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Heavy [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. hev'y.

2. Weighty; ponderous; having great weight; tending strongly to the center of attraction; contrary to light; applied to material bodies; as a heavy stone; a heavy load.

3. Sad; sorrowful; dejected; depressed in mind.

4. A light wife makes a heavy husband.

5. So is he that singeth songs to a heavy heart. Proverbs 25:20 .

6. Grievous; afflictive; depressing to the spirits; as heavy news; a heavy calamity.

7. Burdensome; oppressive; as heavy taxes.

8. Make thy father's heavy yoke--lighter. 1 Kings 12:4 .

9. Wanting life and animation; dull.

10. My heavy eyes you say confess

11. A heart to love and grief inclined.

12. Drowsy; dull.

13. Their eyes were heavy Matthew 26:37 . Luke 9:32 .

14. Wanting spirit or animation; destitute of life or rapidity of sentiment; dull; as a heavy writer; a heavy style.

15. Wanting activity or vivacity; indolent.

16. But of a heavy dull, degenerate mind.

17. Slow; sluggish.

18. He walks with a heavy gait.

19. Burdensome; tedious; as heavy hours.

20. Time lies heavy on him who has no employment.

21. Loaded; encumbered; burdened.

22. He found his men heavy and laden with booty.

23. Lying with weight on the stomach; not easily digested; as, oily food is heavy to the stomach.

24. Moist; deep; soft; miry; as heavy land; a heavy soil. We apply heavy to soft loamy or clayey land, which makes the draught of a plow or wagon difficult and laborious. So we say, a heavy road.

25. Difficult; laborious; as a heavy draught.

26. Weary; supported with pain or difficulty.

27. And the hands of Moses were heavy Exodus 17:12 .

28. Inflicting severe evils, punishments or judgments.

29. The hand of the Lord was heavy on them of Ashdod.

30. l Sam.5.

31. Burdensome; occasioning great care.

32. This thing is too heavy for thee. Exodus 18:18 .

33. Dull; not hearing; inattentive.

34. Neither his ears heavy that he cannot hear. Isaiah 59:1 .

35. Large, as billows; swelling and rolling with great force; as a heavy sea.

36. Large in amount; as a heavy expense; a heavy debt.

37. Thick; dense; black; as a heavy cloud.

38. Violent; tempestuous; as a heavy wind or gale.

39. Large; abundant; as a heavy fall of snow or rain.

40. Great; violent; forcible; as a heavy fire of cannon or small arms.

41. Not raised by leaven or fermentation; not light; clammy; as heavy bread.

42. Requiring much labor or much expense; as a heavy undertaking.

43. Loud; as heavy thunder.

44. Heavy metal, in military affairs, signifies large guns, carrying balls of a large size, or it is applied to large balls themselves.

Heavy [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1828

hev'y. With great weight; used in composition.

Heavy [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

hev'y. To make heavy [Not in use.]

Heavy [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Having the heaves.

Heavy [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Heavily; -- sometimes used in composition; as, heavy-laden.

Heavy [Superlative] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Heaved or lifted with labor; not light; weighty; ponderous; as, a heavy stone; hence, sometimes, large in extent, quantity, or effects; as, a heavy fall of rain or snow; a heavy failure; heavy business transactions, etc.; often implying strength; as, a heavy barrier; also, difficult to move; as, a heavy draught.

2. Not easy to bear; burdensome; oppressive; hard to endure or accomplish; hence, grievous, afflictive; as, heavy yokes, expenses, undertakings, trials, news, etc.

3. Laden with that which is weighty; encumbered; burdened; bowed down, either with an actual burden, or with care, grief, pain, disappointment.

4. Slow; sluggish; inactive; or lifeless, dull, inanimate, stupid; as, a heavy gait, looks, manners, style, and the like; a heavy writer or book.

5. Strong; violent; forcible; as, a heavy sea, storm, cannonade, and the like.

6. Loud; deep; -- said of sound; as, heavy thunder.

7. Dark with clouds, or ready to rain; gloomy; -- said of the sky.

8. Impeding motion; cloggy; clayey; -- said of earth; as, a heavy road, soil, and the like.

9. Not raised or made light; as, heavy bread.

10. Not agreeable to, or suitable for, the stomach; not easily digested; -- said of food.

11. Having much body or strength; -- said of wines, or other liquors.

12. With child; pregnant.

Heavy [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To make heavy.

