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υἱός
huiós · Greek · Strong's G5207 · 376 occurrences
The KJV renders 13 different Hebrew and Greek words as “child”
What it means
a "son" (sometimes of animals), used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship
apparently a primary word;
How the KJV renders it
child, foal, son
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“child”
“son”
Questions this word decides
- Was Jesus crucified on Wednesday or Friday?
- Does Colossians 2:16 abolish the Sabbath?
- Is the seventh-day Sabbath binding on Gentiles?
- Is baptism required for salvation?
- Will there be a literal thousand-year reign (the millennium)?
- Is the Trinity explicitly taught in the Bible?
Where it appears
376 occurrences in the Greek text, first 60 verses shown.
1 Corinthians 1:9 N-GSM1 Corinthians 15:28 N-NSM1 John 1:3 N-GSM1 John 1:7 N-GSM1 John 2:22 N-ASM1 John 2:23 N-ASM1 John 2:24 N-DSM1 John 3:8 N-NSM1 John 3:23 N-GSM1 John 4:9 N-ASM1 John 4:10 N-ASM1 John 4:14 N-ASM1 John 4:15 N-NSM1 John 5:5 N-NSM1 John 5:9 N-GSM1 John 5:10 N-ASM1 John 5:11 N-DSM1 John 5:12 N-ASM1 John 5:13 N-GSM1 John 5:20 N-DSM1 Peter 5:13 N-NSM1 Thessalonians 1:10 N-ASM1 Thessalonians 5:5 N-NPM2 Corinthians 1:19 N-NSM2 Corinthians 3:7 N-APM2 Corinthians 3:13 N-APM2 Corinthians 6:18 N-APM2 John 1:3 N-GSM2 John 1:9 N-ASM2 Peter 1:17 N-NSM2 Thessalonians 2:3 N-NSMActs 2:17 N-NPMActs 3:25 N-NPMActs 4:36 N-NSMActs 5:21 N-GPMActs 7:16 N-GPMActs 7:21 N-ASMActs 7:23 N-APMActs 7:29 N-APMActs 7:37 N-DPMActs 7:56 N-ASMActs 9:15 N-GPMActs 9:20 N-NSMActs 10:36 N-DPMActs 13:10 N-VSMActs 13:21 N-ASMActs 13:26 N-VPMActs 13:33 N-NSMActs 16:1 N-NSMActs 19:14 N-NPMActs 23:6 N-NSMActs 23:16 N-NSMColossians 1:13 N-GSMEphesians 2:2 N-DPMEphesians 3:5 N-DPMEphesians 4:13 N-GSMEphesians 5:6 N-APMGalatians 1:16 N-ASMGalatians 2:20 N-GSMGalatians 3:7 N-NPM
Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Greek text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.