כָּבוֹד

Old Testament Hebrew Word Study:

כָּבוֹד (kah-vode)

Definitions: (HALOT, 457)
A. Non-theological
    1. Heaviness, burden
    2. Riches, reputation, importance
    3. Glory, splendour
    4. Distinction, honour
B. Theological
    1. To give glory to Yahweh
    2. כְּבוֹד יהוה Yahweh's glory



Appearances in the Old Testament:

Gen. 45:13 You must tell my father of all my honor in Egypt, and of all that you have seen. Hurry and bring my father down here.”

Gen. 49:6     Let my soul come not into their council;
         O my glory, be not joined to their company.
     For in their anger they killed men,
        and in their willfulness they hamstrung oxen.

Ex. 14:18 And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD,  when I have gotten glory over Pharaoh, his chariots, and his horsemen.”

Ex. 29:43 There I will meet with the people of Israel, and it shall be sanctified by my glory.

Ex. 33:18 Moses said, “Please show me your glory.”

Ex. 33:22 and while my glory passes by I will put you in a  cleft of the rock, and I will cover you with my hand until I have passed by.

Num. 14:22  none of the men who have seen my glory and my signs that I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and yet have put me to the test these  ten times and have not obeyed my voice,

Num. 22:17  for I will surely do you great honor, and whatever you say to me I will do.  Come, curse this people for me.’”

Num. 22:37 And Balak said to Balaam, “Did I not send to you to call you? Why did you not come to me? Am I not able to  honor you?”

Num. 24:11 Therefore now flee to your own place. I said,  ‘I will certainly honor you,’ but the LORD has held you back from honor.”

Deut. 5:24 And you said, ‘Behold, the LORD our God has shown us his glory and greatness, and  we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire. This day we have seen God speak with man, and man still live.

Judg. 13:17 And Manoah said to the angel of the LORD,  “What is your name, so that, when your words come true, we may honor you?”

1Sam. 2:30 Therefore the LORD, the God of Israel, declares:  ‘I promised that your house and the house of your father should go in and out before me forever,’  but now the LORD declares: ‘Far be it from me, for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me shall be lightly esteemed.

1Sam. 15:30 Then he said, “I have sinned; yet  honor me now before the elders of my people and before Israel,  and return with me, that I may bow before the LORD your God.”

Is. 3:8     For Jerusalem has stumbled,
        and Judah has fallen,
     because their speech and their deeds are against the LORD,
         defying his glorious presence.

Is. 5:13       Therefore my people go into exile
         for lack of knowledge;
     their  honored men go hungry,
        and their multitude is parched with thirst.

Is. 6:3 And one called to another and said:
      “Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts;
      the whole earth is full of his glory!”

Is. 8:7 therefore, behold, the Lord is bringing up against them  the waters of  the River, mighty and many, the king of Assyria and all his glory. And it  will rise over all its channels and go over all its banks,

Is. 10:3     What will you do on  the day of punishment,
        in the ruin that will come  from afar?
     To whom will you flee for help,
        and where will you leave your wealth?

Is. 10:16     Therefore the Lord GOD of hosts
        will send wasting sickness among his  stout warriors,
     and under his glory a burning will be kindled,
        like the burning of fire.

Is. 22:18 and whirl you around and around, and throw you like a ball into a wide land. There you shall die, and there shall be your glorious chariots, you shame of your master’s house.

Is. 25:3      Therefore strong peoples will glorify you;
        cities of ruthless nations will fear you.

Is. 29:13       And the Lord said:
     “Because this people  draw near with their mouth
        and honor me with their lips,
        while their hearts are far from me,
     and their fear of me is a commandment taught by men,

Is. 42:8     I am the LORD; that is my name;
         my glory I give to no other,
        nor my praise to carved idols.

Is. 43:7     everyone who is called by my name,
        whom I created for my glory,
        whom I formed and made.”

Is. 43:20     The wild beasts will honor me,
         the jackals and the ostriches,
      for I give water in the wilderness,
        rivers in the desert,
     to give drink to my chosen people,

Is. 43:23      You have not brought me your sheep for burnt offerings,
        or honored me with your sacrifices.
     I have not burdened you with offerings,
         or wearied you with frankincense.

Is. 48:11      For my own sake, for my own sake, I do it,
        for how should my name  be profaned?
         My glory I will not give to another.

