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Son

υἱόςStrong’s G5207

uhios

Appears in 347 verses of the New Testament

In short

Uhios is the Greek word usually translated “son”, “sons” and “foal”. It appears in 347 verses of the New Testament.

“Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;”
2 Thessalonians 2:3 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “son”, “sons” and “foal”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • son 284
  • sons 68
  • a son 19
  • the son 6
  • of sons 2
  • foal 1
  • to sons 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Matthew 82
  • Luke 72
  • John 50
  • Mark 33
  • Acts 22
  • Hebrews 21

20 books in all.

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Explore in Scripture
All 347 verses, by book
1 Corinthians 2
1:915:28
2 Corinthians 4
1:193:73:136:18
Ephesians 4
2:23:54:135:6
Colossians 2
1:133:6
1 Thessalonians 2
1:105:5
2 Thessalonians 1
2:3
James 1
2:21
1 Peter 1
5:13
2 Peter 1
1:17
2 John 2
1:31:9
Greek dictionary

υἱός uhios · son

υἱός, -οῦ, ὁ, [in LXX very frequently and nearly always for בֵּן, Gen.4:17, al.; for בַּר, Dan LXX TH 7:13, al.; etc. ;], a son; 1. in the ordinary sense: Mat.10:37, Mrk.9:17, Luk.1:13, al. mult.; omitted with the art. of origin (WM, §30, 3; Bl., §35, 2), τὸν τοῦ Ἰεσσαί, Act.13:22 (LXX); also with genitive anarth. (cl.), Σώπατρος Πύρρου Βεροιαῖος, Act.20:4; with adj., προτότοκος, Luk.2:7; μονογένης, Luk.7:12; opposite to νόθος, Heb.12:8; in a wider sense, of posterity: ὁ υἱ. Δαυΐδ, of the Messiah (cf. Dalman, Words, 316ff.; DCG, ii, 653f.), Mat.22:42, 45 Mrk.12:35, 37 Luk.20:41, 44 al.; υἱοὶ …

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “son” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

SON, noun

  1. A male child; the male issue of a parent, father or mother.
  2. A male descendant, however distant; hence in the plural, sons signifies descendants in general, a sense much used in the Scriptures.
  3. The compellation of an old man to a young one, or of a confessor to his penitent; a term of affection.
  4. A native or inhabitant of a country; as the sons of Britain.
All definitions
  1. The produce of any thing.
  2. One adopted into a family. Exodus 2:2“Moses was the son of Pharaoh's daughter” Exodus 2:10
  3. One who is converted by another's instrumentality, is called his son; also, one educated by another; as the sons of the prophets.
  4. Christ is called the son of God, as being conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit, or in consequence of his relation to the Father.
  5. son of pride, sons of light, son of Belial.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.