Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon
υἱός (G5207)
377 υἱός , -οῦ, ὁ , [in LXX very freq. and nearly always for בֵּן , Ge 4:17 , al.; for בַּר , Da LXX TH 7:13 , al.; etc. ;], a son ; in the ordinary sense: Mt 10:37 , Mk 9:17 , Lk 1:13 , al. mult.; omitted with the art. of origin (WM, § 30, 3; Bl., §35, 2), τὸν τοῦ Ἰεσσαί , Ac 13:22 (LXX) ; also c. gen. anarth. (cl.), Σώπατρος Πύρρου Βεροιαῖος , Ac 20:4 ; c. adj., προτότοκος , Lk 2:7 ; μονογένης , Lk 7:12 ; opp. to νόθος , He 12:8 ; in a wider sense, of posterity: ὁ υἱ. Δαυΐδ , of the Messiah (cf. Dalman, Words , 316 ff.; DCG , ii, 653f .), Mt 22:42 , 45 Mk 12:35 , 37 Lk 20:41 , 44 al.; υἱοὶ Ἰσραήλ , (cf. υἷες Ἀχαιῶν , Hom., Il. , i, 162, al.), Mt 27:9 , Ac 9:15 , al. Metaph.; 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 , 115 f.; DCG , ii, 652f.): τ. πονμροῦ (διαβόλου) , Mt 13:38 , Ac 13:10 ; τ. νυμφῶνος (v.s. νυμφών ), Mt 9:15 , Mk 2:19 , al.; τ. φωτός (Lft., Notes , 74), Lk 16:8 , Jo 12:36 , I Th 5:5 ; τ. εἰρήνης , Lk 10:6 ; γεέννης , Mt 23:15 ; τ. ἀπωλείας , Jo 17:12 , II Th 2:3 ; τ. αἰῶνος τούτου , Lk 16:8 20:34 ; τ. ἀπειθειάς , Eph 2:2 5:6 ; βροντῆς , Mk 3:17 ; τ. ἀναστάσεως , Lk 20:36 ; παρακλήσεως , Ac 4:36 ; τ. προφητῶν κ. τ. διαθήκης , Ac 3:25 ; υἱὸς τ. θεοῦ (cf. Dalman, Words , 268 ff.; Deiss., BS , 166 f.; DB , iv, 570 ff.; DCG , ii, 654 ff.), of men, as partakers of the Divine nature and of the life to come: Mt 5:9 , Lk 20:36 , Ro 8:14 9:26 , al.; υἱοὶ (κ. θυγατέρες) τ. ὑψίστου , Lk 6:35 , II Co 6:18 ; in an unique sense of Jesus, Mt 4:3 8:29 28:19 , Mk 3:4 , Lk 4:41 , Jo 9:35 11:27 , al.; ὁ Χριστὸς ὁ υἱ. τ. θεοῦ ζῶντος (τ. εὐλογητοῦ) , Mt 16:16 , Mk 14:61 ; (ὁ) υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου (in LXX for Heb. בּן אדם , Aram, בּר אנשׁ ; cf. Dalman, Words , 234 ff.; DB , iv, 579 ff.; DCG , ii, 659 ff.; Westc., St. John , i, 74 ff.; other reff. in Swete, Mk , 2:10 ), based on the Aram. of Da 7:13 , where the phrase, like the corresponding Heb. (as in Ps 8:5 ), means a man , one of the species, and indicates the human appearance of the person in question. It is used of the Messiah in Enoch, c. 46, §1-4, also in II Es 13:3 , 12 , al . Our Lord first makes the phrase a title, using the def. art. It seems to combine the ideas of his true humanity and representative character. Exc. in Ac 7:56 and (anarth.) Re 1:13 14:14 , it is used of Jesus only by himself: Mt 8:20 , Mk 2:10 , Lk 5:24 , Jo 1:52 , al.
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