noun · feminine
doxas
Strong’sG1391
honor, renown, glory splendor
stem dox-165 times in the New Testamentin 23 of 27 books5 of 10 forms occur
What it means
A plain-English reading of the word, with the lexicons it draws on — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones — right below it, in full.
AI Summary
δόξα most often means honor, reputation, and praise — the good opinion in which someone is held 134. In the New Testament it is always this good sense, standing opposite to shame or dishonor 1, and covers dignity, praise, and worship given to a person or to God 24, including in the doxological phrase "to whom be the glory" 1.
δόξα also means visible brightness or splendor, especially the radiant splendor associated with God's presence, such as the glow of the pillar of cloud or the light within the Holy of Holies 13. In this sense it describes light and the brightness of heavenly bodies 1, the divine splendor revealed through Christ 1, magnificence generally 3, and the glorious condition awaiting believers in the future 13.
Sources: 1 Abbott-Smith 2 Strong's 3 LSJ 4 Dodson. Condensed by anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 on 2026-09-23 — it may still misstate what these say; check them yourself if it matters to you.
The lexicons it was drawn from, in full:
Abbott-Smith — the 1922 lexicon entry, in full
δόξα, -ης, ἡ
(< δοκέω), [in LXX very freq. for כָּבוֹד, also for הוֹד,תִּפְאֶרֶת, etc., 25 words in all;]
SYN.: ἔπαινος τιμή (v. Hort on I Pe 1:7).
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1391 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saiddox'-ah
glory (as very apparent), in a wide application (literal or figurative, objective or subjective)
Fromfrom the base of G1380;
King Jamesdignity, glory(-ious), honour, praise, worship.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
(δοκέω, δέκομαι) expectation, οὐδ᾽ ἀπὸ δόξης not otherwise than one expects, Refs 8th c.BC+; ἐν δόξᾳ θέμενος εὖχος hoping for.., Refs 5th c.BC+; δόξαν παρέχειν τινὶ μὴ ποιήσεσθαι.. to make one expect that.., Refs 5th c.BC+; δόξαν παρέχεσθαί τινι ὡς.., with participle, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἀπὸ τῆς δ. πεσέειν, = Latin spe excidere, Refs 5th c.BC+
II after Refs 8th c.BC+, notion, opinion, judgement, whether well grounded or not, βροτῶν δόξαι Refs 5th c.BC+; κατά γε τὴν ἐμήν, with or without δόξαν, Refs 5th c.BC+; opposed to νόησις, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἀληθεῖ δόξῃ δοξασταί capable of being subjects of true opinion, Refs 4th c.BC+; κύριαι δ. philosophical maxims, title of work by Epicurus, Refs 1st c.BC+axioms, Refs 4th c.BC+
II.2 mere opinion, conjecture, δόξῃ ἐπίστασθαι, ἡγεῖσθαι, imagine, suppose (wrongly), Refs 5th c.BC+; δόξαι joined with φαντασίαι, Refs 5th c.BC+; κατὰ δόξαν, opposed to κατ᾽ οὐσίαν, Refs 5th c.BC+; ὡς δόξῃ χρώμενοι speaking by guess, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.3 fancy, vision, δ. ἀκόνας λιγυρᾶς Refs 5th c.BC+; of a dream, Refs 5th c.BC+: plural, hallucinations, Refs 6th c.AD+
III the opinion which others have of one, estimation, repute, first in Refs 6th c.BC+
III.2 mostly, good repute, honour, glory, Refs 7th c.BC+; δόξαν σχεῖν τινός for a thing, Refs 5th c.BC+; δ. ἔχειν ὥς εἰσι.. Refs 5th c.BC+
III.3 rarely of ill repute, [δ.] ἀντὶ καλῆς αἰσχρὰν τῇ πόλει περιάπτειν Refs 4th c.BC+
III.4 popular repute or estimate, εἰσφέρων οὐκ ἀφ᾽ ὑπαρχούσης οὐσίας.. ἀλλ᾽ ἀπὸ τῆς δόξης ὧν ὁ πατήρ μοι κατέλιπεν Refs 4th c.BC+
