Category:Glory

Glo"ry, n. Etym: [OE. glorie, OF. glorie, gloire, F. gloire, fr. L. gloria; prob. akin to Gr. glory, praise, to hear. See Loud.]

1. Praise, honor, admiration, or distinction, accorded by common consent to a person or thing; high reputation; honorable fame; renown. Glory to God in the highest. Luke 2:14. Spread His glory through all countries wide. Spenser.

2. That quality in a person or thing which secures general praise or honor; that which brings or gives renown; an object of pride or boast; the occasion of praise; excellency; brilliancy; splendor. Think it no glory to swell in tyranny. Sir P. Sidney. Jewels lose their glory if neglected. Shak.

3. Pride; boastfulness; arrogance. In glory of thy fortunes. Chapman.

4. The presence of the Divine Being; the manifestations of the divine nature and favor to the blessed in heaven; celestial honor; heaven. Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory. Psalm 73:24.

5. An emanation of light supposed to proceed from beings of peculiar sanctity. It is represented in art by rays of gold, or the like, proceeding from the head or body, or by a disk, or a mere line.

Note: This is the general term; when confined to the head it is properly called nimbus; when encircling the whole body, aureola or aureole. Glory hole, an opening in the wall of a glass furnace, exposing the brilliant white light of the interior. Knight. -- Glory pea (Bot.), the name of two leguminous plants (Clianthus Dampieri and C. puniceus) of Australia and New Zeland. They have showy scarlet or crimson flowers. -- Glory tree (Bot.), a name given to several species of the verbenaceous genus Clerodendron, showy flowering shrubs of tropical regions.

gloryGlo"ry, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gloried; p. pr. & vb. n. Glorying.] Etym: [OE. glorien, OF. glorier, fr. L. gloriari, fr. gloria glory. See Glory, n.]

1. To exult with joy; to rejoice. Glory ye in his holy name. Psalm 105.

2. To boast; to be proud. God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. Galatians 6:14 No one. . . should glory in his prosperity. Richardson.

- ---excerpt from the Illustrated Bible Dictionary

Glory - (Heb. kabhod ; Gr. doxa ). (1.) Abundance, wealth, treasure, and hence honor (Psalms 49:12); glory (Genesis 31:1; Matthew 4:8; Revelation 21:24, Revelation 21:26). (2.) Honour, dignity (1 Kings 3:13; Hebrews 2:7 1 Peter 1:24); of God (Psalms 19:1; Psalms 29:1); of the mind or heart (Genesis 49:6; Psalms 7:5; Acts 2:46). (3.) Splendor, brightness, majesty (Genesis 45:13; Isaiah 4:5; Acts 22:11; 2 Corinthians 3:7); of Jehovah (Isaiah 59:19; Isaiah 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; Romans 9:23; Ephesians 1:12). Jesus is the "brightness of the Father's glory" (Hebrews 1:3; John 1:14; John 2:11). (5.) The bliss of heaven (Romans 2:7, Romans 2:10; Romans 5:2; Romans 8:18; Hebrews 2:10; 1 Peter 5:1, 1 Peter 5:10). (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.