Excursus on God’s Glory The Hebrew word translated by our English word “glory” is כָּבוֹד, kāḇôḏ, which comes from the verb root meaning “to be heavy.” Apparently, in the Hebrew mind a person’s importance was thought of in terms of “weightiness.” The Greek word translated “glory” is δόξα, doxa, from the verb root meaning “to think,” referring to the opinion a person holds about himself or to what others think about him, that is, his reputation. In the Bible, both terms refer basically to the