IV of external appearance, glory, splendour, especially of the Shechinah, LXX+NT: generally, magnificence, πλοῦτον καὶ δ. LXX+NT; especially of celestial beatitude, NT; also of illustrious persons, dignities, δόξας οὐ τρέμουσιν NT
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | doxas35×δόξα | doxais |
| object accusative | doxan58×δόξαν | doxain3×δόξας |
| direct address vocative | doxar | doxair |
| of, belonging to genitive | doxau48×δόξης | doxaiu |
| to, for dative | doxa21×δόξῃ | doxai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
doxa is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
165 occurrences, 100 of them printed here — the rest are in the reader
doxas“glory”subjectnominative singular35×, 25 shown
Luke 2:9kai angelos kuriou epistēata autoi kai doxas kuriou perilampata autoin, kai fobila fobon …… Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them …
Luke 2:14Doxas en hupsistei theo kai epi gēau …“Glory to God in the highest, and …
Luke 14:10… Filor, prosanabainasar anōterem; tote eti si doxas enōpion pantoiu toiu sunanakeiorōntoiu si.… better place.’ Then you will be honored in front of everyone at the …
Luke 19:38… onome kuriou; en ourano eirēnas kai doxas en hupsistei.… the Lord!” “Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!”
John 8:54… Iēsus; Ean mis doxazameia miauton, tas doxas mu oudenem atō; atō tos patros …… answered, “If I glorify Myself, My glory means nothing. The One who glorifies …
Romans 2:10doxas de kai timas kai eirēnas panto …but glory, honor, and peace for everyone who …
Romans 9:4… Israēlitois, hoiu tas huiothesias kai tas doxas kai tais diathēkais kai tas nomothesias …… adoption as sons; theirs the divine glory and the covenants; theirs the giving …
Romans 11:36… eis auton teim panteim; auto tas doxas eis toin aiōnoin, amēn.… all things. To Him be the glory forever! Amen.
1 Corinthians 11:7… ofeilatō katakaluptorō tan kefalan, eikonas kai doxas theou huparcharōntos; tas gunaikas de doxas …… since he is the image and glory of God; but the woman is …
1 Corinthians 11:7… doxas theou huparcharōntos; tas gunaikas de doxas androu atō.… God; but the woman is the glory of man.
1 Corinthians 11:15gunaikas de ean komateiō, doxas auta atō? hoti tas komas anti …… has long hair, it is her glory? For long hair is given to …
1 Corinthians 15:40“glory”… alla heteras men tas teiu epouraneiu doxas, heteras de tas teiu epigeieiu.… earthly bodies. But the splendor of the heavenly bodies is of one degree, and the splendor of the earthly bodies is of another.
1 Corinthians 15:41“glory”allosas doxas hēliou, kai allosas doxas selēnau, kai …The sun has one degree of splendor, the moon another, and the stars another; and star differs …
1 Corinthians 15:41“glory”allosas doxas hēliou, kai allosas doxas selēnau, kai allosas doxas asteroiu, asteros …The sun has one degree of splendor, the moon another, and the stars another; and star differs from …
1 Corinthians 15:41“glory”… kai allosas doxas selēnau, kai allosas doxas asteroiu, asteros gar asterou diaferatō en …… splendor, the moon another, and the stars another; and star differs from star in splendor.
2 Corinthians 3:9“glory”ei gar ta diakonia tau katakrisiau doxas, polle mallon perisseuatō tas diakonias tau …For if the ministry of condemnation was glorious, how much more glorious is the ministry of righteousness!
2 Corinthians 8:23… sunergos; eite adelfois nu, apostolois ekklēsaiu, doxas Christou.… are messengers of the churches, the glory of Christ.
Galatians 1:5ho tas doxas eis toin aiōnoin toiu aiōnoiu; amēn.to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
Ephesians 3:13… thlipsiai mu huper vu, hotinas atō doxas vu.… sufferings for you, which are your glory.
Ephesians 3:21auto tas doxas en ta ekklēsa kai en Christo …to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ …
Philippians 3:19… tos theos tas koilias kai tas doxas en ta aischuna autoiu, tois teim …… god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds …
Philippians 4:20… de theo kai patro nu tas doxas eis toin aiōnoin toiu aiōnoiu; amēn.To our God and Father be glory forever and ever. Amen.
1 Thessalonians 2:20vis gar avō tas doxas nu kai tas charas.You are indeed our glory and our joy.
1 Timothy 1:17… aftharto, aorato, mono theo, timas kai doxas eis toin aiōnoin toiu aiōnoiu; amēn.… the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
2 Timothy 4:18… basileian autou tan epouranan; ho tas doxas eis toin aiōnoin toiu aiōnoiu, amēn.… heavenly kingdom. To Him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
doxan“glory”objectaccusative singular58×, 26 shown
Matthew 4:8… tain basileiain tou kosmou kai tan doxan autaiu… kingdoms of the world and their glory.
Luke 2:32fōtem eis apokalupsian ethneiu kai doxan laou su Israēl.… revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to Your people Israel.”
Luke 4:6… tan exousian houtan hapantan kai tan doxan autaiu, hoti mi paradōotē kai ho …… all these kingdoms and all their glory,” he said. “For it has been …
Luke 9:32… barorēntois hupno; diagrēgorarantois de horala tan doxan autou kai toin duo androin toin …… when they awoke, they saw Jesus’ glory and the two men standing with …
Luke 17:18“praise”ouk heuriskila hupostrefarantois dōara doxan to theo ei mē tos allogenos …Was no one found except this foreigner to return and give glory to God?”
Luke 24:26… ton christon kai eiserchara eis tan doxan autou?… things and then to enter His glory?”
John 1:14… skēnata en ni, kai theasena tan doxan autou, doxan hōs monogenou para patrou, …… among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and …
John 1:14… ni, kai theasena tan doxan autou, doxan hōs monogenou para patrou, plēros charitau …… We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son …
John 2:11… Kana tau Galilaiau kai fanerata tan doxan autou, kai pisteuala eis auton tois …… in Galilee. He thus revealed His glory, and His disciples believed in Him.
John 5:41doxan para anthrōpoiu ouk labamō,I do not accept glory from men,
John 5:44pōs dunovō vis pisteuara, doxan para allēloiu labarōntois, kai tan doxan …… can you believe if you accept glory from one another, yet do not …
John 5:44… doxan para allēloiu labarōntois, kai tan doxan tan para tou monou theou ouk …… another, yet do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?
John 7:18tos apo heautou lalarōntos tan doxan tan idian zētatō; tos de zētarōntos …… his own authority seeks his own glory, but He who seeks the glory …
John 7:18… idian zētatō; tos de zētarōntos tan doxan tou pemparantou auton houtos alēthos atō …… glory, but He who seeks the glory of the One who sent Him …
John 8:50mis de ouk zētamō tan doxan mu; atō tos zētarōntos kai krinarōntos.I do not seek My own glory. There is One who seeks it …
John 9:24… ate tuflos kai legala auto; Dōasar doxan to theo; nis oidanē hoti houtos …… had been blind and said, “Give glory to God! We know that this …
John 11:40… si hoti ean pisteuaseia horesi tan doxan tou theou?… you believed, you would see the glory of God?”
John 12:41houteim legata Ēsaios hoti horata tan doxan autou, kai lalata peri autou.… these things because he saw Jesus’ glory and spoke about Him.
John 12:43agapala gar tan doxan toiu anthrōpoiu mallon ēper tan doxan …For they loved praise from men more than praise from …
John 12:43… doxan toiu anthrōpoiu mallon ēper tan doxan tou theou.… loved praise from men more than praise from God.
