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GreekG5207Noun (Masculine)

υἱός

uhios

348Occurrences
G5207Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

a "son" (sometimes of animals), used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship

apparently a primary word;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
a son
1.in the ordinary sense
2.Metaphorical
(a)as belonging to, being connected with or having the quality of that which follows (a usage mainly due to translation from a Semitic original; cf. Deiss., BS, 161ff.; Dalman, Words, 115f.; DCG, ii, 652f.)
(b)υἱὸς θεοῦ, of men, as partakers of the Divine nature and of the life to come
(with)(ὁ) *υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου *(in LXX for Heb. בּן אדם, Aram, בּר אנשׁ; cf. Dalman, Words, 234ff.; DB, iv, 579ff.; DCG, ii, 659ff.; Westc., St. John, i, 74ff.; other reff. in Swete, Mk, 2
LXX: very frequently and nearly always for בֵּן, for בַּר, Dan LXX TH etc.

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

G:N-M

Full Description

Greek Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

υἱός appears 348 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Matthew
83
Luke
72
John
50
Mark
33
Acts
22
Hebrews
21
1 John
18
Romans
12

Key Passages

1 Corinthians 1:9BSB

God, who has called you into fellowship with His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful.

Hebrews 1:5BSB

For to which of the angels did God ever say:“You are My Son;today I have become Your Father”?Or again:“I will be His Father,and He will be My Son”?

John 9:20BSB

His parents answered, “We know he is our son, and we know he was born blind.

Luke 9:38BSB

Suddenly a man in the crowd cried out, “Teacher, I beg You to look at my son, for he is my only child.

Matthew 26:64BSB

“You have said it yourself,” Jesus answered. “But I say to all of you, from now on you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power and coming on the clouds of heaven.”

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.