Definition:
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: Luk.14:10, Jhn.12:43, Heb.3:3; opposite to αἰσχύνη, Php.3:19; to ἀτιμία, 2Co.6:8; δ. κ. τιμή, Rom.2:7, 10 1Pe.1:7, 2Pe.1:17; ζητεῖν, Jhn.5:44 7:18 8:50, 1Th.2:6; λαμβάνειν, Jhn.5:41, 2Pe.1:17, Rev.5:12; διδόναι δ. τ. θεῷ (cf. נָתַן כָּבוֹד לַיהוָֹה, Jer.13:16, al.), Luk.17:18, Jhn.9:24, Act.12:23, Rom.4:20, Rev.4:9; εἰς (τ.) δ. θεοῦ, Rom.3:7 15:7, Php.1:11, al; in doxologies, τ. θεῷ (ᾧ) ἡ δ, Luk.2:14, Rom.11:36 16:27, Gal.1:5, Eph.3:21, al. 3) Later also (not cl.) as in LXX (= הוֹד, Job.39:20, 1Ch.29:25; כָּבוֹד, Job.19:9, Est.5:11, al.), visible brightness, splendour, glory: of light, Act.22:11; of heavenly bodies, 1Co.15:40 ff; esp. that wh. radiates from God's presence, as manifested in the pillar of cloud and in the Holy of Holies (= כָּבוֹד, Exo.16:10 25:22 40:34, al; and new Heb. שְׁכִינָה, 2Ma.2:8; see DB, iv, 489b), Rom.9:4, Jas.2:1 (see Hort, Mayor, in l.); hence of the manifested glory of God, Rom.1:23, Col.1:11 Eph.1:6, 12 17 3:16; of the same as communicated to man through Christ, 2Co.3:18 4:6; and of the glorious condition into which Christians shall enter hereafter, Rom.8:18, 21 9:23, 2Ti.2:10, al. SYN.: ἔπαινος τιμή (see Hort on 1Pe.1:7). (AS)
Definition:
δόξᾰ, ἡ, (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]