υἱόςhuiós

a son

1. in the ordinary sense: Matthew 10:37, Mark 9:17, Luke 1:13, and elsewhere many times; omitted with the article of origin (WM, § 30, 3; Bl., §35, 2), τὸν τοῦ Ἰεσσαί, Acts 13:22 (LXX); also with genitive anarthrous (classical Greek), Σώπατρος Πύρρου Βεροιαῖος, Acts 20:4; with adj., προτότοκος, Luke 2:7; μονογένης, Luke 7:12; opposed to νόθος, Hebrews 12:8; in a wider sense, of posterity: ὁ υἱ. Δαυΐδ, of the Messiah, Matthew 22:42, Matthew 22:45, Mark 12:35, Mark 12:37, Luke 20:41, Luke 20:44 and elsewhere; υἱοὶ Ἰσραήλ, (cf. υἷες Ἀχαιῶν, Hom., Il., i, 162, and elsewhere), Matthew 27:9, Acts 9:15, and elsewhere

2. Metaph.

(a) as belonging to, being connected with or having the quality of that which follows: τ. πονμροῦ (διαβόλου), Matthew 13:38, Acts 13:10; τ. νυμφῶνος (see νυμφών), Matthew 9:15, Mark 2:19, and elsewhere; τ. φωτός, Luke 16:8, John 12:36, 1 Thessalonians 5:5; τ. εἰρήνης, Luke 10:6; γεέννης, Matthew 23:15; τ. ἀπωλείας, John 17:12, 2 Thessalonians 2:3; τ. αἰῶνος τούτου, Luke 16:8, Luke 20:34; τ. ἀπειθειάς, Ephesians 2:2, Ephesians 5:6; βροντῆς, Mark 3:17; τ. ἀναστάσεως, Luke 20:36; παρακλήσεως, Acts 4:36; τ. προφητῶν κ. τ. διαθήκης, Acts 3:25

(b) υἱὸς τ. θεοῦ, of men, as partakers of the Divine nature and of the life to come: Matthew 5:9, Luke 20:36, Romans 8:14, Romans 9:26, and elsewhere; υἱοὶ (κ. θυγατέρες) τ. ὑψίστου, Luke 6:35, 2 Corinthians 6:18; in an unique sense of Jesus, Matthew 4:3, Matthew 8:29, Matthew 28:19, Mark 3:4, Luke 4:41, John 9:35, John 11:27, and elsewhere; ὁ Χριστὸς ὁ υἱ. τ. θεοῦ ζῶντος (τ. εὐλογητοῦ), Matthew 16:16, Mark 14:61

(c) (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 references in Swete, Mk, Mark 2:10), based on the Aram. of Daniel 7:13, where the phrase, like the corresponding Heb. (as in Psalms 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, with 46, §1-4, also in Ezra 13:3, Ezra 13:12, and elsewhere Our Lord first makes the phrase a title, using the def. article It seems to combine the ideas of his true humanity and representative character. Exc. in Acts 7:56 and (anarthrous) Revelation 1:13, Revelation 14:14, it is used of Jesus only by himself: Matthew 8:20, Mark 2:10, Luke 5:24, John 1:52, and elsewhere