126 occurrences in 12 translations

'Glorious' in the Bible

If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name, THE LORD THY GOD;

Verse ConceptsGod, Glory Ofethics, personalGlory Of GodGod's Glory RevealedAweHis Name Is The LordGod Is To Be FearedKeep The Commandments!

Then David returned to bless his household. And Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, How glorious was the king of Israel to day, who uncovered himself to day in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants, as one of the vain fellows shamelessly uncovereth himself!

Verse ConceptsFamilies, Examples OfBenedictionsIronySarcasmEmployers, Good ExamplesNudityPeople Stripping OffPeople Who Blessed Others

Now the rest of Hezekiah's actions, as well as his glorious deeds, including how he constructed the pool and the conduit to bring water into the city, are recorded in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah, are they not?

Verse ConceptsPoolsDrinking WaterHistorical BooksWater ChannelKings of judahaccomplishmentsaccomplishment

Let the families of earth recognize the LORD that he is glorious and powerful.

Verse ConceptsStrength Of GodFamily Strength

David said, “My son Solomon is young and inexperienced, and the house that is to be built for the Lord must be exceedingly great and famous and glorious in all the lands. Therefore, I must make provision for it.” So David made lavish preparations for it before his death.

Verse ConceptsFameInexperienceMiddle AgeYouthAmateursApprenticesLimitations Of Youthconstructionstructure

O Lord, you are great, mighty, majestic, magnificent, glorious, and sovereign over all the sky and earth! You have dominion and exalt yourself as the ruler of all.

Verse ConceptsGod, Greatness OfGod, Glory OfEarth, Belonging To GodGod, Majesty OfGod, Sovereignty OfGod, Uniqueness OfHeadshipProvidenceGod's Glory RevealedPowergreatnessbelongingadorationdominion

Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, Stand up and bless the LORD your God for ever and ever: and blessed be thy glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise.

Verse ConceptsGod, Glory OfPraiseGod, The EternalImmortality, In OtStandingGlory Of GodGod's Glory RevealedEternal PraiseProclaiming God’s NameBless The Lord!

When he shewed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honour of his excellent majesty many days, even an hundred and fourscore days.

Verse ConceptsDisplayingFive Months And MoreSeeking HonourWealthy People

Then Haman described for them his glorious wealth and his many sons. He told them all how the king had honored him and promoted him in rank over the other officials and the royal staff.

Verse ConceptsDisplayingPromotionThe More Children The BetterSeeking HonourWealthy People

O Lord, our Lord,How majestic and glorious and excellent is Your name in all the earth!You have displayed Your splendor above the heavens.

Verse ConceptsGod, Glory OfGod, Majesty OfKnowing God, Nature OfPrayer, And WorshipGlory Of GodGod's Glory RevealedGod Being Outside Of CreationExcellence

O Lord, our Lord,How majestic and glorious and excellent is Your name in all the earth!

Verse ConceptsGod, Majesty OfThe EarthExcellence

As for the saints (godly people) who are in the land,They are the majestic and the noble and the excellent ones in whom is all my delight.

Verse ConceptsSaintsNames And Titles For The ChristianAffection For God's PeoplePleasing MenThe EarthInner BeautyBeing BeautifulExcellenceheroes

That my soul may sing praise to You and not be silent.O Lord my God, I will give thanks to You forever.

Verse ConceptsEternal PraiseI Will Praise You With MusicWe Thank GodThank YouPraise And WorshipGrateful Heartawakening

By awesome and wondrous things You answer us in righteousness, O God of our salvation,You who are the trust and hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest sea;

Verse ConceptsConversion, God's demands forGod, Righteousness OfGod AnsweredGod Doing RightDoing RightBelief In GodGod My Salvation

Sing forth the honour of his name: make his praise glorious.

Verse ConceptsPraise The Lord!In His Namehonour

Say to God, “How awesome and fearfully glorious are Your works!Because of the greatness of Your power Your enemies will pretend to be obedient to You.

Verse ConceptsAmazingGod, Works OfWhat God Does

Thou art more glorious and excellent than the mountains of prey.

Verse ConceptsLight, SpiritualPrayer, And WorshipExcellence

Let Your work [the signs of Your power] be revealed to Your servantsAnd Your [glorious] majesty to their children.

Verse ConceptsGlory Of God

I will clothe his enemies with shame,but the crown he wears will be glorious.”

Verse ConceptsCrowns, Spiritual UseClothed With Bad ThingsCrowns For God's Peoplecrowns

To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, and the glorious majesty of his kingdom.

