Glorify

Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary · Matthew George Easton, Noah Webster

Glorify - (Easton's Bible Dictionary)

(1.) To make glorious, or cause so to appear (John 12:28; 13:31, 32; 17:4, 5).

(2.) Spoken of God to "shew forth his praise" (1 Cor. 6:20; 10:31).

Glorify - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)

GLO'RIFY, v.t. [L. gloria and facio, to make.]

1. To praise; to magnify and honor in worship; to ascribe honor to, in thought or words. Psa 86:9

God is glorified, when such his excellency, above all things, is with due admiration acknowledged.

2. To make glorious; to exalt to glory, or to celestial happiness.

Whom he justified, them he also glorified. Rom 8.

The God of our fathers hath glorified his son

Jesus. Acts 3.

3. To praise; to honor; to extol.

Whomsoever they find to be most licentious of life--him they set up and glorify.

4. To procure honor or praise to.

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Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)

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