Word study · Greek
huiós
son
Say it: hwee-OS (approximate)
υἱός
What it means
A son, or a male child. In Galatians Paul speaks of Christ as God's Son (1:16; 2:20; 4:4-6) and of believers as "sons of God through faith" (3:26; 4:6-7), with the legal sense of heirs in a Roman household.
Range of meaning
- SonA male child.
- HeirOne who inherits his father's place.
In Galatians
- Chapter 3
"You are all sons of God through faith" (3:26).
- Chapter 4
"God sent his Son" and "you are a son" (4:4-7, 4:22-30).
Every verse (9)
- Galatians 1:16
- Galatians 2:20
- Galatians 3:7
- Galatians 3:26
- Galatians 4:4
- Galatians 4:6
- Galatians 4:7
- Galatians 4:22
- Galatians 4:30
Verses where G5207 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources