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El HaKavod — God of Glory

אֵל הַכָּבוֹד

El HaKavod — pronounced ALE ha-kah-VOHD · appears 1 (Tanakh phrase) times · Strong's H3519

The God of Glory, whose voice thunders over the waters.

Kavod means weight — glory as substance, not shine. Psalm 29's sevenfold 'voice of YHVH' storms under this name; Stephen reaches for the same phrase to open the last sermon of his life.

First occurrence

Ps 29:3 — 'El HaKavod thunders'

Key passages

Acts 7:2 — Stephen: 'The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham'

In the Greek Scriptures

Θεὸς τῆς δόξης

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