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Glory (from the Latin gloria, "fame, renown") is used to describe the manifestation of God's presence as perceived by humans according to the Abrahamic religions.. Divine glory is an important motif throughout Christian theology, where God is regarded as the most glorious being in existence, and it is considered that human beings are created in the Image of God and can share or participate ...
The word is identical to elohim meaning gods and is cognate to the 'lhm found in Ugaritic, where it is used for the pantheon of Canaanite gods, the children of El and conventionally vocalized as "Elohim" although the original Ugaritic vowels are unknown. When the Hebrew Bible uses elohim not in reference to God, it is plural (for example ...
The Hebrew Scriptures would be a guide in many passages: thus, wherever the expression 'the angel of the Lord' occurs, we know that the word Lord represents Jehovah; a similar conclusion as to the expression 'the word of the Lord' would be arrived at, if the precedent set by the O. T. were followed: so also in the case of the title 'the Lord of ...
Hod (Hebrew הוֹד Hōḏ, lit. 'majesty, splendour, glory') [1] [2] is the eighth sephira of the Kabbalistic Tree of Life. It is positioned on the left side of the tree beneath Gevurah (severity) and directly opposite Netzach (eternity). Hod is associated with qualities such as submission, humility, and intellectual rigor.
The K-B-D root is a constituent of personal names in many West Semitic languages and are found in inscriptions of the Amorites, Ugarits, and Punics. [1] [3] Scholars like J.C. de Moor and F. de Meyer have also claimed that kbd is used as the root for the name of a god, Kabidu.
When first all earth His will obeyed, Then was His name proclaimed as King. And at the end of days will He, To whom nor change nor time is known, Who was, and is, and still will be, In endless glory reign alone. He is the King of kings, and none Can share His wisdom, power and might; The Lord our God, the Lord is One, In love and mercy infinite.
The liturgy varies among different communities and during different services, but they all hold in common three Bible verses (though translations vary): "Holy, Holy, Holy, The Lord of Hosts, The entire world is filled with His Glory." "Blessed is the Glory of the Lord in Its Place" (Ezekiel 3:12)
The all caps or small caps writing differentiate this from "Lord" in normal type, which is the standard translation for the Hebrew epithet אדני (transliterated Adonai), meaning "my Lord". This word may be used in reference to historical figures or to God, in the construction ""Lord G OD" (coded as Lord {{LORD|G|OD}}, or Lord {{GOD}} using a ...