Glory
The Hebrew translation:
| Strong's Concordance | ||
|---|---|---|
| Original Word | כָּבוֹד | |
| Part of Speech | Noun Masculine | |
| Transliteration | kabowd | |
| Phonetic Spelling | kaw-bode' | |
| Definition | glorious |
Brown-Driver-Briggs: abundance, honour, glory
The Greek translation:
| Strong's Concordance | |
|---|---|
| Original Word | δόξα, ης, ἡ |
| Part of Speech | Noun, Feminine |
| Transliteration | doxa |
| Phonetic Spelling | dox'-ah |
| Definition | opinion (always good in NT), praise, honor, glory |
| Usage | honor, renown; glory, an especially divine quality, the unspoken manifestation of God, splendor |
However, the English Oxford dictionary adds "worship" to the definition which causes lots of confusion because only God may be worshipped.
- high renown or honour won by notable achievements
- magnificence or great beauty
- praise, worship, and thanksgiving offered to a deity
- a luminous ring or halo, especially as depicted around the head of Christ or a saint