son

[son]

The divine word of God; the second person in the Trinity (incarnate in Jesus)

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A male child; the male issue, or offspring, of a parent, father or mother.

Noun
the divine word of God; the second person in the Trinity (incarnate in Jesus)

Noun
a male human offspring; "their son became a famous judge"; "his boy is taller than he is"


n.
A male child; the male issue, or offspring, of a parent, father or mother.

n.
A male descendant, however distant; hence, in the plural, descendants in general.

n.
Any young male person spoken of as a child; an adopted male child; a pupil, ward, or any other male dependent.

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A native or inhabitant of some specified place; as, sons of Albion; sons of New England.

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The produce of anything.

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Jesus Christ, the Savior; -- called the Son of God, and the Son of man.


Son

Son , n. [OE. sone, sune, AS. sunu; akin to D. zoon, OS., OFries., & OHG. sunu, G. sohn, Icel. sonr, Sw. son, Dan. s'94n, Goth. sunus, Lith. sunus, Russ. suin', Skr. s'd4nu (from s'd4 to beget, to bear), and Gr. son. 'fb293. Cf. Sow, n.] 1. A male child; the male issue, or offspring, of a parent, father or mother.
Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son.
2. A male descendant, however distant; hence, in the plural, descendants in general.
I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings.
I am the Lord, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.
3. Any young male person spoken of as a child; an adopted male child; a pupil, ward, or any other male dependent.
The child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son.
Be plain, good son, and homely in thy drift.
4. A native or inhabitant of some specified place; as, sons of Albion; sons of New England. 5. The produce of anything.
Earth's tall sons, the cedar, oak, and pine.
6. (Commonly with the def. article) Jesus Christ, the Savior; -- called the Son of God, and the Son of man.
We . . . do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Savior of the world.
Who gave His Son sure all has given.
&hand; The expressions son of pride, sons of light, son of Belial, are Hebraisms, which denote persons possessing the qualitites of pride, of light, or of Belial, as children inherit the qualities of their ancestors. Sons of the prophets. See School of the prophets, under Prophet.

A male child; the male issue, or offspring, of a parent, father or mother.

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Usage Examples

Actually, the year anniversary of what you just heard, my son Grahame and I are going to be in a play together, and I'm acting for the first time in front of an audience that doesn't consist of a high school drama class.

A father is a man who expects his son to be as good a man as he meant to be.

Becoming a dad means you have to be a role model for your son and be someone he can look up to.

As a father, I do everything my dad didn't do. My son Beau's birth changed my life.

David and Dad didn't get along too well growing up. I mean we all got along, but it was harder on David, because David wasn't going to be the son that Dad wanted. But now they're like best friends.

Economists report that a college education adds many thousands of dollars to a man's lifetime income - which he then spends sending his son to college.

As a single withered tree, if set aflame, causes a whole forest to burn, so does a rascal son destroy a whole family.

Forgive, son men are men they needs must err.

Bondage is of the mind freedom too is of the mind. If you say 'I am a free soul. I am a son of God who can bind me' free you shall be.

Misspelled Form

son, ason, wson, eson, dson, xson, zson, aon, won, eon, don, xon, zon, saon, swon, seon, sdon, sxon, szon, sion, s9on, s0on, spon, slon, sin, s9n, s0n, spn, sln, soin, so9n, so0n, sopn, soln, sobn, sohn, sojn, somn, so n, sob, soh, soj, som, so , sonb, sonh, sonj, sonm, son .

Other Usage Examples

A lot of people think Christianity is about always being perfect. It's actually the opposite of that. It's realizing that we're all humans, and that's why God sent his Son to this earth - to save people.

After I set out to refute Christianity intellectually and couldn't, I came to the conclusion the Bible was true and Jesus Christ was God's Son.

But now, being a parent, I go home and see my son and I forget about any mistake I ever made or the reason I'm upset. I get home and my son is smiling or he comes running to me. It has just made me grow as an individual and grow as a man.

Go miser go, for money sell your soul. Trade wares for wares and trudge from pole to pole, So others may say when you are dead and gone. See what a vast estate he left his son.

Being the son of a filmmaker, you are aware of a career as a director. You don't think of it as just movies, but as a life.

Any son of a dictator, I'm sure, has major issues with their relationship with their father.

From a very early age, my wife and I told our son that there are times and places for everything. I told him, look, when you're in class, you have to be quiet and listen to your teacher, but when you go out to the playground, you can scream and be silly.

All I can hope to do is instill great morality in my son and trust him along the way. The music he listens to or how he chooses to wear his hair doesn't define his moral compass, and if he wants to listen to country music and wear a cowboy hat too, that's fine.

A man who says that no patriot should attack the war until it is over... is saying no good son should warn his mother of a cliff until she has fallen.

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