Glory: (Heb. kabhod; Gr. doxa).1. Abundance, wealth, treasure, and hence honour
(Psalms 49:12) glory
(Genesis 31:1; Matthew 4:8; Revelation 21:24,26)
2. Honour, dignity
(1 Kings 3:13; Hebrews 2:7; 1 Peter 1:24) of God
(Psalms 19:1; 29:1)
of the mind or heart
(Genesis 49:6; Psalms 7:5; Acts 2:46)
3. Splendour, brightness, majesty
(Genesis 45:13; Isaiah 4:5; Acts 22:11)
(2 Corinthians 3:7) of Jehovah
(Isaiah 59:19; 60:1; 2 Thessalonians 1:9)
4. The glorious moral attributes, the infinite perfections of God
(Isaiah 40:5; Acts 7:2; Romans 1:23; 9:23; Ephesians 1:12) Jesus is the "brightness
of the Father's glory"
(Hebrews 1:3; John 1:14; 2:11)
5. The bliss of heaven
(Romans 2:7,10; 5:2; 8:18; Hebrews 2:10; 1 Peter 5:1,10)
6. The phrase "Give glory to God"
(Joshua 7:19; Jeremiah 13:16) is a Hebrew
idiom meaning, "Confess your sins." The words of the Jews to the
blind man, "Give God the praise"
(John 9:24) are an adjuration to
confess. They are equivalent to, "Confess that you are an
impostor," "Give God the glory by speaking the truth;" for they
denied that a miracle had been wrought.
