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Sons (2429 Occurrences)

Matthew 1:2 The son of Abraham was Isaac; and the son of Isaac was Jacob; and the sons of Jacob were Judah and his brothers; (BBE)

Matthew 1:3 And the sons of Judah were Perez and Zerah by Tamar; and the son of Perez was Hezron; and the son of Hezron was Ram; (BBE)

Matthew 1:11 And the sons of Josiah were Jechoniah and his brothers, at the time of the taking away to Babylon. (BBE)

Matthew 5:9 "Blessed are the peacemakers, for it is they who will be recognized as sons of God. (WEY ASV BBE DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 5:45 that so you may become true sons of your Father in Heaven; for He causes His sun to rise on the wicked as well as the good, and sends rain upon those who do right and those who do wrong. (WEY ASV BBE DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 8:12 but the sons of the kingdom shall be cast forth into the outer darkness: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth. (ASV BBE DBY YLT NAS RSV)

Matthew 9:15 And Jesus said unto them, Can the sons of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then will they fast. (ASV DBY YLT)

Matthew 11:11 Truly I say to you, Among the sons of women there has not been a greater than John the Baptist: but he who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. (BBE)

Matthew 12:27 And if I by Beelzebub cast out demons, by whom do your sons cast them out? therefore shall they be your judges. (ASV BBE DBY YLT NAS RSV)

Matthew 13:38 the field is the world; the good seed--these are the sons of the Kingdom; the darnel, the sons of the Evil one. (WEY ASV BBE DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 17:25 He saith, Yea. And when he came into the house, Jesus spake first to him, saying, What thinkest thou, Simon? the kings of the earth, from whom do they receive toll or tribute? from their sons, or from strangers? (ASV BBE DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 17:26 And when he said, From strangers, Jesus said unto him, Therefore the sons are free. (ASV BBE DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 18:25 And because he was not able to make payment, his lord gave orders for him, and his wife, and his sons and daughters, and all he had, to be given for money, and payment to be made. (BBE)

Matthew 20:20 Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her sons, kneeling and asking a certain thing of him. (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 20:21 He said to her, "What do you want?" She said to him, "Command that these, my two sons, may sit, one on your right hand, and one on your left hand, in your Kingdom." (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 21:28 But what do you think? A man had two sons, and he came to the first, and said,'Son, go work today in my vineyard.' (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 23:31 Wherefore ye witness to yourselves, that ye are sons of them that slew the prophets. (ASV BBE DBY YLT NAS RSV)

Matthew 26:37 He took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and severely troubled. (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 27:9 Then was fulfilled that which was spoken through Jeremias the prophet, saying, And I took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was set a price on, whom they who were of the sons of Israel had set a price on, (DBY YLT NAS RSV)

Matthew 27:56 Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee. (WEB WEY ASV BBE DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Mark 2:19 And Jesus said unto them, Can the sons of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? as long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast. (ASV DBY YLT)

Mark 3:17 James the son of Zebedee; John, the brother of James, and he surnamed them Boanerges, which means, Sons of Thunder; (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Mark 3:28 Verily I say unto you, All sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme: (KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Mark 10:35 James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came near to him, saying, "Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we will ask." (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 1:16 And many of the sons of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God. (DBY YLT NAS RSV)

Luke 5:10 and so also were James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. Jesus said to Simon, "Don't be afraid. From now on you will be catching people alive." (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 5:34 And Jesus said unto them, Can ye make the sons of the bride-chamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? (ASV DBY YLT)

Luke 6:35 Nevertheless love your enemies, be beneficent; and lend without hoping for any repayment. Then your recompense shall be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for He is kind to the ungrateful and wicked. (WEY ASV BBE DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 7:28 I say to you, Among all the sons of women, not one is greater than John: but he who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he. (BBE)

Luke 11:19 And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your sons cast them out? therefore shall they be your judges. (KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Luke 15:11 He said, "A certain man had two sons. (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 16:8 "And the master praised the dishonest steward for his shrewdness; for, in relation to their own contemporaries, the men of this age are shrewder than the sons of Light. (WEY ASV BBE DBY YLT NAS RSV)

Luke 20:34 And Jesus said unto them, The sons of this world marry, and are given in marriage: (ASV BBE DBY YLT NAS RSV)

