29 occurrences

'Heavy' in the Bible

But Moses hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; And his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.

Verse ConceptsSittingSunsetsPeople Sitting DownOther Supportingtired

Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this people that is with thee: for the thing is too heavy for thee; thou art not able to perform it thyself alone.

Verse ConceptsPeople Wearing OutImpossible For PeopleNot AloneHard Tasks

I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me.

Verse ConceptsLonelinessNot AloneNot Being Alone

And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, that Eli feel from off his seat backward by the side of the gate; and his neck brake, and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years.

Verse ConceptsLeaders, SpiritualThe Number Forty40 To 50 YearsBackwardsPeople Tumblinglosing a loved oneDeath Of A Family MemberDeath Of A FatherLeadership QualitiesFalling Backwards

But the hand of Jehovah was heavy upon them of Ashdod, and he destroyed them, and smote them with tumors, even Ashdod and the borders thereof.

Verse ConceptsDiseases, Kinds OfAnger Of God, Examples OfSwellingcancer

They sent therefore and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and they said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again to its own place, that is slay us not, and our people. For there was a deadly discomfiture throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there.

Verse ConceptsSending Things Away

And when he cut the hair of his head (now it was at every year's end that he cut it; because it was heavy on him, therefore he cut it); he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels, after the king's weight.

Verse ConceptsHairsShavingCutting HairLong HairWeights Of Other ThingsTime Of YearHairweight

Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make thou the grievous service of thy father, and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, lighter, and we will serve thee.

Verse ConceptsLeaders, PoliticalMastersWork, And The FallYokesRemoving BurdensLight YokeEasy Burdens

And the young men that were grown up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou say unto this people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it lighter unto us; thus shalt thou speak unto them, My little finger is thicker than my father's loins.

Verse ConceptsFingersBroadnessRemoving BurdensLight YokeFingers Of PeopleEasy Burdens

And now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

Verse ConceptsWhipsWhippingHeavy BurdensScorpionsAdding Evil

and spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

Verse ConceptsAbuse Of Authority, Examples OfYokesWhippingHeavy BurdensScorpionsAdding Evil

And it was so, when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet, as she came in at the door, that he said, Come in, thou wife of Jeroboam; why feignest thou thyself to be another? for I am sent to thee with heavy tidings.

Verse ConceptsSoundHearing ThingsPretendingFeet In Action

And the king of Israel went to his house heavy and displeased, and came to Samaria.

Verse ConceptsAngry People

And Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him; for he had said, I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers. And he laid him down upon his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread.

Verse ConceptsResentment, Against GodSadnessTemperUnhappinessAnger, Sinful ExamplesLying Down To RestAngry People

Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make thou the grievous service of thy father, and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, lighter, and we will serve thee.

Verse ConceptsYokesApproval To Kill Oneself

And the young men that were grown up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou say unto the people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it lighter unto us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little finger is thicker than my father's loins.

Verse ConceptsFingersDagon

And now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

and spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add thereto: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

Verse ConceptsInjustice, Nature And Source OfOppression, Nature OfYokes

Now that which was prepared for one day was one ox and six choice sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days store of all sorts of wine: yet for all this I demanded not the bread of the governor, because the bondage was heavy upon this people.

Verse ConceptsSix Things

Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid, Neither shall my pressure be heavy upon thee.

For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: My moisture was changed as with the drought of summer. Selah

Verse ConceptsAffliction Day And NightdefeatSummerGod's HandHot WeatherGod's Hands In OppositionNo Strength LeftPsalm Interjections

For mine iniquities are gone over my head: As a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

Verse ConceptsBurdensBackConviction Of SinHeavy BurdensGuiltBeing Overwhelmedoverwhelmed

There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is heavy upon men:

Verse ConceptsUnder The SunTragedy

Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they sea with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and turn again, and be healed.

Verse ConceptsConvincingHardened HeartsHardness Of HeartHeart, Fallen And RedeemedRepentance, Importance OfSpiritual DeafnessShutting SecurelyDefective VisionBeing Without UnderstandingFeelingNo HealingUnhearing

The earth shall stagger like a drunken man, and shall sway to and fro like a hammock; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it, and it shall fall, and not rise again.

Verse ConceptsStaggeringGod Making DrunkThings Fallingrebelliondrunkards

He hath walled me about, that I cannot go forth; he hath made my chain heavy.

Verse ConceptsChainsGoing OutsideImprisonments

Bible Theasaurus

Arduous (1 instance)
Dense (17 instances)
Expectant (1 instance)
Fleshy (1 instance)
Goodly (46 instances)
Grievous (70 instances)
Impenetrable (8 instances)
Indolent (3 instances)
Inert (1 instance)
Intemperate (1 instance)
Labored (35 instances)
Laborious (14 instances)
Laboured (34 instances)
Lowering (5 instances)
Profound (13 instances)
Punishing (22 instances)
Sleepy (2 instances)
Sullen (6 instances)
Threatening (17 instances)
Weighty (10 instances)

Reverse Interlinear

Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
כּבד כּבד 
Kabad 
Usage: 114

כּבד 
Kobed 
Usage: 4

כּבד 
Kabed 
Usage: 40

מוטה 
Mowtah 
Usage: 12

מרה מר 
Mar 
Usage: 38

סר 
Car 
Usage: 3

קשׁה 
Qasheh 
Usage: 36

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ἀδημονέω 
Ademoneo 
be very heavy , be full of heaviness
Usage: 3

βαρέω 
Bareo 
be heavy , be pressed , be burdened , be charged
Usage: 6

βαρύς 
Barus 
Usage: 4

φορτίζω 
Phortizo 
Usage: 0

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