כבוד

כָּבוֹדm. (b. h.; כָּבַד) 1) importance. Arakh.18a ולידון בכְבוֹדוֹ (Ar. בכבידו) and that the value of a limb be judged according to its importance (vitality); ib. 4b; B. Mets. 114a. 2) honor, respect; dignity. Ber.19b, a. e., v. חָלַק. Ib. משום כְּבוֹד מלכים on account of the respect due to royalty. Ib.; Men.37b גדול כְּ׳ הבריותוכ׳ human dignity (in proper appearance) is very important, for it may even suspend a Biblical law. Ber. l. c. ואינו לפי כְבוֹרוֹ and it is not becoming his dignity (to drive an ass). Sot.13a הניחו לו כְּבוֹדוֹ במלכים יותרוכ׳ let him alone, the honor shown to him (Jacob) by princes is higher than that by private men. Ib. נהגו בהן כ׳ they treated them with respect. Ned.39b בכְבוֹדִי לא מחיתם בכְ׳וכ׳ as long as My honor was concerned, you did not interfere, and when the honor of a human being is at stake Ab. IV, 12 יהי כְ׳ תלמידךוכ׳ let the honor of thy pupil be as dear to thee as thine own, and thy fellow students honor as that of thy teacher; a. v. fr.כסא הכ׳, v. כִּסֵּא. מחל על כבודו to forego due honors, v. מָחַל.