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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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Romans 1:23
And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Romans 1:23 · retained source text

And changed the glory of the vncorruptible God, into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birdes, and foure footed beasts, and creeping things:

1611 marginal notePsal. 106.10.

Romans 2:7
To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Romans 2:7 · retained source text

To them, who by patient continuance in well doing, seeke for glorie, and honour, and immortalitie, eternall life:

Romans 2:10
But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Romans 2:10 · retained source text

But glory, honour, and peace, to euery man that worketh good, to the Iew first, and also to the Gentile.

1611 marginal noteGr. Greeke

Romans 3:23
For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Romans 3:23 · retained source text

For all haue sinned, and come short of the glory of God,

Romans 5:2
By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Romans 5:2 · retained source text

By whom also wee haue accesse by faith, into this grace wherein wee stand, and reioyce in hope of the glory of God.

Romans 5:3
And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Romans 5:3 · retained source text

And not onely so, but we glory in tribulations also, knowing that tribulation worketh patience:

Romans 6:4
Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
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1611 witness · Romans 6:4 · retained source text

Therefore wee are buryed with him by baptisme into death, that like as Christ was raised vp from the dead by the glorie of the Father: euen so wee also should walke in newnesse of life.

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