G5206

Greek Lexicon Entry

Original

υἱοθεσία

Transliteration

huiothesía

Testament

New Testament

Definition

the placing as a son, i.e. adoption (figuratively, Christian sonship in respect to God)

from a presumed compound of G5207 (υἱός) and a derivative of G5087 (τίθημι);

υἱός

huiós

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

τίθημι

títhēmi

to place (in the widest application, literally and figuratively; properly, in a passive or horizontal posture, and thus

1 English word(s) are translated from G5206 in the King James Bible, appearing a total of 5 times.