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glory

Meaning of “glory”

Sense 1: Splendour, honour, praise, majesty, or a ground of rejoicing or boasting. Sense 2: To boast, exult, take pride, or rejoice in a person or thing.

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First occurrence: Genesis 31:1

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1 Kings 8:11
So that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud: for the glory of the Lord had filled the house of the Lord.
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So that the Priests could not stand to minister, because of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of the LORD.

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