Basic HTML Version
1.
$
(
>
, 5194) primarily denoted anything transparent, e.g., a transparent
stone or gem, hence, “a lens of crystal, a glass,” Rev. 21:18, 21.¶
2.
(
+ $
, 2072), “a mirror,” is rendered “glass” in the
KJV
of 1 Cor.
13:12 and Jas. 1:23. See
MIRROR
.¶
Note:
For the corresponding verb
in 2 Cor. 3:18 (middle voice), see
BEHOLD
, No. 12.
B. Adjective.
$
(
%1
, 5193) signifies “glassy, made of glass” (akin to A, No. 1), Rev.
4:6; 15:2 (twice),
RV
, “glassy.”¶
For
GLISTERING
see
DAZZLING
and
SHINE
, No. 4
GLORIFY
1.
@
(
1
, 1392) primarily denotes “to suppose” (from
@
, “an opinion”);
in the NT (a) “to magnify, extol, praise” (see
@
below), especially of “glorifying”;
God, i.e., ascribing honor to Him, acknowledging Him as to His being, attributes and
acts, i.e., His glory (see
GLORY
), e.g., Matt. 5:16; 9:8; 15:31; Rom. 15:6, 9; Gal. 1:24; 1
Pet. 4:16; the Word of the Lord, Acts 13:48; the Name of the Lord, Rev. 15:4; also of
“glorifying” oneself, John 8:54; Rev. 18:7; (b) “to do honor to, to make glorious,” e.g.,
Rom. 8:30; 2 Cor. 3:10; 1 Pet. 1:8, “full of glory,” passive voice (lit., “glorified”); said of
Christ, e.g., John 7:39; 8:54,
RV
, “glorifieth,” for
KJV
, “honor” and “honoreth” (which
would translate
, “to honor”); of the Father, e.g., John 13:31, 32; 21:19; 1 Pet. 4:11;
of “glorifying” one’s ministry, Rom. 11:13,
RV
, “glorify” (
KJV
, “magnify”); of a member
of the body, 1 Cor. 12:26, “be honored” (
RV
marg., “be glorified”).
“As the glory of God is the revelation and manifestation of all that He has and is … ,
it is said of a Self-revelation in which God manifests all the goodness that is His, John
12:28. So far as it is Christ through whom this is made manifest, He is said to glorify the
Father, John 17:1, 4; or the Father is glorified in Him, 13:31; 14:13; and Christ’s meaning
is analogous when He says to His disciples, ‘Herein is My Father glorified, that ye bear
much fruit; and so shall ye be My disciples,’ John 15:8. When
@
is predicated of
Christ … , it means simply that His innate glory is brought to light, is made manifest; cf.
11:4. So 7:39; 12:16, 23; 13:31; 17:1, 5. It is an act of God the Father in Him.… As the
revelation of the Holy Spirit is connected with the glorification of Christ, Christ says
regarding Him, ‘He shall glorify Me,’ 16:14” (Cremer).
2.
@
(
#
1
, 1740), No. 1 prefixed by , “in,” signifies, in the passive
voice, “to be glorified,” i.e., to exhibit one’s glory; it is said of God, regarding His saints
in the future, 2 Thess. 1:10, and of the name of the Lord Jesus as “glorified” in them in
the present, v. 12.¶
3.
$ @
(
1
, 4888), “to glorify together” (
$
, “with”), is used in Rom.
8:17.¶
GLORY, GLORIOUS
A. Nouns.