Verse ConceptsGod, Majesty OfGod's Deed Revealed

For Jerusalem has stumbledand Judah has fallenbecause they have spoken and acted against the Lord,defying His glorious presence.

Verse ConceptsdefianceJerusalem, Significance OfDisobedience, To GodInfidelity To GodDownfall Of Israel

In that day shall the branch of the LORD be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and comely for them that are escaped of Israel.

Verse ConceptsDay of the LORDBeautifulBranches, Illustrating MessiahMessianic AgeNames And Titles For ChristBeauty Of GodSurvivors Of IsraelWomen's BeautyExcellence

Then the Lord will create over all of Mount Zion and over its convocations a cloud and smoke by day and a bright flame of fire by night; indeed a canopy will accompany the Lord's glorious presence.

Verse ConceptsGod, Glory OfGlory, Revelation OfDivine ManifestationsSmokeGod Appearing In FireCloud of glorysmokingzion

But there will be no gloom for her who was in distress. Formerly, he brought contempt to the region of Zebulun and the region of Naphtali, but in the future he will have made glorious the way of the sea, the territory beyond the Jordan Galilee of the nations.

Verse ConceptsHumilityComing Out Of DarknessDespair

And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious.

Verse ConceptsDay of the LORDGentiles, In OtBanner, Figurative UseHope, As ConfidenceMission, Of IsraelJesus Christ, KingChrist, Names ForMessianic PropheciesFlags

Sing to Yahweh, for He has done glorious things.Let this be known throughout the earth.

Verse ConceptsGod, Glory OfPraiseGod's Glory RevealedGod's Deed RevealedExcellence

“All the kings of the nations, all of them lie [dead] in glorious array,Each one in his own sepulcher.

Verse ConceptsKings And Pride

You [Jerusalem] who were full of noise,A tumultuous city, a joyous and exuberant city;Your slain were not slain [in a glorious death] with the sword,Nor did they die in battle.

wind you up into a ball, and sling you into a wide land. There you will die, and there your glorious chariots will be—a disgrace to the house of your lord.

Verse ConceptsTrusting In ChariotsRollingShame Has Come

And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place; and he shall be for a glorious throne to his father's house.

Verse ConceptsThroneNailsPegsProtecting Your Family

The Lord of Hosts planned it,to desecrate all its glorious beauty,to disgrace all the honored ones of the earth.

Verse ConceptsendHumilitySuperiorityHumbling The ProudGod Opposes The ProudGod's Plans

Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine!

Verse ConceptsFlowersAlcoholWineBeauty, Temporal Nature OfNo BeautyThe Proud Will Be AbasedWoe To Israel And JerusalemWorseNorthern Kingdom Of Israeldrunkards

And the glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley, shall be a fading flower, and as the hasty fruit before the summer; which when he that looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up.

Verse ConceptsFig treeHarvestNo BeautyWorse

At that time, the LORD of the Heavenly Armies will become a glorious crown, a beautiful diadem for the remnant of his people,

Verse ConceptsRemnantBeauty Of GodChrist, Names ForCommerceSurvivors FavouredCrowns For God's PeopleSpiritual crowns

And the LORD shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall shew the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and with the flame of a devouring fire, with scattering, and tempest, and hailstones.

Verse ConceptsGod, Majesty OfThunderWeather, As God's JudgmentArm Of GodFire Of God's AngerPaying Attention To GodLightning Used MetaphoricallyThunder Expressing God's Judgment

But there the glorious LORD will be unto us a place of broad rivers and streams; wherein shall go no galley with oars, neither shall gallant ship pass thereby.

Verse ConceptsBreadthShipssailing

The Lord was pleased, because of His righteousness,to magnify His instruction and make it glorious.

Verse ConceptsThe Law Proclaimed

And now, saith the LORD that formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, Though Israel be not gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the LORD, and my God shall be my strength.

Verse ConceptsGod, Feminine Descriptions OfRestoring NationsWombFrom The WombChrist's Own GloryGod Our Strengthmums

“Then you will see and be radiant,And your heart will tremble [with joy] and rejoiceBecause the abundant wealth of the seas will be brought to you,The wealth of the nations will come to you.

Verse ConceptsAffluenceSea DwellersLight Of God's PeoplePlenty Through GodSwellingGetting RichThe SeaSmilingWealth And Prosperity

All Kedar's flocks will be gathered to you, the rams of Nebaioth will serve you. and they'll come up with acceptance upon my altar, and I'll glorify my glorious house."

Verse ConceptsPeople Commended By GodMillenial SacrificesAcceptance

The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the fir tree, the pine tree, and the box together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary; and I will make the place of my feet glorious.