Is. 58:13        “If you turn back your foot from the Sabbath,
        from doing your pleasure  on my holy day,
     and call the Sabbath a delight
        and the holy day of the LORD honorable;
     if you honor it, not going your own ways,
        or seeking  your own pleasure,  or talking idly;

Is. 59:19      So they shall fear the name of the LORD from the west,
        and his glory from the rising of the sun;
      for he will come like a rushing stream,
        which the wind of the LORD drives.

Is. 60:2     For behold, darkness shall cover the earth,
        and thick darkness the peoples;
     but the LORD will arise upon you,
        and his glory will be seen upon you.

Is. 61:6      but you shall be called the priests of the LORD;
        they shall speak of you as the ministers of our God;
      you shall eat the wealth of the nations,
        and in their glory you shall boast.

Is. 62:2      The nations shall see your righteousness,
        and all the kings your glory,
      and you shall be called by a new name
        that the mouth of the LORD will give.

Is. 66:11     that you may nurse and be satisfied
        from her consoling breast;
     that you may drink deeply with delight
        from her glorious abundance.”

Is. 66:18   “For I know  their works and their thoughts, and the time is coming   to gather all nations and tongues. And they shall come and shall see my glory,  19 and I will set a sign among them. And from them  I will send survivors to the nations, to  Tarshish,  Pul, and  Lud, who draw the bow, to  Tubal and  Javan,  to the coastlands far away,  that have not heard my fame or seen my glory. And they shall declare my glory among the nations.

Jer. 2:11      Has a nation changed its gods,
         even though they are no gods?
     But my people  have changed their glory
        for  that which does not profit.

Jer. 14:21     Do not spurn us,  for your name’s sake;
        do not dishonor your glorious throne;
         remember and do not break your covenant with us.

Jer. 30:19      Out of them shall come songs of thanksgiving,
        and the voices of those who celebrate.
      I will multiply them, and they shall not be few;
        I will make them honored, and they shall not be small.

Ezek. 39:13 All the people of the land will bury them, and it will bring them renown on the day that  I show my glory, declares the Lord GOD.

Ezek. 39:21   “And  I will set my glory among the nations, and all the nations shall see  my judgment that I have executed, and  my hand that I have laid on them.

Ezek. 43:2 And behold,  the glory of the God of Israel was coming from the east. And  the sound of his coming was like the sound of many waters, and  the earth shone with his glory.

Hos. 4:7        The more they increased,
        the more they sinned against me;
         I will change their glory into shame.

Hos. 9:11     Ephraim’s  glory shall fly away like a bird—
         no birth, no pregnancy, no conception!

Hos. 10:5     The inhabitants of Samaria tremble
        for  the calf  of  Beth-aven.
     Its people mourn for it, and so do its idolatrous priests—
        those who rejoiced over it and  over its glory—
        for it has departed  from them.

Nah. 3:10        Yet she became an exile;
        she went into captivity;
      her infants were dashed in pieces
        at the head of every street;
     for her honored men  lots were cast,
         and all her great men were bound in chains.

Hab. 2:16     You will have your fill  of shame instead of glory.
         Drink, yourself, and show your uncircumcision!
      The cup in the LORD’s right hand
        will come around to you,
        and  utter shame will come upon your glory!

Hag. 2:3  ‘Who is left among you who saw this house  in its former glory? How do you see it now?  Is it not as nothing in your eyes?

Mal. 1:6    “A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If then I am  a father, where is my honor? And if I am  a master, where is my fear? says the LORD of hosts to you, O priests, who despise my name.  But you say, ‘How have we despised your name?’

Psa. 3:3       But you, O LORD, are a shield about me,
        my glory, and the lifter of my head.

Psa. 4:2       O men,  how long shall my honor be turned into shame?
        How long will you love vain words and seek after  lies? Selah

Psa. 7:5     let the enemy pursue my soul and overtake it,
        and let him trample my life to the ground
        and lay my glory in the dust. Selah

Psa. 16:9       Therefore my heart is glad, and my  whole being  rejoices;
        my flesh also dwells secure.

Psa. 21:5     His  glory is great through your salvation;
         splendor and majesty you bestow on him.

Psa. 22:23     You who  fear the LORD, praise him!
        All you offspring of Jacob,  glorify him,
        and stand in awe of him, all you offspring of Israel!

Psa. 26:8       O LORD, I  love the habitation of your house
        and the place where your glory dwells.

Psa. 49:17      For when he dies he will  carry nothing away;
        his glory will not go down after him.

Psa. 50:15     and  call upon me in the day of trouble;
        I will  deliver you, and you shall  glorify me.”

Psa. 50:23     The one who  offers thanksgiving as his sacrifice glorifies me;
        to one who  orders his way rightly
        I will show the  salvation of God!”

Psa. 57:5        Be exalted, O God, above the heavens!
        Let your glory be over all the earth!

Psa. 57:8      Awake,  my glory!
     Awake,  O harp and lyre!
        I will awake the dawn!

Psa. 57:11        Be exalted, O God, above the heavens!
        Let your glory be over all the earth!

Psa. 62:7     On God rests my  salvation and my glory;
        my mighty rock,  my refuge is God.

Psa. 63:2     So I have looked upon you in the sanctuary,
        beholding  your power and glory.

Psa. 72:19     Blessed be his  glorious name forever;
        may  the whole earth be filled with his glory!
     Amen and Amen!

Psa. 91:15     When he  calls to me, I will answer him;
        I will be with him in trouble;
        I will rescue him and  honor him.

Psa. 96:3     Declare his glory among the nations,
        his marvelous works among all the peoples!

Psa. 97:6        The heavens proclaim his righteousness,
        and all  the peoples see his glory.

Psa. 102:15     Nations will  fear the name of the LORD,
        and all  the kings of the earth will fear your glory.
16     For the LORD  builds up Zion;
        he  appears in his glory;

Psa. 106:20     They  exchanged the glory of God
        for the image of an ox that eats grass.

Psa. 108:1        My heart is steadfast, O God!
        I will sing and make melody with all my being!

Psa. 108:5       Be exalted, O God, above the heavens!
        Let your glory be over all the earth!

Psa. 113:4       The LORD is  high above all nations,
        and his  glory above the heavens!

Psa. 149:8     to bind their kings with  chains
        and their nobles with fetters of iron,

Job 19:9     He has  stripped from me my glory
        and taken the  crown from my head.

Job 29:20     my glory fresh with me,
        and my  bow ever  new in my hand.’

Prov. 4:8     Prize her highly, and she will exalt you;
        she will  honor you  if you embrace her.

Prov. 7:23     till an arrow pierces its liver;
     as  a bird rushes into a snare;
        he does not know that it will cost him his life.

Prov. 14:31     Whoever oppresses a poor man  insults his  Maker,
         but he who is generous to the needy honors him.

Prov. 25:27     It is  not good to eat much honey,
        nor is it glorious to  seek one’s own glory.

Lam. 1:8        Jerusalem sinned grievously;
        therefore she became filthy;
     all who honored her despise her,
         for they have seen her nakedness;
     she herself  groans
        and turns her face away.

Lam. 2:11        My eyes are spent with weeping;
         my stomach churns;
      my bile is poured out to the ground
         because of the destruction of the daughter of my people,
      because infants and babies  faint
        in the streets of the city.

Neh. 9:5 Then the Levites, Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, “Stand up and bless the LORD your God from everlasting to everlasting.  Blessed be your glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise.

1Chr. 16:24     Declare his glory among the nations,
        his marvelous works among all the peoples!

Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Jar of Grain in Wall of Jericho

                                          (photo by Jessica Taylor)

Could this excavation of an ancient jar of grain in a mud brick wall of Jericho testify to the brevity of the siege when God gave Jericho into the hands of Israel and the wall collapsed? (Josh 5:13-6:27)

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Yahweh, the God and Father of my Lord Jesus Christ, and my God and Father through faith in Jesus,

Your eternal power and divine nature have been clearly revealed since the beginning of creation through Your mighty works and Word. You are worthy of fear and honor and glory, for You are God, omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipresent. Thank You for Your grace and mercy shown to me in Christ, and for wisdom and the Spirit's indwelling power to know You and to do Your will in submission to Christ. Thank You for qualifying me for the kingdom of Christ by Your grace that is in Christ Jesus my Lord. May I follow, abide in, and obey Jesus with a fully-devoted heart, and reverence You forever. May our family abide in Jesus, walking in the Spirit's power, glorifying You in reverence and fear, yet fully assured of Your grace, power, and love. May Your revelation of power incite fear and reverence in Your people and all the peoples of the earth forever. May Your glory and renown be made known, and be known, and may the testimony of Jesus be proclaimed in all the earth, sanctifying Your people by faith in Jesus in order that all who believe may cross out of judgment and into Christ, given new life by the Holy Spirit to dwell in Your eternal kingdom of glory. In Jesus' Name I pray, Amen.