Strong's Number 5206
The Linked Word Project
Transliteration:
huiothesia {hwee-oth-es-ee'-ah}
Word Origin:
from a presumed compound of
5207
and a derivative of
5087
TDNT:
8:397,1206
Part of Speech:
noun feminine
Usage in the KJV:
adoption 3, adoption of children 1, adoption of sons 1
Total: 5
Definition:
adoption, adoption as sons
that relationship which God was pleased to establish between himself and the Israelites in preference to all other nations
the nature and condition of the true disciples in Christ, who by receiving the Spirit of God into their souls become sons of God
the blessed state looked for in the future life after the visible return of Christ from heaven