υἱός, -οῦ, ὁ, [in LXX very frequently and nearly always for בֵּן, Rdz 4,17, al.; for בַּר, Dn 7,13, al.; etc. ;], a son; 1. in the ordinary sense: Mt 10,37, Mk 9,17, Łk 1,13, al. mult.; omitted with the art. of origin (WM, §30, 3; Bl., §35, 2), τὸν τοῦ Ἰεσσαί, Dz 13,22 (LXX); also with genitive anarth. (cl.), Σώπατρος Πύρρου Βεροιαῖος, Dz 20,4 with adj., προτότοκος, Łk 2,7 μονογένης, Łk 7,12 opposite to νόθος, Hbr 12,8 in a wider sense, of posterity: ὁ υἱ. Δαυΐδ, of the Messiah (cf. Dalman, Words, 316ff.; DCG, ii, 653f.), Mt 22,42.45 Mk 12,35.37 Łk 20,41.44 al.; υἱοὶ Ἰσραήλ, (cf. υἷες Ἀχαιῶν, Hom., Il., i, 162, al.), Mt 27,9, Dz 9,15, al. 2. Metaphorical; (a) as belonging to, being connected with or having the quality of that which follows (a usage mainly due to translation from a Semitic original; cf. Deiss., BS, 161ff.; Dalman, Words, 115f.; DCG, ii, 652f.): τ. πονεροῦ (διαβόλου), Mt 13,38, Dz 13,10; τ. νυμφῶνος (see: νυμφών), Mt 9,15, Mk 2,19, al.; τ. φωτός (Lft., Notes, 74), Łk 16,8, J 12,36, 1 Tes 5,5; τ. εἰρεήμης, Łk 10,6 γεέννης, Mt 23,15 τ. ἀπωλείας, J 17,12, 2 Tes 2,3; τ. αἰῶνος τούτου, Łk 16,8; 20,34; τ. ἀπειθειάς, Ef 2,2; 5,6; βροντῆς, Mk 3,17 τ. ἀναστάσεως, Łk 20,36 παρακλήσεως, Dz 4,36 τ. προφητῶν κ. τ. διαθήκης, Dz 3,25 (b) υἱὸς τ. θεοῦ (cf. Dalman, Words, 268ff.; Deiss., BS, 166f.; DB, iv, 570 ff.; DCG, ii, 654ff.), of men, as partakers of the Divine nature and of the life to come: Mt 5,9, Łk 20,36, Rz 8,14; 9,26, al.; υἱοὶ (κ. θυγατέρες) τ. ὑψίστου, Łk 6,35, 2 Kor 6,18; in an unique sense of Jesus, Mt 4,3; 8,29; 28,19, Mk 3,4, Łk 4,41, J 9,35; 11,27, al.; ὁ Χριστὸς ὁ υἱ. τ. θεοῦ ζῶντος (τ. εὐλογητοῦ), Mt 16,16, Mk 14,61; (with) (ὁ) υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου (in LXX for Heb. בּן אדם, Aram, בּר אנשׁ; cf. Dalman, Words, 234ff.; DB, iv, 579ff.; DCG, ii, 659ff.; Westc., St. John, i, 74ff.; other reff. in Swete, Mk, 2:10), based on the Aram. of Dn 7,13, where the phrase, like the corresponding Heb. (as in Ps 8,5), means a man, one of the species, and indicates the human appearance of the person in question. It is used of the Messiah in Enoch, with 46, §1-4, also in II Est 13,3.12, al. Our Lord first makes the phrase a title, using the def. art. It seems to combine the ideas of his true humanity and representative character. Exc. in Dz 7,56 and (anarth.) Ap 1,13 Ap 14,14, it is used of Jesus only by himself: Mt 8,20, Mk 2,10, Łk 5,24, J 1,52, al. (AS)