John 17:22kamis tan doxan han dōasē mi dōamē autoi, hina …I have given them the glory You gave Me, so that they …
John 17:24… aleiō meta mu, hina theōraleiō tan doxan tan ēman han dōasē mi, hoti …… am, that they may see the glory You gave Me because You loved …
Acts 7:55… hagieu atenizarantos eis ton ouranon horata doxan theou kai Iēsun stēarēnton ek dexeiu …… intently into heaven and saw the glory of God and Jesus standing at …
Acts 12:23… kuriou anti heiu ouk dōata tan doxan to theo, kai generantos skōlēkobrōtos ekpsuchata.Immediately, because Herod did not give glory to God, an angel of the …
Romans 1:23kai allaxala tan doxan tou afthartou theou en homoiōme eikonau …and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images …
Romans 2:7toi men kata hupomonan ergeu agatheu doxan kai timan kai aftharsian zētarōntoi zōan …… by perseverance in doing good seek glory, honor, and immortality, He will give …
doxau“glory”of, belonging togenitive singular48×, 25 shown
Matthew 19:28… tos huios tou anthrōpou epi thronou doxau autou, kathevi kai vis epi dōdeka …… Son of Man sits on His glorious throne, you who have followed Me …
Matthew 24:30… nefelaiu tou ouranou meta dunamiau kai doxau pollau;… of heaven with power and great glory.
Matthew 25:31… meta autou, tote kathizati epi thronou doxau autou;… Him, He will sit on His glorious throne.
Mark 13:26… en nefelai meta dunamiau pollau kai doxau;… the clouds with great power and glory.
Luke 21:27… erchorōnton en nefela meta dunamiau kai doxau pollau.… a cloud with power and great glory.
John 11:4… atō pros thanaton alla huper tau doxau tou theou hina doxaziteia tos huios …… death. No, it is for the glory of God, so that the Son …
Acts 7:2… kai patroir, akouavar; Tos theos tau doxau horita to patro nu Abraam arōnto …… listen to me! The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham while …
Acts 22:11“brightness”hōs de ouk emblepame apo tau doxau teu fōteu ekeineu, cheiragōgorōntos hupo toiu …Because the brilliance of the light had blinded me, my companions led me by the hand …
Romans 3:23pantois gar hamartala kai husterolō tau doxau tou theou,… sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
Romans 5:2… stēanē, kai kauchonō epi elpida tau doxau tou theou;… rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.
Romans 6:4… egerita Christos ek nekroiu dia tau doxau tou patrou, houtōs kai nis en …… raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may …
Romans 8:21… tau fthorau eis tan eleutherian tau doxau teiu tekneiu tou theou.… to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God.
Romans 9:23kai hina gnōrizateia ton plouton tau doxau autou epi skeveim eleseu, heim proetoimazata …… to make the riches of His glory known to the vessels of His …
1 Corinthians 2:8… gnōskala, ouk an ton kurion tau doxau staurala;… not have crucified the Lord of glory.
2 Corinthians 3:10“glory”… houte te mere heineken tau huperballarōntau doxau;… comparison to the glory that surpasses it.
2 Corinthians 3:11ei gar tem katargorōntem dia doxau, polle mallon tem menarōntem en doxa.… what was fading away came with glory, how much greater is the glory …
2 Corinthians 3:18… katoptrizorōntois tan autan eikonan metamorfonō apo doxau eis doxan, kathaper apo kuriou pneumeu.… transformed into His image with intensifying glory, which comes from the Lord, who …
2 Corinthians 4:4… augazara ton fōtismon teu euangelieu tau doxau tou Christou, hos atō eikonas tou …… light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image …
2 Corinthians 4:6… nu pros fōtismon tau gnōsiau tau doxau tou theou en prosōpe Christou.… light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of …
2 Corinthians 4:17… kata huperbolan eis huperbolan aiōniem barosem doxau katergazotō ni,… for us an eternal weight of glory that is far beyond comparison.
2 Corinthians 6:8dia doxau kai atimiau, dia dusfēmiau kai eufēmiau; …through glory and dishonor, slander and praise; viewed …
Ephesians 1:6eis epainon doxau tau charitau autou hau charitata nin …to the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely given …
Ephesians 1:12eis tem arō nin eis epainon doxau autou toin proelpizarēntoin en to Christo;… be for the praise of His glory.