Luke 20:36 For indeed they cannot die again; they are like angels, and are sons of God through being sons of the Resurrection. (WEY ASV BBE DBY YLT NAS RSV)

John 1:12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: (KJV WBS YLT)

John 4:12 Are you greater than our forefather Jacob, who gave us the well, and himself drank from it, as did also his sons and his cattle?" (WEY ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)

John 8:41 You are doing the works of your father. They said to him, We are true sons of Abraham; we have one Father, who is God. (BBE)

John 8:44 The father whose sons you are is the Devil; and you desire to do what gives him pleasure. *He* was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand firm in the truth--for there is no truth in him. Whenever he utters his lie, he utters it out of his own store; for he is a liar, and the father of lies. (WEY)

John 12:36 In the degree that you have light, believe in the Light, so that you may become sons of Light." Jesus said this, and went away and hid Himself from them. (WEY ASV BBE DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)

John 21:2 Simon Peter, Thomas called Didymus, Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two others of his disciples were together. (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Acts 2:17 'It will be in the last days, says God, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh. Your sons and your daughters will prophesy. Your young men will see visions. Your old men will dream dreams. (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Acts 3:25 Ye are the sons of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with your fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed. (ASV BBE DBY YLT NAS RSV)

Acts 5:21 And when they heard it, they entered very early into the temple and taught. And when the high priest was come, and they that were with him, they called together the council and all the elderhood of the sons of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought. (DBY YLT NAS)

Acts 7:16 And were carried over into Sychem, and laid in the sepulchre that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor the father of Sychem. (KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Acts 7:23 And when a period of forty years was fulfilled to him, it came into his heart to look upon his brethren, the sons of Israel; (DBY YLT NAS RSV)

Acts 7:29 Moses fled at this saying, and became a stranger in the land of Midian, where he became the father of two sons. (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Acts 7:37 This is the Moses who said to the sons of Israel, A prophet shall God raise up to you out of your brethren like me him shall ye hear. (DBY YLT NAS)

Acts 9:15 And the Lord said to him, Go, for this man is an elect vessel to me, to bear my name before both nations and kings and the sons of Israel: (DBY YLT NAS RSV)

Acts 10:36 The word which he sent to the sons of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ, (he is Lord of all things,) (DBY YLT NAS)

Acts 13:26 Brethren, sons of Abraham's race, and those who among you fear God, to you has the word of this salvation been sent: (DBY YLT NAS RSV)

Acts 19:14 There were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, who did this. (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Romans 8:14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. (KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Romans 8:15 You have not for the second time acquired the consciousness of being--a consciousness which fills you with terror. But you have acquired a deep inward conviction of having been adopted as sons--a conviction which prompts us to cry aloud, "Abba! our Father!" (WEY BBE NAS RSV NIV)

Romans 8:19 For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God. (KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Romans 8:23 And more than that, we ourselves, though we possess the Spirit as a foretaste and pledge of the glorious future, yet we ourselves inwardly sigh, as we wait and long for open recognition as sons through the deliverance of our bodies. (WEY BBE NAS RSV NIV)

Romans 9:4 To them belongs recognition as God's sons, and they have His glorious Presence and the Covenants, and the giving of the Law, and the Temple service, and the ancient Promises. (WEY BBE NAS RSV NIV)

Romans 9:26 And in the place where it was said to them, 'No people of Mine are you,' there shall they be called sons of the everliving God." (WEY ASV BBE DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Romans 9:27 And Isaiah cries aloud concerning Israel, "Though the number of the sons of Israel be like the sands of the sea, only a remnant of them shall be saved; (WEY YLT NAS RSV)

1 Corinthians 4:14 I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you. (KJV WBS)

2 Corinthians 3:13 and 'are' not as Moses, who was putting a vail upon his own face, for the sons of Israel not stedfastly to look to the end of that which is being made useless, (YLT NAS)

2 Corinthians 6:18 I will be to you a Father. You will be to me sons and daughters,' says the Lord Almighty." (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Galatians 3:7 Notice therefore that those who possess faith are true sons of Abraham. (WEY ASV BBE DBY YLT NAS RSV)

