Glory
כָּבוֹדStrong’s H3519kavod (ka-vod)
Appears in 189 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Glory, from a root meaning heavy: weight, worth and honour. When God's glory filled the tabernacle, Moses could not enter (Exodus 40:35).
“The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.”
Meaning
- Glory, honour, glorious, abundanceabundance, riches · honour, splendour, glory · honour, dignity · honour, reputation · honour, reverence, glory · glory
How it's translated
- glory of 42
- glory 22
- honor 17
- and honor 15
- and glory of 12
- glory his 12
- honor my 9
- glory your 9
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 48
- Isaiah 36
- Ezekiel 16
- Proverbs 14
- Exodus 11
- 2 Chronicles 11
27 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 11:39In contextThus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange god, whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many, and shall divide the land for gain.
- Zechariah 2:5In contextFor I, saith the LORD, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her.
- Zechariah 2:8In contextFor thus saith the LORD of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.
- Genesis 31:1And he heard the words of Laban’s sons, saying, Jacob hath taken away all that was our father’s; and of that which was our father’s hath he gotten all this glory.
- Genesis 45:13And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen; and ye shall haste and bring down my father hither.
- Genesis 49:6O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall.
All 189 verses, by book
- Deuteronomy 1
- 5:24
- Joshua 1
- 7:19
- Nehemiah 1
- 9:5
- Psalms 48
- 3:34:27:58:516:919:121:524:724:824:924:1026:829:129:229:329:930:1249:1649:1757:557:857:1162:763:266:272:1973:2479:984:1185:996:396:796:897:6102:15102:16104:31106:20108:1108:5112:9113:4115:1138:5145:5145:11145:12149:5
- Isaiah 36
- 3:84:24:55:136:38:710:310:1610:1811:1014:1816:1417:317:421:1622:1822:2322:2424:2335:240:542:842:1243:748:1158:859:1960:160:260:1361:662:266:1166:1266:1866:19
- Daniel 1
- 11:39
- Micah 1
- 1:15
- Nahum 1
- 2:9
Hebrew dictionary
כָּבוֹד kavod · glory
1) glory, honour, glorious, abundance 1a) abundance, riches 1b) honour, splendour, glory 1c) honour, dignity 1d) honour, reputation 1e) honour, reverence, glory 1f) glory
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “glory” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
GLO'RY, noun
[Latin gloria; planus; hence, bright, shining. glory then, is brightness, splendor. The Latin floreo, to blossom, to flower, to flourish, is probably of the same family.]
- Brightness; luster; splendor.“For he received from God the Father honor and glory when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory” 2 Peter 1:17
- Splendor; magnificence.
- The circle of rays surrounding the head of a figure in painting.
- Praise ascribed in adoration; honor.“Glory to God in the highest” Luke 2:14
All definitions and other forms of “glory”
- Honor; praise; fame; renown; celebrity.
- The felicity of heaven prepared for the children of God; celestial bliss.“Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterwards receive me to glory” Psalms 73:24
- In scripture, the divine presence; or the ark, the manifestation of it.“The glory is departed from Israel” 1 Samuel 4:21
- The divine perfections or excellence.“The heavens declare the glory of God” Psalms 19:1
- Honorable representation of God.
- Distinguished honor or ornament; that which honors or makes renowned; that of which one may boast.“Babylon, the glory of kingdoms” Isaiah 13:19
- Pride; boastfulness; arrogance; as vain glory
- Generous pride.
GLO'RY, verb intransitive
[Latin glorior, from gloria.]
- “Glory ye in his holy name. Psa 105” 1 Chronicles 16:10
- To boast; to be proud of.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.