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# glory, glorious
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## Definition
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In general, the term "glory" means honor, splendor, and extreme greatness. Anything that has glory is said to be "glorious."
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* Sometimes "glory" refers to something of great value and importance. In other contexts it communicates splendor, brightness, or judgment.
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* Glory is especially used to describe God, who is more glorious than anyone or anything in the universe. Everything in his character reveals his glory and his splendor.
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## Translation Suggestions
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* Depending on the context, different ways to translate "glory" could include, "splendor" or "brightness" or "majesty" or "awesome greatness" or "extreme value."
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* The term "glorious" could be translated as "full of glory" or "extremely valuable" or "brightly shining" or "awesomely majestic."
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* The idiom,"give glory to God" could be translated as "honor God's greatness" or "praise God because of his splendor" or "tell others how great God is."
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