Lexical Definition

‎δόξα‎ dóxa (dox'-ah) glory ^G:N-F
from the base of ‎δοκέω‎

dignity, glory(-ious), honour, praise, worship.

• glory (as very apparent), in a wide application (literal or figurative, objective or subjective)

Abbott-Smith

δόξα, -ης, ἡ (< δοκέω), [in LXX very freq. for כָּבוֹד, also for הוֹד תִּפְאֶרֶת, etc., 25 words in all ;]
in cl.,
1. expectation, judgment, opinion (IV Mac 5:18).
2. opinion, estimation in which one is held, repute; in NT, always good opinion, hence reputation, praise, honour, glory: Lk 14:10, Jo 12:43, He 3:3; opp. to αἰσχύνη, Phl 3:19; to ἀτιμία, II Co 6:8; δ. κ. τιμή, Ro 2:7, 10, I Pe 1:7, II Pe 1:17; ζητεῖν, Jo 5:44 7:18 8:50, I Th 2:6; λαμβάνειν, Jo 5:41, II Pe 1:17, Re 5:12; διδόναι δ. τ. θεῷ (cf. נָתַן כָּבוֹד לַיהוָֹה, Je 13:16, al.), Lk 17:18, Jo 9:24, Ac 12:23, Ro 4:20, Re 4:9; εἰς (τ.) δ. θεοῦ, Ro 3:7 15:7, Phl 1:11, al.; in doxologies, τ. θεῷ (ᾧ) ἡ δ., Lk 2:14, Ro 11:36 16:27, Ga 1:5, Eph 3:21, al.
3. Later also (not cl.) as in LXX (= הוֹד, Jb 39:20, I Ch 29:25; כָּבֹוד, Jb 19:9, Es 5:11, al.), visible brightness, splendour, glory: of light, Ac 22:11; of heavenly bodies, I Co 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, Ex 16:10 25:22* 40:34, al.; and new Heb. שְׁכִינָה, II Mac 2:8; v. DB, iv, 489b), Ro 9:4, Ja 2:1 (v. Hort, Mayor, in l.); hence of the manifested glory of God, Ro 1:23, Col 1:11 Eph 1:6, 12, 17 3:16; of the same as communicated to man through Christ, II Co 3:18 4:6; and of the glorious condition into which Christians shall enter hereafter, Ro 8:18, 21 9:23, II Ti 2:10, al.
SYN.: ἔπαινος τιμή (v. Hort on I Pe 1:7).

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

δόξα, 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]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: LXX.Exod.16.10 ☩ Acts.22.11 ☩ LXX.Gen.31.16 ☩ Matt.4.8 ☩ 2Cor.4.17 ☩ 1Pet.1.11 ☩ 2Pet.2.10}