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huiothesia

adoption

Say it: hwee-oth-es-EE-ah (approximate)

υἱοθεσία

What it means

Placing as a son, the legal adoption of a child as a full heir. Paul says believers "received the Spirit of adoption" (8:15) and that we wait "for adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies" (8:23). Adoption in Rome gave the adopted person full rights of inheritance, which is Paul's point.

Range of meaning

  • AdoptionLegal acceptance as a child and heir.

In Romans

  • Chapter 8

    "You received the Spirit of adoption" (8:15, 8:23).

  • Chapter 9

    "Whose is the adoption" (9:4).

Every verse (3)

Verses where G5206 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources