huios · son, Son

What it means

huios (υἱός) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “son, Son”.

Son. Also descendant: "son of David" means one of King David's family, and is a title of the promised Messiah.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. A son.
2. A descendant: "son of David".
3. Jesus, the Son of God.
4. Someone with the character of something: "children of light".

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

Word study

Son. Abbott-Smith and Thayer note that it is used also of a descendant and, in Hebrew-style expressions, of one who belongs to something or shares its nature (“sons of peace”).

• The son of a father and mother Matthew 1:21Luke 15:11
• Descendant: “son of David” Matthew 1:1Matthew 9:27
• The Son of God Matthew 3:17
• “Sons of God”: those who are like him Matthew 5:9
• In expressions: “the sons of the bridal chamber”, the wedding guests Matthew 9:15

How we translate it

“Son” 303 times, “sons” 68, “wedding guests” 3. It is translated “son” wherever the expression is understood; where it is a Hebrew turn of phrase that English would not understand, by its sense (“The wedding guests”, Matthew 9:15). “Son of Man” is written so, capitalized, as a title.

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• Son ×303
• sons ×68
• wedding guests ×3
• foal ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×89
• Mark×34
• Luke×77
• John×54
• Acts×21
• Romans×12
• 1 Corinthians×2
• 2 Corinthians×4
• Galatians×13
• Ephesians×4
• Colossians×2
• 1 Thessalonians×3
• 2 Thessalonians×1
• Hebrews×24
• James×1
• 1 Peter×1
• 2 Peter×1
• 1 John×22
• 2 John×2
• Revelation×8

• Matthew 1:1

  The book of the origin of Jesus the Messiah, son of David, son of Abraham.

• Matthew 1:20

  And as he was considering these things, look, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take to yourself Mary as your wife, for what has been conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.

• Matthew 1:21

  And she will give birth to a son, and you will call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.”

• Matthew 1:23

  “Look, the virgin will be pregnant and will give birth to a son, and they will call his name Immanuel,” which is, translated, “God with us.”

• Matthew 1:25

  and he did not know her until she had given birth to a son; and he called his name Jesus.

• Matthew 2:15

  and he was there until the death of Herod, so that what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet might be fulfilled, when he says, “Out of Egypt I called my son.”

• Matthew 3:17

  And look, a voice from the heavens said, “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”

• Matthew 4:3

  And the one testing him came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become loaves of bread.”

• Matthew 4:6

  and says to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down; for it is written, ‘He will command his angels concerning you,’ and ‘On their hands they will lift you up, so that you do not strike your foot against a stone.’”

• Matthew 5:9

  Happy are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God.

• Matthew 5:45

  so that you may become sons of your Father who is in heaven; for he makes his sun rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.

• Matthew 7:9

  Or which man is there among you whose son will ask him for bread— he will not give him a stone, will he?

• Matthew 8:12

  but the sons of the kingdom will be thrown out into the outer darkness; there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”

• Matthew 8:20

  And Jesus says to him, “The foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.”

• Matthew 8:29

  And look, they cried out, saying, “What have we to do with you, Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the time?”

• Matthew 9:6

  But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”— then he says to the paralytic— “Get up, pick up your bed, and go to your home.”

• Matthew 9:15

  And Jesus said to them, “The wedding guests cannot mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them, can they? But days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast.

• Matthew 9:27

  And as Jesus passed on from there, two blind men followed him, crying out and saying, “Have mercy on us, Son of David!”

• Matthew 10:23

  When they persecute you in this town, flee to the next; for truly I tell you, you will never finish going through the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.

• Matthew 10:37

  The one who holds father or mother dearer than me is not worthy of me; and the one who holds son or daughter dearer than me is not worthy of me.

• Matthew 11:19

  The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look, a man who is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ And wisdom was declared righteous by her works.”

• Matthew 11:27

  All things have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows the Son except the Father, nor does anyone know the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.

• Matthew 12:8

  For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”

• Matthew 12:23

  And all the crowds were astounded and were saying, “This is not the Son of David, is he?”

• Matthew 12:27

  And if I drive out the demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons drive them out? Therefore they will be your judges.

• Matthew 12:32

  And whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come.

• Matthew 12:40

  For just as Jonah was in the belly of the sea monster three days and three nights, so will the Son of Man be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights.

• Matthew 13:37

  He answered and said, “The one who sows the good seed is the Son of Man;

• Matthew 13:38

  and the field is the world; and the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom; and the darnel are the sons of the evil one;

• Matthew 13:41

  The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will gather out of his kingdom all the causes of stumbling and those who do lawlessness,

• Matthew 13:55

  Is this not the carpenter’s son? Is not his mother called Mary, and his brothers James and Joseph and Simon and Judas?

• Matthew 14:33

  And those in the boat bowed down before him, saying, “Truly you are the Son of God.”

• Matthew 15:22

  And look, a Canaanite woman from that region came out and was crying out, saying, “Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David! My daughter is badly demon-possessed.”

• Matthew 16:13

  Now when Jesus came into the region of Caesarea Philippi, he was asking his disciples, saying, “Who do people say the Son of Man is?”

• Matthew 16:16

  And Simon Peter answered and said, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.”

• Matthew 16:27

  For the Son of Man is going to come in the glory of his Father with his angels, and then he will repay each one according to his conduct.

• Matthew 16:28

  Truly I tell you, there are some of those standing here who will certainly not taste death until they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.”

• Matthew 17:5

  While he was still speaking, look, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and look, a voice from the cloud was saying, “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; listen to him.”

• Matthew 17:9

  And as they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them, saying, “Tell no one the vision until the Son of Man is raised from the dead.”

• Matthew 17:12

  But I tell you that Elijah has already come, and they did not recognize him, but did to him whatever they wanted. So also the Son of Man is going to suffer by them.”

And 335 more times.