Huiós — G5207

G5207 · Greek — υἱός

Pronunciation: hwee-os'

Definition

masculine noun

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

  1. properly
    1. rarely of the young of animals
    2. in a wider sense (like θυγάτηρ, τέκνον), a descendant, one of the posterity of anyone
  2. tropically and according to the Hebrew mode of speech , υἱός with the genitive of a person is used of one who depends on another or is his follower
  3. properly, a periphrasis for 'man' especially common in the poetic books of the O. T., and usually carrying with it a suggestion of weakness and mortality
  4. In Daniel 7
  5. The title ὁ υἱός τοῦ ἀνθρώπου, the Son of Man, is used by Jesus of himself (speaking in the third person) in
  6. in a physical sense, in various applications
  7. in a metaphysical sense, in various applications
  8. in a theocratic sense
  9. in an ethical sense with very, various reference

On the Hebrew pattern, “son of” followed by a thing denotes one marked by it: “the son of peace” (Luke 10:6), “the children of light” (Luke 16:8).

“The children of the bridechamber” (Matt 9:15) are the wedding guests, the bridegroom’s friends.

Usually translated as

son, child, foal

Origin

apparently a primary word

Occurrences

Huiós occurs 382 times in 348 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Matthew (82), Mark (33), Luke (71), John (52), Acts (22), Romans (12), 1 Corinthians (2), 2 Corinthians (4), Galatians (9), Ephesians (4), Colossians (2), 1 Thessalonians (2), 2 Thessalonians (1), Hebrews (21), James (1), 1 Peter (1), 2 Peter (1), 1 John (18), 2 John (2), Revelation (8)

Strong's Lexicon — H