used for social honour contexts
νεφέλη (nephele, G3507)	11	3.66	"cloud" — theophanic contexts where cloud and kabod are intertwined (Exod, Ezek)

The LXX's near-total equation of kabod with δόξα is the bridge through which the rich Hebrew theology of divine weightiness entered the Greek NT.

Semantic Domains¶

UBS / Relationship Domains¶

[002001002012] Great — search_relationships.py groups kabod with greatness / magnificence language, alongside H117 אַדִּיר, H142 אדר, H145 אֶדֶר, and H155 אַדֶּרֶת.
[001] Objects — reflects kabod's concrete "substance / wealth" uses, with neighbors such as H202/H203/H204 אֹון and H214 אֹוצָר.
[002001003006] Extraordinary — places kabod in an exceptional splendor field with terms such as H142 אדר, H145 אֶדֶר, H226 אֹות, and H1369 גְּבוּרָה.
[003001016] Self — captures the way kabod can attach to the person as honor or personal weight, with neighbors such as H2436 חֵיק, H3173 יָחִיד, H3629 כִּלְיָה, and H6106/H6107 עֶצֶם.
[001001001] Deities — aligns kabod's strongest usage with divine-being vocabulary, alongside H47 אַבִּיר and the אֵל family (H410/H411/H415/H416).