Words the Bible translates as honor
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 16 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- doxaδόξαglory: the weighty splendor of God made visible, the honor that splendor commands, and the radiance God shares with his people
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- glorious ones: exalted heavenly beings named with the reverence due to their dignity
- doxazōδοξάζωto praise or honor someone, above all to give glory to God for what he has done
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- to clothe with splendor: to lift someone into a state of radiant honor and glory
- in John's Gospel, to reveal someone's true glory, the way the Father and Son honor each other and the cross becomes the moment of glory
- kavodכָּבוֹדweight that makes someone or something count: the visible greatness of God, the honor and standing of a person, or the wealth and splendor that command respect.
- timēτιμήhonor: the public recognition of someone's worth, and the respect or esteem that worth is owed.
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- price: the amount at which something is valued, or the money it fetches.
- kavadכָּבֵדto honor: to treat someone as weighty, giving them the regard, deference, or worship their standing deserves
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- to be heavy: to weigh much, whether a literal load, a crushing trouble, or a body part that has grown too heavy to work
- to be honored: to carry weight in others' eyes, to be held in high regard or shown to be glorious
- timaōτιμάωto honor: to regard and treat someone as worthy of high respect
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- to set a price on, value, or appraise: to fix the worth of something in money
- tipharahתִּפְאָרָהsplendor on show: beauty that catches the eye and brings honor to whoever wears, owns, or gives it
- hadarהָדָרvisible splendor: the dignity and grandeur that a great person or thing openly displays.
- hodהוֹדsplendor, majesty: the visible, awe-inspiring radiance that marks a legitimate sovereign
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- vigor, healthy bloom: the visible freshness and strength of a living body
- yeqarיְקָרpreciousness: the worth of what is rare and costly, and the honor or splendor that such worth confers.
- gedulahגְּדוּלָּהgreatness: the towering stature of God or the high standing of a person, together with the great deeds and public honor that make it visible
- hadarהָדַרto treat someone as great, and show it: to honor a person by what you visibly do in their presence, or to be arrayed in splendor yourself.
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- swollen ground: the humps and ridges of rough terrain that have to be flattened before anyone can pass.
- yeqarיְקָרhonor: high public standing and splendor that someone greater grants to a person, and can take back.
- hadarהֲדַרto honornot studied yet
- hadarהֲדַרhonornot studied yet
- nedivahנְדִיבָהhonornot studied yet
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