What does υἱός · θεός mean in the Bible?
υἱός · θεός is a Greek phrase meaning "a "son" (sometimes of animals), used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship".
Greek · G5207, G2316
υἱός
Son · God
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υἱός G5207 son
Pronunciation huiós
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θεός G2316 God
Pronunciation theós
The definite article marks God as the one true God; anarthrous form emphasizes His divine nature or character.
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What does υἱός (huiós) mean in the Bible?
υἱός · θεός is a Greek phrase meaning "a "son" (sometimes of animals), used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G5207, G2316?
G5207, G2316 is connected to 375 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. a "son" (sometimes of animals), used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship
Strong's G5207, G2316
Lexical occurrences 375 verses Word forms 10 forms 375 references Study link Acts 9:20-31 Source Gloss
a "son" (sometimes of animals), used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship
Extended definition
:--child, foal, son.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 10 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 10 Aligned forms 375 Case pattern Nominative (191) Number pattern Singular (304)
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Matt 1:20 · Matt 3:17 · Matt 4:3 · Matt 4:6 · Matt 7:9 · Matt 8:20 · Matt 9:6 · Matt 10:23 · Matt 11:19 · Matt 11:27 · Matt 12:8 · Matt 12:23 · Matt 12:40 · Matt 13:37 · Matt 13:41 · Matt 13:55 159×
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Matt 5:9 · Matt 5:45 · Matt 8:12 · Matt 9:15 · Matt 12:27 · Matt 13:38 · Matt 17:26 · Matt 20:21 · Matt 23:31 · Mark 2:19 · Mark 3:17 · Mark 10:35 · Luke 6:35 · Luke 11:19 · Luke 16:8 · Luke 20:34 32×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine Matt 1:1 · Matt 12:32 · Matt 23:35 · Matt 24:27 · Matt 24:30 · Matt 24:37 · Matt 24:39 · Matt 28:19 · Luke 6:22 · Luke 17:22 · Luke 17:26 · Luke 21:36 · John 3:18 · John 5:25 · John 6:53 · Rom 1:3 35×
Genitive · Plural · Masculine Matt 17:25 · Matt 20:20 · Matt 27:9 · Matt 27:56 · Luke 1:16 · Acts 5:21 · Acts 7:16 · Acts 9:15 · Rom 8:19 · Rom 9:27 · Heb 7:5 · Heb 11:21 · Heb 11:22 · Rev 2:14 · Rev 7:4 · Rev 21:12 17×
Dative · Singular · Masculine Matt 21:9 · Matt 21:15 · Matt 22:2 · Luke 12:53 · Luke 18:31 · John 3:36 · John 4:5 · John 5:22 · John 5:26 · John 14:13 · Heb 1:2 · Heb 7:3 · 1 John 2:24 · 1 John 5:11 · 1 John 5:20 15×
Dative · Plural · Masculine Mark 3:28 · Acts 7:37 · Acts 10:36 · Eph 2:2 · Eph 3:5 · Heb 12:5 · Heb 12:7 7×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Matt 1:21 · Matt 1:23 · Matt 1:25 · Matt 2:15 · Matt 10:37 · Matt 11:27 · Matt 16:13 · Matt 16:28 · Matt 17:15 · Matt 21:5 · Matt 21:37 · Matt 21:38 · Matt 23:15 · Matt 24:30 · Matt 26:64 · Mark 8:31 85×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Matt 26:37 · Luke 5:10 · Luke 5:34 · Luke 15:11 · Luke 16:8 · Acts 7:23 · Acts 7:29 · 2 Cor 3:7 · 2 Cor 3:13 · 2 Cor 6:18 · Gal 4:22 · Eph 5:6 · Col 3:6 · Heb 2:10 14×
Vocative · Singular · Masculine Matt 8:29 · Matt 9:27 · Mark 5:7 · Mark 10:47 · Mark 10:48 · Luke 8:28 · Luke 18:38 · Luke 18:39 · Acts 13:10 · Heb 12:5 10×
Vocative · Plural · Masculine Acts 13:26 1×
Sampled Scripture Occurrences
Representative Scripture witnesses for this entry: passage, original form, and sense in context.
New Testament Witnesses
Title affirming divine identity and authority.
Word Origins
υἱός is a primary word - no further derivation.
Why This Word Matters
Central confession marking Saul’s theological transformation. Acts 9:20-31
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