Glorious
כָּבוֹדStrong’s H3520kavod (ka-vod)
Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Kavod is the Hebrew word usually translated “glorious” and “valuable”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
“So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the cattle and the carriage before them.”
Meaning
- Glorious
- Abundance, riches, wealth
How it's translated
- glorious 2
- the valuable 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Judges 1
- Psalms 1
- Ezekiel 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
כָּבוֹד kavod · glorious
glorious
כְּבוּדָּ֯ה kevuddah · riches
abundance, riches, wealth
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “glorious” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
GLO'RIOUS, adjective
[Latin gloriosus. See Glory.]
- Illustrious; of exalted excellence and splendor; resplendent in majesty and divine attributes; applied to God. Exodus 15:11
- Noble; excellent; renowned; celebrated; illustrious; very honorable; applied to men, their achievements, titles, etc.
- Boastful; self-exulting; haughty; ostentatious.
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.