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heavy

Meaning of “heavy”

Sense 1: Of great weight. Sense 2: Grievous, sorrowful, burdened, or hard to bear.

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KJV context and cross-referencesSkeat 1893Webster 1828
40 occurrences39 verses15 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Exodus 17:12

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Nehemiah 5:18
Now that which was prepared for me daily 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 required not I the bread of the governor, because the bondage was heavy upon this people.
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1611 witness · Nehemiah 5:18 · retained source text

Now that which was prepared for me daily, was one oxe, and sixe choice sheepe; also foules were prepared for mee, and once in ten dayes, store of all sorts of wine: yet for all this required not I the bread of the gouernour, because the bondage was heauy vpon this people.

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With great weight; used in composition.

volume 1, leaf 896, column 2 (main_dictionary)