Strong G1391δόξα
glory
- Transliteration
- doxa
- Pronunciation
- dox'-ah
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From the base of G1380; glory (as very apparent) in a wide application (literally or figuratively objectively or subjectively): - dignity glory (-ious) honour praise worship.
Detailed definition
δόξα, -ης, ἡ
(δοκέω), [in LXX very frequently for כָּבוֹד, also for הוֹד,פִּפְאֶרֶת, etc., 25 words in all;]
in cl.,
1. expectation, judgment, opinion (4Ma.5:18).
2. opinion, estimation in which one is held, repute; in NT, always good opinion, hence reputation, praise, honour, glory: Luk.14:10, Jhn.12:43, Heb.3:3; opposite to αἰσχύνη, Php.3:19; to ἀτιμία, 2Co.6:8; δ. κ. τιμή, Rom.2:7, 10 1Pe.1:7, 2Pe.1:17; ζητεῖν, Jhn.5:44 7:18 8:50, 1Th.2:6; λαμβάνειν, Jhn.5:41, 2Pe.1:17, Rev.5:12; διδόναι δ. τ. θεῷ (cf. נָתַן כָּבוֹד לַיהוָֹה, Jer.13:16, al.), Luk.17:18, Jhn.9:24, Act.12:23, Rom.4:20, Rev.4:9; εἰς (τ.) δ. θεοῦ, Rom.3:7 15:7, Php.1:11, al.; in doxologies, τ. θεῷ (ᾧ) ἡ δ., Luk.2:14, Rom.11:36 16:27, Gal.1:5, Eph.3:21, al.
3. Later also (not cl.) as in LXX (= הוֹד, Job.39:20, 1Ch.29:25; כָּבוֹד, Job.19:9, Est.5:11, al.), visible brightness, splendour, glory: of light, Act.22:11; of heavenly bodies, 1Co.15:40ff.; esp. that wh. radiates from God's presence, as manifested in the pillar of cloud and in the Holy of Holies (= כָּבוֹד, Exo.16:10 25:22 40:34, al.; and new Heb. שְׁכִינָה, 2Ma.2:8; see DB, iv, 489b), Rom.9:4, Jas.2:1 (see Hort, Mayor, in l.); hence of the manifested glory of God, Rom.1:23, Col.1:11 Eph.1:6, 12 17 3:16; of the same as communicated to man through Christ, 2Co.3:18 4:6; and of the glorious condition into which Christians shall enter hereafter, Rom.8:18, 21 9:23, 2Ti.2:10, al.
SYN.: ἔπαινος τιμή (see Hort on 1Pe.1:7). (AS)
(δοκέω), [in LXX very frequently for כָּבוֹד, also for הוֹד,פִּפְאֶרֶת, etc., 25 words in all;]
in cl.,
1. expectation, judgment, opinion (4Ma.5:18).
2. opinion, estimation in which one is held, repute; in NT, always good opinion, hence reputation, praise, honour, glory: Luk.14:10, Jhn.12:43, Heb.3:3; opposite to αἰσχύνη, Php.3:19; to ἀτιμία, 2Co.6:8; δ. κ. τιμή, Rom.2:7, 10 1Pe.1:7, 2Pe.1:17; ζητεῖν, Jhn.5:44 7:18 8:50, 1Th.2:6; λαμβάνειν, Jhn.5:41, 2Pe.1:17, Rev.5:12; διδόναι δ. τ. θεῷ (cf. נָתַן כָּבוֹד לַיהוָֹה, Jer.13:16, al.), Luk.17:18, Jhn.9:24, Act.12:23, Rom.4:20, Rev.4:9; εἰς (τ.) δ. θεοῦ, Rom.3:7 15:7, Php.1:11, al.; in doxologies, τ. θεῷ (ᾧ) ἡ δ., Luk.2:14, Rom.11:36 16:27, Gal.1:5, Eph.3:21, al.
3. Later also (not cl.) as in LXX (= הוֹד, Job.39:20, 1Ch.29:25; כָּבוֹד, Job.19:9, Est.5:11, al.), visible brightness, splendour, glory: of light, Act.22:11; of heavenly bodies, 1Co.15:40ff.; esp. that wh. radiates from God's presence, as manifested in the pillar of cloud and in the Holy of Holies (= כָּבוֹד, Exo.16:10 25:22 40:34, al.; and new Heb. שְׁכִינָה, 2Ma.2:8; see DB, iv, 489b), Rom.9:4, Jas.2:1 (see Hort, Mayor, in l.); hence of the manifested glory of God, Rom.1:23, Col.1:11 Eph.1:6, 12 17 3:16; of the same as communicated to man through Christ, 2Co.3:18 4:6; and of the glorious condition into which Christians shall enter hereafter, Rom.8:18, 21 9:23, 2Ti.2:10, al.
SYN.: ἔπαινος τιμή (see Hort on 1Pe.1:7). (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1391 appears in 151 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- glory132
- glorious9
- of5
- honour5
- praise3
- dignity2
- the1
- worship1
First verses
- Matthew 4:8Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;
- Matthew 6:13And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
- Matthew 6:29And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
- Matthew 16:27For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works.
- Matthew 19:28And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
- Matthew 24:30And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
- Matthew 25:31When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:
- Mark 8:38Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
- Mark 10:37They said unto him, Grant unto us that we may sit, one on thy right hand, and the other on thy left hand, in thy glory.
- Mark 13:26And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.
- Luke 2:9And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.
- Luke 2:14Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.
- Luke 2:32A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.
- Luke 4:6And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it.
- Luke 9:26For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he shall come in his own glory, and in his Father’s, and of the holy angels.
- Luke 9:31Who appeared in glory, and spake of his decease which he should accomplish at Jerusalem.
- Luke 9:32But Peter and they that were with him were heavy with sleep: and when they were awake, they saw his glory, and the two men that stood with him.
- Luke 12:27Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
- Luke 14:10But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room; that when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee.
- Luke 17:18There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger.
Occurrences by book
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Detailed Greek dictionary
δόξᾰ, ἡ,
(δοκέω, δέκομαι) expectation, οὐδ᾽ ἀπὸ δόξης not otherwise than one expects, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.324, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.344; in Prose, παρὰ δόξαν ἢ ὡς κατεδόκεε 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.79, etc.)]; ἐν δόξᾳ θέμενος εὖχος hoping for.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 10(11).63)]; δόξαν παρέχειν τινὶ μὴ ποιήσεσθαι.. to make one expect that.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.5.21)]; δόξαν παρέχεσθαί τινι ὡς.., with participle, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 216d)]; ἀπὸ τῆς δ. πεσέειν, = Latin spe excidere, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.203.)]
II after [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)], notion, opinion, judgement, whether well grounded or not, βροτῶν δόξαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Parmenides Poeta Philosophus 1.30, compare 8.51; ψυχῆς εὐτλήμονι δόξῃ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 28 (_anapaest meter_); ἃ δόξῃ τοπάζω 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 235; δόξῃ γοῦν ἐμῇ [prev. author] “Tr.” 718)]; κατά γε τὴν ἐμήν, with or without δόξαν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 472e, “Phlb.” 41b: opposed to ἐπιστήμη, [prev. author] “Tht.” 187bf, “R.” 506c, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “νόμος” 4, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1074b36; φάσεις καὶ δ. [prev. author] “EN” 1143b13)]; opposed to νόησις, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 534a)]; ἀληθεῖ δόξῃ δοξασταί capable of being subjects of true opinion, [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Tht.” 202b; δ. ἀληθεῖς ἢ ψευδεῖς [prev. author] “Phlb.” 36c; δόξης ὀρθότης ἀλήθεια 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1142b11; δ. ἐμποιεῖν περί τινος [prev. author] “Pol.” 1314b22)]; κύριαι δ. philosophical maxims, title of work by Epicurus, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Ir.” p.86 W., etc.; αἱ κοιναὶ δ.)]axioms, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 996b28.)]
II.2 mere opinion, conjecture, δόξῃ ἐπίστασθαι, ἡγεῖσθαι, imagine, suppose (wrongly), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.132, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.105; δόξης ἁμαρτία [prev. author] 1.32)]; δόξαι joined with φαντασίαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 161e, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physica” 254a29 (but distinguished from φαντασίαι, [prev. author] “de An.” 428a20))]; κατὰ δόξαν, opposed to κατ᾽ οὐσίαν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 534c)]; ὡς δόξῃ χρώμενοι speaking by guess, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 8.8, compare 13.8.)]
