What does glory mean? According to Nelson's Bible Dictionary, glory is defined as beauty, power, or honour; a quality of God's character that emphasizes His greatness and authority.
The word glory is used in three senses in the Bible:
1. God's moral beauty and perfection of character.
This divine quality is beyond man's understanding:
Psalm 113:4 The LORD is exalted over all the nations, his glory above the heavens.
All people "fall short" of it:
Romans 3:23
for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,