Words the Bible translates as majesty
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 14 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
- ozעֹזstrength exerted on behalf of someone or against opposition: the power to prevail and protect, overwhelmingly God's
- ga'onגָּאוֹןmajesty: the towering greatness and splendor that belong to God.
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- splendor: the glory or grandeur of a land, a nation, or a thing in nature.
- arrogance: the swollen self-importance of a person or people who lift themselves up wrongly.
- megalōsunēμεγαλωσύνηmajestynot studied yet
- 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
- ga'avahגַּאֲוָהa rising to a height: majestic grandeur when it belongs to God, but arrogant self-importance when a person or nation claims it
- govahגֹּבַהּheight: the vertical measure or lofty elevation of a structure, person, tree, or the sky
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- loftiness of spirit: a person or nation lifted high in bearing, whether in arrogant pride or in exalted dignity
- se'etשְׂאֵתa being lifted up: depending on context, a raised mark on the skin, or raised rank and majesty
- godelגֹּדֶלgreatness as a quantity you can point to: how great someone or something is, whether God's displayed majesty, a towering tree, or a heart swollen with its own importance
- 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
- ge'utגֵּאוּתa rising up high: the majesty God wears, the swollen pride of anyone who claims it, or the literal surge of sea and smoke
- megaleiotēsμεγαλειότηςmajestynot studied yet
- yeqarיְקָרhonor: high public standing and splendor that someone greater grants to a person, and can take back.
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