Verse ConceptsGod, Human Descriptions OfAdornment, Of BuildingsFir TreesTreesGod Bestowing GloryMillenial SacrificesChristmas Tree

Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save.

Verse ConceptsRobesPower Of Christ, ShownMessianic PropheciesSpirit Of ChristDyeingWho Is This?Righteousness Of Christ

That led them by the right hand of Moses with his glorious arm, dividing the water before them, to make himself an everlasting name?

Verse ConceptsArmsPower Of God, DescribedArm Of GodDivision Of WatersWaters DividedBlessings For The Right Hand

As a beast goeth down into the valley, the Spirit of the LORD caused him to rest: so didst thou lead thy people, to make thyself a glorious name.

Verse ConceptsDivine LeadingThe Spirit Of GodThe Spirit Of The LordGod Has GuidedGod Giving Rest

Look down from heaven, and see from your holy and glorious dwelling. Where are your zeal and your might? Where are the yearning of your heart and your compassion? They are held back from me.

Verse ConceptsGod, Compassion OfGentlenessGod, Zeal OfSympathyTendernessZealHeaven, God's ThroneGod Acts From HeavenQuerying God's Power

so that you may nurse and be satisfiedfrom her comforting breastand drink deeply and delight yourselvesfrom her glorious breasts.

Verse ConceptsSatisfactionAfflictions, Consolation DuringmomsMotherhoodbreasts

Has a nation ever changed its gods (even though they are not really gods at all)? But my people have exchanged me, their glorious God, for a god that cannot help them at all!

Verse ConceptsNegotiationPolytheismExchanging Good For BadGod Bestowing GloryNo Help In Other Gods

Say to the king and the queen mother:Take a humble seat,for your glorious crownshave fallen from your heads.

Verse ConceptsQueensThroneNo KingBeing HumbleSurrenderHumble Yourselfhumblenesscrownsmistressprincipalities

Because of Your name, don’t despise us.Don’t disdain Your glorious throne.Remember Your covenant with us;do not break it.

A glorious high throne from the beginning is the place of our sanctuary.

Verse ConceptsSanctuary

Mourn for him, all you surrounding nations,everyone who knows his name.Say: How the mighty scepter is shattered,the glorious staff!

Verse ConceptsSceptreSorrowDeposing

The ships of Tarshish did sing of thee in thy market: and thou wast replenished, and made very glorious in the midst of the seas.

Verse ConceptsMerchantsSeafaringCommerceShips For TradingIn The Heart Of The Sea

And out of one of them came forth a little horn, which waxed exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the glorious land .

Verse ConceptsSouthGrowing UpHorns In Allegory

But he that cometh against him shall do according to his own will, and none shall stand before him: and he shall stand in the glorious land, which by his hand shall be consumed.

Verse ConceptsThe Will Of Men

He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.

And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him.

Verse ConceptsAntichristBeauty Of JerusalemPeople EndedNo Help

The more the priests increased in numbers, the more they rebelled against me. They have turned their glorious calling into a shameful disgrace!

Verse ConceptsSpiritual MalnutritionThe Glory Of ManGrowth Of EvilPeople MultiplyingLeaders SinningLosing Honour

Wail, cypress, for the cedar has fallen;the glorious trees are destroyed!Wail, oaks of Bashan,for the stately forest has fallen!

Verse ConceptsFir TreesWailingFelling TreesDestruction Of PlantsOaksHarming Trees

In that day there will be no light; the glorious ones (heavenly bodies) shall be darkened.

Verse ConceptsFrostCold WeatherDarkness At The End

They appeared in glorious splendor and spoke about his departure that he was about to carry out at Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsGlorified SaintsExodus

And all were astonished at the glorious greatness of God. And as all wondered at all the things which Jesus did, he said to his disciples,

Verse ConceptsAmazingGod, Majesty OfAmazement, Of Christ's MiraclesGreatness Of DisciplesChrist Speaking To DisciplesPassiongreatness

And when he had said these things, all his adversaries were ashamed: and all the people rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him.

Verse ConceptsCrowds AmazedRejoicing In God's Works

The reply of Stephen was, "Sirs--brethren and fathers--listen to me. God Most Glorious appeared to our forefather Abraham when he was living in Mesopotamia, before he settled in Haran,

Verse ConceptsGod, Glory OfAbrahamGod, Unity OfGod AppearingPay Attention To People!

"The glorious God appeared to our ancestor Abraham while he was in Mesopotamia before he settled in Haran. God told him, "Leave your country and your relatives and go to the land I'll show you.'