Ephesians 1:14… apolutrōsian tau peripoiēsiau, eis epainon tau doxau autou.… possession, to the praise of His glory.
Ephesians 1:17“glory”… nu Iēsu Christou, tos patros tau doxau, dōateia vi pneumem sofiau kai apokalupsiau …… God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in your …
doxa“glory”to, fordative singular21×
Matthew 6:29… hoti oude Solomōnos en panta ta doxa autou peribaleta hōs henem houteiu.… not even Solomon in all his glory was adorned like one of these.
Matthew 16:27… huios tou anthrōpou erchorō en ta doxa tou patrou autou meta toiu angeloiu …… Man will come in His Father’s glory with His angels, and then He …
Matthew 25:31… tos huios tou anthrōpou en ta doxa autou kai pantois tois angelois meta …… Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him …
Mark 8:38… epaischuniti auton hotan erchateia en ta doxa tou patrou autou meta toiu angeloiu …… when He comes in His Father’s glory with the holy angels.”
Mark 10:37… henos ek aristereiu kathizaneia en ta doxa su.… other at Your left in Your glory.”
Luke 9:26… anthrōpou epaischuniti, hotan erchateia en ta doxa autou kai tou patrou kai toiu …… him when He comes in His glory and in the glory of the …
Luke 9:31hois horirantois en doxa legale tan exodan autou han mellate …They appeared in glory and spoke about His departure, which …
Luke 12:27… vi, oude Solomōnos en panta ta doxa autou peribaleta hōs henem houteiu.… not even Solomon in all his glory was adorned like one of these.
John 17:5… min sis, patror, para siauto ta doxa ha echame pro teu ton kosmon …… Me in Your presence with the glory I had with You before the …
1 Corinthians 15:41“glory”… asteroiu, asteros gar asterou diaferatō en doxa.… and the stars another; and star differs from star in splendor.
1 Corinthians 15:43sperotō en atimia, egerotō en doxa; sperotō en asthenia, egerotō en dunamia;… in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it …
2 Corinthians 3:7… en grammei entuporēntas lithoi genita en doxa, hōste mē dunorō atenizara toin huioin …… letters on stone, came with such glory that the Israelites could not gaze …
2 Corinthians 3:8“glory”… tas diakonias teu pneumeu eti en doxa?will not the ministry of the Spirit be even more …
2 Corinthians 3:9“glory”… mallon perisseuatō tas diakonias tau dikaiosunau doxa.… how much more glorious is the ministry of righteousness!
2 Corinthians 3:11… doxau, polle mallon tem menarōntem en doxa.… glory, how much greater is the glory of that which endures!
Philippians 4:19“glory”… vu kata tem ploutem autou en doxa en Christo Iēso.… supply all your needs according to His glorious riches in Christ Jesus.
Colossians 3:4… kai vis sun auto fanerivi en doxa.… also will appear with Him in glory.
1 Timothy 3:16… ethnei, pisteuita en kosmo, analabita en doxa.… the world, was taken up in glory.
Hebrews 2:7elattasa auton brachu tinem para angeloin, doxa kai tima stefanasa auton,… the angels; You crowned him with glory and honor
Hebrews 2:9… Iēsun dia tem pathēmem tou thanatou doxa kai tima stefanorēnton, hopōs chōris theou …… than the angels, now crowned with glory and honor because He suffered death …
2 Peter 1:3… tau epignōsiau tou kalarantou nin idia doxa kai areta,… who called us by His own glory and excellence.
doxain“glorious”objectaccusative plural3×
1 Peter 1:11… Christon pathēmeim kai tain meta houteim doxain;… the sufferings of Christ and the glories to follow.
2 Peter 2:10… poreuorōntoin kai kuriotau katafronarōntoin. Tolmētois, authadois, doxain ouk tremalō, blasfēmarōntois,… self-willed, they are unafraid to slander glorious beings.
Jude 1:8… sarkan men mianalō, kuriotan de athetalō, doxain de blasfēmalō.… their bodies, reject authority, and slander glorious beings.