Word Study · Strong's G5206 · Greek
υἱοθεσία
huiothesia
hwee-oth-es-ee'-ah
Strong's 1890 spelling: huiothesía
“the placing as a son, i.e. adoption (figuratively, Christian sonship in respect to God)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
the placing as a son, i.e. adoption (figuratively, Christian sonship in respect to God)
Rendered in the KJV as
adoption (of children, of sons).
- 5occurrencesin the New Testament
- 3 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 3inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 5 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 3
- υἱοθεσίαν3
- υἱοθεσία1
- υἱοθεσίας1
How it is rendered · 2
- divine adoption as sons4
- of divine adoption as sons1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine singular3
- noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular1
- noun · nominative (subject) · feminine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- N-ASF · 3
- N-GSF · 1
- N-NSF · 1
All 5, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Romans carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Romans3 occurrences
- Romans 8:15υἱοθεσίαςhuiothesiasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singularFor you did not receive a spirit of slavery that returns you to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”here: of divine adoption as sons
- Romans 8:23υἱοθεσίανhuiothesiannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularNot only that, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.here: divine adoption as sons
- Romans 9:4υἱοθεσίαhuiothesianoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singularthe people of Israel. Theirs is the adoption as sons; theirs the divine glory and the covenants; theirs the giving of the law, the temple worship, and the promises.here: divine adoption as sons