Heavy spar Webster's Dictionary 1913

Native barium sulphate or barite, -- so called because of its high specific gravity as compared with other non-metallic minerals.

Heavy-armed [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Wearing heavy or complete armor; carrying heavy arms.

Heavy-haded [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Clumsy; awkward.

Heavy-handed [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Clumsy; not active or dexterous.

Heavy-headed [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Dull; stupid.

Heavy-laden [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Laden with a heavy burden.

Heavy-laden [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A genus of minerals of four species, viz. rhomboidal, prismatic, di-prismatic and axifrangible.

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Exodus 17:12

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.

When Moses’ hands grew heavy, they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it. Then Aaron and Hur held his hands up, one on each side, so that his hands remained steady until the sun went down.

Exodus 18:18

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

Surely you and these people with you will wear yourselves out, because the task is too heavy for you. You cannot handle it alone.

Numbers 11:14

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

I cannot carry all these people by myself; it is too burdensome for me.

Numbers 35:23

Or with any stone, wherewith a man may die, seeing him not, and cast it upon him, that he die, and was not his enemy, neither sought his harm:

or without looking drops a heavy stone that kills him, but he was not an enemy and did not intend to harm him,

Deuteronomy 25:13

Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.

You shall not have two differing weights in your bag, one heavy and one light.

1 Samuel 4:18

And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, that he fell from off the 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.

As soon as the ark of God was mentioned, Eli fell backward from his chair by the city gate, and being old and heavy, he broke his neck and died. And Eli had judged Israel forty years.

1 Samuel 5:6

But the hand of the LORD was heavy upon them of Ashdod, and he destroyed them, and smote them with emerods, even Ashdod and the coasts thereof.

Now the hand of the LORD was heavy on the people of Ashdod and its vicinity, ravaging them and afflicting them with tumors.

1 Samuel 5:7

And when the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, The ark of the God of Israel shall not abide with us: for his hand is sore upon us, and upon Dagon our god.

And when the men of Ashdod saw what was happening, they said, “The ark of the God of Israel must not stay here with us, because His hand is heavy upon us and upon our god Dagon.”

1 Samuel 5:11

So they sent and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again to his own place, that it slay us not, and our people: for there was a deadly destruction throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there.

Then the Ekronites assembled all the rulers of the Philistines and said, “Send away the ark of the God of Israel. It must return to its place, so that it will not kill us and our people!” For a deadly confusion had pervaded the city; the hand of God was heavy upon it.

2 Samuel 14:26

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

And when he cut the hair of his head—he shaved it every year because his hair got so heavy—he would weigh it out to be two hundred shekels, according to the royal standard.

1 Kings 12:4

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.

“Your father put a heavy yoke on us. But now you should lighten the burden of your father’s service and the heavy yoke he put on us, and we will serve you.”

1 Kings 12:10

And the young men that were grown up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou speak unto this 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 shall be thicker than my father’s loins.

The young men who had grown up with him replied, “This is how you should answer these people who said to you, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you should make it lighter.’ This is what you should tell them: ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist!

1 Kings 12:11

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

Whereas my father burdened you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke. Whereas my father scourged you with whips, I will scourge you with scorpions.’”

1 Kings 12:14

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

and spoke to them as the young men had advised, saying, “Whereas my father made your yoke heavy, I will add to your yoke. Whereas my father scourged you with whips, I will scourge you with scorpions.”

1 Kings 14:6

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.

So when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet entering the door, he said, “Come in, wife of Jeroboam! Why are you disguised? For I have been sent to you with bad news.

1 Kings 18:41

And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is a sound of abundance of rain.

And Elijah said to Ahab, “Go up, eat and drink, for there is the sound of a heavy rain.”

1 Kings 18:45

And it came to pass in the mean while, that the heaven was black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel.

Meanwhile, the sky grew dark with clouds and wind, and a heavy rain began to fall. So Ahab rode away and went to Jezreel.

1 Kings 20:43

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

Sullen and angry, the king of Israel went home to Samaria.

1 Kings 21:4

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.

So Ahab went to his palace, sullen and angry because Naboth the Jezreelite had told him, “I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers.” He lay down on his bed, turned his face away, and refused to eat.

2 Chronicles 10:4

Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore ease thou somewhat the grievous servitude of thy father, and his heavy yoke that he put upon us, and we will serve thee.

“Your father put a heavy yoke on us. But now you should lighten the burden of your father’s service and the heavy yoke he put on us, and we will serve you.”