υἱοθεσίαhuiothesía

Meanings

Same root

• υἱόςhuiós · G5207a "son" (sometimes of animals), used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship
• τίθημιtíthēmi · G5087to place (in the widest application, literally and figuratively; properly, in a passive or horizontal posture, and thus different from G2476 (ἵστημι), which properly denotes an upright and active position, while G2749 (κεῖμαι) is properly reflexive and utterly prostrate)

Where it appears

Appears 5 times in the Bible.

• Romans 8:15 So you have not received a spirit that makes you fearful slaves. Instead, you received God’s Spirit when he adopted you as his own children. Now we call him, “Abba, Father.”
• Romans 8:23 And we believers also groan, even though we have the Holy Spirit within us as a foretaste of future glory, for we long for our bodies to be released from sin and suffering. We, too, wait with eager hope for the day when God will give us our full rights as his adopted children, including the new bodies he has promised us.
• Romans 9:4 They are the people of Israel, chosen to be God’s adopted children. God revealed his glory to them. He made covenants with them and gave them his law. He gave them the privilege of worshiping him and receiving his wonderful promises.
• Galatians 4:5 God sent him to buy freedom for us who were slaves to the law, so that he could adopt us as his very own children.
• Ephesians 1:5 God decided in advance to adopt us into his own family by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ. This is what he wanted to do, and it gave him great pleasure.