KJV dictionary & concordance
Sense 1: Of great weight. Sense 2: Grievous, sorrowful, burdened, or hard to bear.
Definition sources
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Exodus 17:12
Complete exact-word concordance
Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.
Make the heart of this people fat, and make their eares heauy, and shut their eyes: lest they see with their eyes, and heare with their eares, and vnderstand with their heart, and conuert and be healed.
The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise again.
The earth shall reele to and fro, like a drunkard, and shall be remooued like a cottage, and the transgression thereof shall be heauie vpon it, and it shall fall, and not rise againe.
¶ Behold, the name of the Lord cometh from far, burning with his anger, and the burden thereof is heavy: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire:
¶ Beholde, the Name of the LORD commeth from farre, burning with his anger, and the burden thereof is heauy: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue as a deuouring fire.
1611 marginal noteOr, and the grieuousnes of flame.
1611 marginal noteHebr. heauinesse.
BEL boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: your carriages were heavy loaden; they are a burden to the weary beast.
¶ Bel boweth downe, Nebo stoupeth, their idoles were vpon the beasts, and vpon the cattell: your carriages were heauie loaden, they are a burden to the wearie beast.
Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?
Is not this the fast that I haue chosen? to loose the bandes of wickednesse, to vndoe the heauie burdens, and to let the oppressed goe free, and that ye breake euery yoke?
1611 marginal noteHeb. the bundles of the yoke.
1611 marginal noteHeb. broken.
BEHOLD, the Lord’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:
¶ Beholde, the LORDs hand is not shortened, that it cannot saue: neither his eare heauie, that it cannot heare.
1611 marginal noteNum.11.23. chap.50.2.
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Historical English dictionary sources
sad.
With great weight; used in composition.