II.3 fancy, vision, δ. ἀκόνας λιγυρᾶς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 6.82; δ. βριζούσης φρενός 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 275; οὐκ εἰσὶ δόξαι τῶνδε πημάτων [prev. author] “Ch.” 1053, compare 1051)]; of a dream, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 780; δ. ἐνυπνίου 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 1.23)]: plural, hallucinations, [Refs 6th c.AD+ (6th c.AD: Alexander Trallianus Medicus 1.17.)]
III the opinion which others have of one, estimation, repute, first in [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Solon Lyricus 13.4 ἀνθρώπων δόξαν ἔχειν ἀγαθήν, compare 34; δ. ἐπ᾽ ἀμφότερα φέρεσθαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.11.)]
III.2 mostly, good repute, honour, glory, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus “Supp.” 25.11, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 373 (Lyric poetry, _plural_), 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 8.64, etc.; δόξαν φύσας 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.91)]; δόξαν σχεῖν τινός for a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 157; ἐπὶ σοφίᾳ δ. εἰληφώς 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 13.2; ἐπὶ καλοκἀγαθίᾳ καὶ σωφροσύνῃ δ. ὁμολογουμένην πεποιημένος 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 35.4.8; δόξαν ἀντὶ τοῦ ζῆν ᾑρημένος 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 2.15; δόξαν εἶχον ἄμαχοι εἶναι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Menexenus” 241b)]; δ. ἔχειν ὥς εἰσι.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 2.17; δ. καταλιπεῖν [prev. author] 3.24: in _plural_, οἱ ἐν ταῖς μεγίσταις δόξαις ὄντες 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.51.)]
III.3 rarely of ill repute, [δ.] ἀντὶ καλῆς αἰσχρὰν τῇ πόλει περιάπτειν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 20.10; λαμβάνειν δ. φαύλην [prev. author] “Ep.” 3.5; κληρονομήσειν τὴν ἐπ᾽ ἀσεβείᾳ δ. 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 15.22.3.)]
III.4 popular repute or estimate, εἰσφέρων οὐκ ἀφ᾽ ὑπαρχούσης οὐσίας.. ἀλλ᾽ ἀπὸ τῆς δόξης ὧν ὁ πατήρ μοι κατέλιπεν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.157.)]
IV of external appearance, glory, splendour, especially of the Shechinah, [LXX+NT (LXX.Exo.16.10, +others; δ. τοῦ φωτός NT.Act.22.11)]: generally, magnificence, πλοῦτον καὶ δ. [LXX+NT (LXX.Gen.31.16, cf. NT.Matt.4.8, +others)]; especially of celestial beatitude, [NT (NT.2Cor.4.17: _plural_, NT.1Pet.1.11)]; also of illustrious persons, dignities, δόξας οὐ τρέμουσιν [NT (NT.2Pet.2.10; δ. βλασφημεῖν NT.Jude.8.)]
(δοκέω, δέκομαι) expectation, οὐδ᾽ ἀπὸ δόξης not otherwise than one expects, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.324, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.344; in Prose, παρὰ δόξαν ἢ ὡς κατεδόκεε 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.79, etc.)]; ἐν δόξᾳ θέμενος εὖχος hoping for.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 10(11).63)]; δόξαν παρέχειν τινὶ μὴ ποιήσεσθαι.. to make one expect that.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.5.21)]; δόξαν παρέχεσθαί τινι ὡς.., with participle, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 216d)]; ἀπὸ τῆς δ. πεσέειν, = Latin spe excidere, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.203.)]
