Strong's G5206

υἱοθεσία(huiothesía)

Language:: Greek (New Testament)

Definition

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

Derivation

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

KJV Translation

In the King James Version, υἱοθεσία is translated as: adoption (of children, of sons).

About Strong's Concordance

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance, compiled by James Strong in 1890, assigns a unique number to every Greek root word in the New Testament. The Greek dictionary covers all 5,624 root words. This entry is in the public domain.