δόξα

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, Joh 12,43, Hebr 3,3; opposite to αἰσχύνη, Fil 3,19 to ἀτιμία, 2 Kor 6,8 δ. κ. τιμή, Rom 2,7, 10 1 Pet 1,7, 2 Pet 1,17; ζητεῖν, Joh 5,44; 7,18; 8,50, 1 Thess 2,6; λαμβάνειν, Joh 5,41, 2 Pet 1,17, Åb 5,12; διδόναι δ. τ. θεῷ (cf. נָתַן כָּבוֹד לַיהוָֹה, Jer 13,16, al.), Luk 17,18, Joh 9,24, ApG 12,23, Rom 4,20, Åb 4,9; εἰς (τ.) δ. θεοῦ, Rom 3,7; 15,7, Fil 1,11, al.; in doxologies, τ. θεῷ (ᾧ) ἡ δ., Luk 2,14, Rom 11,36; 16,27, Gal 1,5, Ef 3,21, al.

3. Later also (not cl.) as in LXX (= הוֹד, Job 39,20, 1 Kron 29,25; כָּבוֹד, Job 19,9, Est 5,11, al.), visible brightness, splendour, glory: of light, ApG 22,11 of heavenly bodies, 1 Kor 15,40ff.; esp. that wh. radiates from God's presence, as manifested in the pillar of cloud and in the Holy of Holies (= כָּבוֹד, 2 Mos 16,10; 25,22; 40,34, al.; and new Heb. שְׁכִינָה, 2Ma 2,8 see DB, iv, 489b), Rom 9,4, Jak 2,1 (see Hort, Mayor, in l.); hence of the manifested glory of God, Rom 1,23, Kol 1,11 Ef 1,6, 12, 17; 3,16; of the same as communicated to man through Christ, 2 Kor 3,18; 4,6; and of the glorious condition into which Christians shall enter hereafter, Rom 8,18, 21; 9,23, 2 Tim 2,10, al.

SYN.: ἔπαινος τιμή (see Hort on 1 Pet 1,7).