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Strong's Number G5206

υἱοθεσία
huiothesia · hwee-oth-es-ee'-ah
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
Strong's Definition:
the placing as a son, i.e. adoption (figuratively, Christian sonship in respect to God)
Usage in the KJV:
adoption 3, adoption of children 1, adoption of sons 1

Total: 5
Occurs 5 times in the Greek text.
Definition:
  1. adoption, adoption as sons
    1. that relationship which God was pleased to establish between himself and the Israelites in preference to all other nations
    2. the nature and condition of the true disciples in Christ, who by receiving the Spirit of God into their souls become sons of God
    3. the blessed state looked for in the future life after the visible return of Christ from heaven
TDNT - Theological Dictionary of the New Testament
TWOT - Theological Word Book of the Old Testament