Greek noun (feminine) · G5206
υἱοθεσία
huiothesiahwee-oth-es-ee'-ah
adoption (as son)
5 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: huiothesía
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G5206is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 27New Testament books
- 3spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G5206
the placing as a son, i.e. adoption (figuratively, Christian sonship in respect to God)
The King James renders it: adoption (of children, of sons).
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
huiothesia is rendered "adoption (as son)". It stands 5 times in the Greek text, across three books.
- Three of the uses stand in Romans, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Romans 8:15For 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!”
- The Greek text spells it three different ways.
The first use
For 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!”
Romans 8:15υἱοθεσίας
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Three of the word's five uses are in Romans.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- divine adoption as sons4
- of divine adoption as sons1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 5, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
3 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- υἱοθεσίαν3
- υἱοθεσία1
- υἱοθεσίας1
The grammar of each form
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine singular3N-ASF
- noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular1N-GSF
- noun · nominative (subject) · feminine singular1N-NSF
Romans
three uses
For 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!”
- υἱοθεσίαςhuiothesiasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: of divine adoption as sons
Not 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.
- υἱοθεσίανhuiothesiannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: divine adoption as sons
the 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.
- υἱοθεσίαhuiothesianoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: divine adoption as sons
Galatians
one use
to redeem those under the law, that we might receive our adoption as sons.
- υἱοθεσίανhuiothesiannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: divine adoption as sons
Ephesians
one use
He predestined us for adoption as His sons through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of His will,
- υἱοθεσίανhuiothesiannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: divine adoption as sons
Where it leads
Studies that open this word2
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.