δόξαdóxa

1. expectation, judgment, opinion (4 Maccabees 5:18).

2. opinion, estimation in which one is held, repute; in NT, always good opinion, hence reputation, praise, honour, glory: Luke 14:10, John 12:43, Hebrews 3:3; opposed to αἰσχύνη, Philippians 3:19; to ἀτιμία, 2 Corinthians 6:8; δ. κ. τιμή, Romans 2:7, Romans 2:10, 1 Peter 1:7, 2 Peter 1:17; ζητεῖν, John 5:44, John 7:18, John 8:50, 1 Thessalonians 2:6; λαμβάνειν, John 5:41, 2 Peter 1:17, Revelation 5:12; διδόναι δ. τ. θεῷ (cf. נָתַן כָּבוֹד לַיהוָֹה, Jeremiah 13:16, and elsewhere), Luke 17:18, John 9:24, Acts 12:23, Romans 4:20, Revelation 4:9; εἰς (τ.) δ. θεοῦ, Romans 3:7, Romans 15:7, Philippians 1:11, and elsewhere; in doxologies, τ. θεῷ (ᾧ) ἡ δ., Luke 2:14, Romans 11:36, Romans 16:27, Galatians 1:5, Ephesians 3:21, and elsewhere

3. Later also (not classical Greek) as in LXX (= הוֹד, Job 39:20, 1 Chronicles 29:25; כָּבֹוד, Job 19:9, Esther 5:11, and elsewhere), visible brightness, splendour, glory: of light, Acts 22:11; of heavenly bodies, 1 Corinthians 15:40 ff.; especially that wh. radiates from God's presence, as manifested in the pillar of cloud and in the Holy of Holies (= כָּבוֹד, Exodus 16:10, Exodus 25:22, Exodus 40:34, and elsewhere; and new Heb. שְׁכִינָה, 2 Maccabees 2:8; see DB, iv, 489b), Romans 9:4, James 2:1; hence of the manifested glory of God, Romans 1:23, Colossians 1:11, Ephesians 1:6, Ephesians 1:12, Ephesians 1:17, Ephesians 3:16; of the same as communicated to man through Christ, 2 Corinthians 3:18, 2 Corinthians 4:6; and of the glorious condition into which Christians shall enter hereafter, Romans 8:18, Romans 8:21, Romans 9:23, 2 Timothy 2:10, and elsewhere