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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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402 occurrences371 verses48 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 31:1

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Acts 7:2
And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran,
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Acts 7:2 · retained source text

And hee said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken: The God of glory appeared vnto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran,

Acts 7:55
But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,
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1611 witness · Acts 7:55 · retained source text

But hee being full of the holy Ghost, looked vp stedfastly into heauen, and saw the glory of God, and Iesus standing on the right hand of God,

Acts 12:23
And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.
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1611 witness · Acts 12:23 · retained source text

And immediatly the Angel of the Lord smote him, because hee gaue not God the glory, and hee was eaten of wormes, and gaue vp the ghost.

Acts 22:11
And when I could not see for the glory of that light, being led by the hand of them that were with me, I came into Damascus.
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1611 witness · Acts 22:11 · retained source text

And when I could not see for the glory of that light, being led by the hand of them that were with me, I came into Damascus.

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