Son
Bible Usage:
- First Reference: Genesis 4:17
- Last Reference: Revelation 21:7
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: No
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: Yes
- Included in Smiths: Yes
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: Yes
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
- H1060 Used 2 times
- H1121 Used 1913 times
- H121 Used 1 time
- H1247 Used 7 times
- H1248 Used 4 times
- H2860 Used 11 times
- H3173 Used 1 time
- H3205 Used 1 time
- H4480 Used 2 times
- H4497 Used 1 time
- H5209 Used 3 times
- G3816 Used 3 times
- G431 Used 1 time
- G5043 Used 15 times
- G5207 Used 304 times
Figurative of man's relation to God
Exodus 4:22
Adoption; God, Fatherhood of; Jesus, The Christ, Son of God; Jesus, The Christ, Son of Man
The term "son" is used in Scripture language to imply almost any kind of descent or succession, as ben shanah , "son of a year," i.e. a year old; ben kesheth , "son of a bow," i.e. an arrow. The word bar is often found in the New Testament in composition, as Bar-tim'us.
SON, noun
1. A male child; the male issue of a parent, father or mother. Jacob had twelve sons. Ishmael was the son of Hagar by Abraham.
2. A male descendant, however distant; hence in the plural, sons signifies descendants in general, a sense much used in the Scriptures. The whole human race are styled sons of Adam.
3. The compellation of an old man to a young one, or of a confessor to his penitent; a term of affection. Eli called Samuel his son Be plain, good son and home; y in thy drift.
4. A native or inhabitant of a country; as the sons of Britain. Let our country never be ashamed of her sons.
5. The produce of any thing. Earth's tall sons, the cedar, oak and pine. [Note. The primary sense of child is produce, issue; a shoot.]
6. One adopted into a family. Moses was the son of Pharaoh's daughter. Exodus 2:2.
7. One who is converted by another's instrumentality, is called his son; also, one educated by another; as the sons of the prophets.
8. 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.
9. son of pride, sons of light, son of Belial. These are Hebraisms, which denote that persons possess the qualities of pride, of light, or of Belial, as children inherit the qualities of their ancestors.
Bible Usage:
- First Reference: Genesis 4:17
- Last Reference: Revelation 21:7
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: No
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: Yes
- Included in Smiths: Yes
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: Yes
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
- H1060 Used 2 times
- H1121 Used 1913 times
- H121 Used 1 time
- H1247 Used 7 times
- H1248 Used 4 times
- H2860 Used 11 times
- H3173 Used 1 time
- H3205 Used 1 time
- H4480 Used 2 times
- H4497 Used 1 time
- H5209 Used 3 times
- G3816 Used 3 times
- G431 Used 1 time
- G5043 Used 15 times
- G5207 Used 304 times