II after [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)], notion, opinion, judgement, whether well grounded or not, βροτῶν δόξαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Parmenides Poeta Philosophus 1.30, compare 8.51; ψυχῆς εὐτλήμονι δόξῃ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 28 (_anapaest meter_); ἃ δόξῃ τοπάζω 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 235; δόξῃ γοῦν ἐμῇ [prev. author] “Tr.” 718)]; κατά γε τὴν ἐμήν, with or without δόξαν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 472e, “Phlb.” 41b: opposed to ἐπιστήμη, [prev. author] “Tht.” 187bf, “R.” 506c, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “νόμος” 4, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1074b36; φάσεις καὶ δ. [prev. author] “EN” 1143b13)]; opposed to νόησις, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 534a)]; ἀληθεῖ δόξῃ δοξασταί capable of being subjects of true opinion, [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Tht.” 202b; δ. ἀληθεῖς ἢ ψευδεῖς [prev. author] “Phlb.” 36c; δόξης ὀρθότης ἀλήθεια 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1142b11; δ. ἐμποιεῖν περί τινος [prev. author] “Pol.” 1314b22)]; κύριαι δ. philosophical maxims, title of work by Epicurus, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Ir.” p.86 W., etc.; αἱ κοιναὶ δ.)]axioms, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 996b28.)]
II.2 mere opinion, conjecture, δόξῃ ἐπίστασθαι, ἡγεῖσθαι, imagine, suppose (wrongly), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.132, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.105; δόξης ἁμαρτία [prev. author] 1.32)]; δόξαι joined with φαντασίαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 161e, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physica” 254a29 (but distinguished from φαντασίαι, [prev. author] “de An.” 428a20))]; κατὰ δόξαν, opposed to κατ᾽ οὐσίαν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 534c)]; ὡς δόξῃ χρώμενοι speaking by guess, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 8.8, compare 13.8.)]
II.3 fancy, vision, δ. ἀκόνας λιγυρᾶς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 6.82; δ. βριζούσης φρενός 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 275; οὐκ εἰσὶ δόξαι τῶνδε πημάτων [prev. author] “Ch.” 1053, compare 1051)]; of a dream, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 780; δ. ἐνυπνίου 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 1.23)]: plural, hallucinations, [Refs 6th c.AD+ (6th c.AD: Alexander Trallianus Medicus 1.17.)]
III the opinion which others have of one, estimation, repute, first in [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Solon Lyricus 13.4 ἀνθρώπων δόξαν ἔχειν ἀγαθήν, compare 34; δ. ἐπ᾽ ἀμφότερα φέρεσθαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.11.)]
III.2 mostly, good repute, honour, glory, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus “Supp.” 25.11, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 373 (Lyric poetry, _plural_), 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 8.64, etc.; δόξαν φύσας 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.91)]; δόξαν σχεῖν τινός for a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 157; ἐπὶ σοφίᾳ δ. εἰληφώς 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 13.2; ἐπὶ καλοκἀγαθίᾳ καὶ σωφροσύνῃ δ. ὁμολογουμένην πεποιημένος 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 35.4.8; δόξαν ἀντὶ τοῦ ζῆν ᾑρημένος 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 2.15; δόξαν εἶχον ἄμαχοι εἶναι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Menexenus” 241b)]; δ. ἔχειν ὥς εἰσι.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 2.17; δ. καταλιπεῖν [prev. author] 3.24: in _plural_, οἱ ἐν ταῖς μεγίσταις δόξαις ὄντες 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.51.)]
III.3 rarely of ill repute, [δ.] ἀντὶ καλῆς αἰσχρὰν τῇ πόλει περιάπτειν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 20.10; λαμβάνειν δ. φαύλην [prev. author] “Ep.” 3.5; κληρονομήσειν τὴν ἐπ᾽ ἀσεβείᾳ δ. 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 15.22.3.)]
III.4 popular repute or estimate, εἰσφέρων οὐκ ἀφ᾽ ὑπαρχούσης οὐσίας.. ἀλλ᾽ ἀπὸ τῆς δόξης ὧν ὁ πατήρ μοι κατέλιπεν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.157.)]
IV of external appearance, glory, splendour, especially of the Shechinah, [LXX+NT (LXX.Exo.16.10, +others; δ. τοῦ φωτός NT.Act.22.11)]: generally, magnificence, πλοῦτον καὶ δ. [LXX+NT (LXX.Gen.31.16, cf. NT.Matt.4.8, +others)]; especially of celestial beatitude, [NT (NT.2Cor.4.17: _plural_, NT.1Pet.1.11)]; also of illustrious persons, dignities, δόξας οὐ τρέμουσιν [NT (NT.2Pet.2.10; δ. βλασφημεῖν NT.Jude.8.)]