What does μονογενής · υἱός mean in the Bible?
μονογενής · υἱός is a Greek phrase meaning "only son, one-of-a-kind son".
Greek · G3439, G5207
μονογενὴς υἱὸς
Unique · son
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μονογενής G3439 unique
Pronunciation monogenḗs
Only child or unique offspring; in John's Gospel, Christ's singular relation to God the Father.
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υἱός G5207 son
Pronunciation huiós
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What does μονογενὴς υἱὸς (monogenēs huios) mean in the Bible?
μονογενής · υἱός is a Greek phrase meaning "only son, one-of-a-kind son".
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Questions this entry answers
How many biblical occurrences are listed for G3439, G5207?
G3439, G5207 is connected to 9 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. only son, one-of-a-kind son
Source Gloss
only son, one-of-a-kind son
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 4 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 4 Aligned forms 9 Case pattern Nominative (4) Number pattern Singular (9)
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Luke 7:12 · Luke 9:38 · John 1:18 3×
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Luke 8:42 1×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine John 1:14 · John 3:18 2×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine John 3:16 · Heb 11:17 · 1 John 4:9 3×
Word Origins
μονογενὴς υἱὸς is built from these roots:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain