G1391

• {"n":"doxa","s":"Glory. In ordinary Greek it meant opinion or reputation; the Septuagint loaded it with Hebrew weight.","u":"https:\/\/jayms.com\/bible-study-tools-2\/bible-translation-differences\/#id=doxa","r":"John 1:14","b":[{"l":"How modern translations read it","t":"Every version reads glory. No version departs."},{"l":"First, in plain English","t":"**Orthodox.** **Doxology.** The same root gives a word about correct opinion and a word about praise. That is how far the noun travelled."},{"l":"What you are seeing","t":"Classical doxa is opinion, and from there reputation and honour. The Septuagint used it for Hebrew kavod, which is weight and substance, and the New Testament inherits the Hebrew sense rather than the Greek one."},{"l":"Why translators split","t":"English glory came in from Latin gloria, about renown and splendour, so English is reproducing the Greek word's old sense rather than its biblical one."},{"l":"The rule to carry away","t":"When a Greek word means one thing in Plato and another in Paul, the Septuagint is almost always what happened in between."},{"l":"Choosing between them","t":"Glory is universal in English versions."},{"l":"The word","t":"\u03b4\u03cc\u03be\u03b1 doxa \u00b7 G1391"}],"src":["doxa for kavod throughout the Septuagint","Classical doxa as opinion: the root of orthodoxy and paradox","John 1:14; Romans 3:23; 2 Corinthians 3:18"]}