δόξα, -ης, ἡ (δοκέω), [in LXX very frequently for כָּבוֹד, also for הוֹד ,פִּפְאֶרֶת, etc., 25 words in all ;] in cl., 1. expectation, judgment, opinion (4Ma.5:18). 2. opinion, estimation in which one is held, repute; in NT, always good opinion, hence reputation, praise, honour, glory: Łk 14,10, J 12,43, Hbr 3,3; opposite to αἰσχύνη, Flp 3,19 to ἀτιμία, 2 Kor 6,8 δ. κ. τιμή, Rz 2,7.10 1 P 1,7, 2 P 1,17; ζητεῖν, J 5,44; 7,18; 8,50, 1 Tes 2,6; λαμβάνειν, J 5,41, 2 P 1,17, Ap 5,12; διδόναι δ. τ. θεῷ (cf. נָתַן כָּבוֹד לַיהוָֹה, Jr 13,16, al.), Łk 17,18, J 9,24, Dz 12,23, Rz 4,20, Ap 4,9; εἰς (τ.) δ. θεοῦ, Rz 3,7; 15,7, Flp 1,11, al.; in doxologies, τ. θεῷ (ᾧ) ἡ δ., Łk 2,14, Rz 11,36; 16,27, Ga 1,5, Ef 3,21, al. 3. Later also (not cl.) as in LXX (= הוֹד, Hi 39,20, 1 Krn 29,25; כָּבוֹד, Hi 19,9, Est 5,11, al.), visible brightness, splendour, glory: of light, Dz 22,11 of heavenly bodies, 1 Kor 15,40ff.; esp. that wh. radiates from God's presence, as manifested in the pillar of cloud and in the Holy of Holies (= כָּבוֹד, Wj 16,10; 25,22; 40,34, al.; and new Heb. שְׁכִינָה, 2 Mch 2,8 see DB, iv, 489b), Rz 9,4, Jk 2,1 (see Hort, Mayor, in l.); hence of the manifested glory of God, Rz 1,23, Kol 1,11 Ef 1,6.12.17; 3,16; of the same as communicated to man through Christ, 2 Kor 3,18; 4,6; and of the glorious condition into which Christians shall enter hereafter, Rz 8,18.21; 9,23, 2 Tm 2,10, al. SYN.: ἔπαινος τιμή (see Hort on 1 P 1,7). (AS)