Verse ConceptsAbrahamPilgrimsSeparating From Relativesland

Not only is there danger that this trade of ours will be discredited, but also that the [magnificent] temple of the great goddess Artemis will be discredited, and that she whom all Asia and the world worship will even be dethroned and lose her glorious magnificence.”

Verse ConceptsCovetousness, Example OfAll NationsWorshipping Material ThingsDeposing

But since I could not see because of the [glorious intensity and dazzling] brightness of that light, I was led by the hand by those who were with me and came into Damascus.

Verse ConceptsEyes, Affected ByBlindness, Causes OfdisabilitiesVisionGod Blindingdamascus

And more than that, we ourselves, though we possess the Spirit as a foretaste and pledge of the glorious future, yet we ourselves inwardly sigh, as we wait and long for open recognition as sons through the deliverance of our bodies.

Verse ConceptsAdoption, nature ofeagernessPaul, Teaching OfPresent, TheRest, EternalSpirit, Fallen And RedeemedSpirit, Nature OfWaiting On GodProvision For The BodyAdoptionMetaphorical FirstfruitsWaiting For The Second ComingGlorificationFirst fruitssonship

who are Israelites, to whom belongs the adoption as sons, the glory (Shekinah), the [special] covenants [with Abraham, Moses, and David], the giving of the Law, the [system of temple] worship, and the [original] promises.

Verse ConceptsAdoption, nature ofAdoptionGod Bestowing GloryGod's Promise To AbrahamGod's Covenant With The PatriarchsHow To Worship GodThe Law Given To IsraelPromisesisraelcovenantsonship

Can't he also reveal his glorious riches to the objects of his mercy that he has prepared ahead of time for glory

Verse ConceptsElection, Results InPredestined PeopleGloryRiches Of GraceGod Will Show MercyMercy And Grace

There is a glory and beauty of the sun, another glory of the moon, and yet another [distinctive] glory of the stars; and one star differs from another in glory and brilliance.

Verse ConceptsAstronomyMoonVariety Of FormBeauty Of NatureSunThe Beauty Of NatureThe MoonBeing DifferentBeing Unique

But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away:

Verse ConceptsShining FacesMinistry, Nature OfMoses, Significance OfSpiritually DeadLight Of God's PeopleengravingGod Bestowing GloryMinistry

How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious?

Verse ConceptsCovenant, the newGod, Unity Of

For if the service which pronounces doom had glory, far more glorious still is the service which tells of righteousness.

Verse ConceptsCovenant, the newCondemnation, Causes OfCondemnation Of The WickedGod Bestowing GloryReconciliationMinistrycondemnation

For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth.

Verse ConceptsImperfect Nature Of Human Glory

For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remaineth is glorious.

Verse ConceptsCovenant, the new

Bible Theasaurus

Brilliant (8 instances)
Glorious (126 instances)
Illustrious (3 instances)
Magnificent (46 instances)
Respected (48 instances)
Resplendent (5 instances)
Splendid (30 instances)

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
אדּיר 
'addiyr 
Usage: 27

אדר 
'adar 
Usage: 3

אדּרת 
'addereth 
Usage: 12

אור 
'owr 
Usage: 42

גּאה 
Ga'ah 
Usage: 7

הדר 
Hadar 
Usage: 7

הדּר 
Hadar (Aramaic) 
Usage: 3

הדר 
heder 
Usage: 1

הדר 
Hadar 
Usage: 30

הוד 
Howd 
Usage: 24

הלל 
Halal 
Usage: 165

טהר 
Tohar 
Usage: 4

יקר 
Y@qar (Aramaic) 
Usage: 7

כּבד כּבד 
Kabad 
Usage: 114

כּבד כּבוד 
Kabowd 
Usage: 200

כּבוּדּה 
K@buwddah 
Usage: 3

פּאר 
Pa'ar 
Usage: 14

צבי 
Ts@biy 
Usage: 32

שׁבח 
Shabach 
praise , still , keep it in , glory , triumph , commend
Usage: 11

תּפארת תּפארה 
Tiph'arah 
Usage: 51

δόξα 
Doxa 
Usage: 141

δοξάζω 
Doxazo 
Usage: 42

ἐνδοξάζω 
Edoxazo 
Usage: 2

ἔνδοξος 
Endoxos 
Usage: 3

κατακαυχάομαι 
Katakauchaomai 
Usage: 4

καυχάομαι 
Kauchaomai 
Usage: 37

καύχημα 
Kauchema 
Usage: 11

καύχησις 
Kauchesis 
Usage: 12

κενόδοξος 
Kenodoxos 
Usage: 1

κλέος 
Kleos 
Usage: 1

συνδοξάζω 
sundoxazo 
Usage: 1

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