Sons
Bible Usage:
- First Reference: Genesis 5:4
- Last Reference: 1 John 3:2
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: No
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: No
- Included in Smiths: Yes
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: Yes
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
- H1121 Used 993 times
- H1123 Used 3 times
- H2860 Used 2 times
- H3206 Used 2 times
- H3211 Used 2 times
- H4480 Used 67 times
- G5043 Used 6 times
- G5206 Used 1 time
- G5207 Used 24 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 5:4
- Last Reference: 1 John 3:2
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: No
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: No
- Included in Smiths: Yes
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: Yes
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
- H1121 Used 993 times
- H1123 Used 3 times
- H2860 Used 2 times
- H3206 Used 2 times
- H3211 Used 2 times
- H4480 Used 67 times
- G5043 Used 6 times
- G5206 Used 1 time
- G5207 Used 24 times