Thayer’s Lexicon goes on to say that while it does not mean splendor, or brightness in Greek writing, it was used as such in the Bible as a translation of the Hebrew word.
Kamusi ya Thayer inaendelea kusema kuwa ingawa haimaanishi utukufu, au wangavu, au mng’ao kwenye maandiko ya Kigiriki, lilitumika hivyo kwenye Biblia kama tafsiri ya neno la Kiebrania.