υἱός

υἱός, -οῦ, ὁ, [in LXX very frequently and nearly always for בֵּן, Genesis 4:17, al.; for בַּר, Daniel 7:13, al.; etc. ;],

a son;

1. in the ordinary sense: Matthew 10:37, Mark 9:17, Luke 1:13, al. mult.; omitted with the art. of origin (WM, §30, 3; Bl., §35, 2), τὸν τοῦ Ἰεσσαί, Acts 13:22 (LXX); also with genitive anarth. (cl.), Σώπατρος Πύρρου Βεροιαῖος, Acts 20:4; with adj., προτότοκος, Luke 2:7; μονογένης, Luke 7:12; opposite to νόθος, Hebrews 12:8; in a wider sense, of posterity: ὁ υἱ. Δαυΐδ, of the Messiah (cf. Dalman, Words, 316ff.; DCG, ii, 653f.), Matthew 22:42, 45, Mark 12:35, 37, Luke 20:41, 44 al.; υἱοὶ Ἰσραήλ, (cf. υἷες Ἀχαιῶν, Hom., Il., i, 162, al.), Matthew 27:9, Acts 9:15, al.

2. Metaphorical;

(a) as belonging to, being connected with or having the quality of that which follows (a usage mainly due to translation from a Semitic original; cf. Deiss., BS, 161ff.; Dalman, Words, 115f.; DCG, ii, 652f.): τ. πονεροῦ (διαβόλου), Matthew 13:38, Acts 13:10; τ. νυμφῶνος (see: νυμφών), Matthew 9:15, Mark 2:19, al.; τ. φωτός (Lft., Notes, 74), Luke 16:8, John 12:36, 1 Thessalonians 5:5; τ. εἰρεήμης, Luke 10:6; γεέννης, Matthew 23:15; τ. ἀπωλείας, John 17:12, 2 Thessalonians 2:3; τ. αἰῶνος τούτου, Luke 16:8; 20:34; τ. ἀπειθειάς, Ephesians 2:2; 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 (cf. Dalman, Words, 268ff.; Deiss., BS, 166f.; DB, iv, 570 ff.; DCG, ii, 654ff.), of men, as partakers of the Divine nature and of the life to come: Matthew 5:9, Luke 20:36, Romans 8:14; 9:26, al.; υἱοὶ (κ. θυγατέρες) τ. ὑψίστου, Luke 6:35, 2 Corinthians 6:18; in an unique sense of Jesus, Matthew 4:3; 8:29; 28:19, Mark 3:4, Luke 4:41, John 9:35; 11:27, al.; ὁ Χριστὸς ὁ υἱ. τ. θεοῦ ζῶντος (τ. εὐλογητοῦ), Matthew 16:16, Mark 14:61;

(with) (ὁ) υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου (in LXX for Heb. בּן אדם, Aram, בּר אנשׁ; cf. Dalman, Words, 234ff.; DB, iv, 579ff.; DCG, ii, 659ff.; Westc., St. John, i, 74ff.; other reff. in Swete, Mk, 2:10), based on the Aram. of Daniel 7:13, where the phrase, like the corresponding Heb. (as in Psalm 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 II Esther 13:3, 12, al. Our Lord first makes the phrase a title, using the def. art. It seems to combine the ideas of his true humanity and representative character. Exc. in Acts 7:56 and (anarth.) 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, al.