Galatians 3:26 You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus; (WEY ASV BBE DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Galatians 4:5 To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. (KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Galatians 4:6 And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. (KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Galatians 4:22 For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the handmaid, and one by the free woman. (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Ephesians 1:5 For He pre-destined us to be adopted by Himself as sons through Jesus Christ--such being His gracious will and pleasure-- (WEY ASV BBE YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Ephesians 2:2 which were once habitual to you while you walked in the ways of this world and obeyed the Prince of the powers of the air, the spirits that are now at work in the hearts of the sons of disobedience--to you God has given Life. (WEY ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV)

Ephesians 3:5 Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit; (KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Ephesians 5:6 Let no man deceive you with empty words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the sons of disobedience. (ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV)

Ephesians 5:9 Live and act as sons of Light--for the effect of the Light is seen in every kind of goodness, uprightness and truth-- (WEY)

Philippians 2:15 That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world; (KJV WBS)

Colossians 3:6 for which things' sake cometh the wrath of God upon the sons of disobedience: (ASV DBY YLT NAS)

1 Thessalonians 5:5 for all of you are sons of Light and sons of the day. We belong neither to the night nor to darkness. (WEY ASV BBE DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Hebrews 2:10 For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings. (KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Hebrews 7:5 They indeed of the sons of Levi who receive the priest's office have a commandment to take tithes of the people according to the law, that is, of their brothers, though these have come out of the body of Abraham, (WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS)

Hebrews 11:21 By faith, Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and worshiped, leaning on the top of his staff. (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Hebrews 11:22 By faith Joseph when dying called to mind the going forth of the sons of Israel, and gave commandment concerning his bones. (DBY YLT NAS)

Hebrews 11:28 By faith he kept the Passover, and put the sign of the blood on the houses, so that the angel of destruction might not put their oldest sons to death. (BBE)

Hebrews 12:5 and you have forgotten the exhortation which reasons with you as with children, "My son, don't take lightly the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when you are reproved by him; (Root in WEB WEY ASV BBE DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Hebrews 12:7 If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? (KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Hebrews 12:8 But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons. (KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 John 3:1 Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. (KJV WBS)

1 John 3:2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. (KJV WBS)

Revelation 2:14 But I have a few things against thee: that thou hast there those who hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balak to cast a snare before the sons of Israel, to eat of idol sacrifices and commit fornication. (DBY YLT NAS RSV)

Revelation 7:4 And I heard the number of the sealed, a hundred and forty-four thousand, sealed out of every tribe of the sons of Israel: (DBY YLT NAS RSV)

Revelation 21:7 All this shall be the heritage of him who overcomes, and I will be his God and he shall be one of My sons. (WEY)

Revelation 21:12 having a great and high wall; having twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names inscribed, which are those of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel. (DBY YLT NAS RSV)

Genesis 5:4 The days of Adam after he became the father of Seth were eight hundred years, and he became the father of sons and daughters. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 5:7 Seth lived after he became the father of Enosh eight hundred seven years, and became the father of sons and daughters. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 5:10 Enosh lived after he became the father of Kenan, eight hundred fifteen years, and became the father of sons and daughters. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 5:13 Kenan lived after he became the father of Mahalalel eight hundred forty years, and became the father of sons and daughters (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 5:16 Mahalalel lived after he became the father of Jared eight hundred thirty years, and became the father of sons and daughters. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 5:19 Jared lived after he became the father of Enoch eight hundred years, and became the father of sons and daughters. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 5:22 Enoch walked with God after he became the father of Methuselah three hundred years, and became the father of sons and daughters. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 5:26 Methuselah lived after he became the father of Lamech seven hundred eighty-two years, and became the father of sons and daughters. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 5:30 Lamech lived after he became the father of Noah five hundred ninety-five years, and became the father of sons and daughters. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 6:2 that God's sons saw that men's daughters were beautiful, and they took for themselves wives of all that they chose. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 6:4 The Nephilim were in the earth in those days, and also after that, when God's sons came in to men's daughters. They bore children to them. Those were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 6:10 Noah became the father of three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

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Thesaurus
Sons (2429 Occurrences)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia BRIDE-CHAMBER, SONS (CHILDREN) OF THE. ... In the above
passages "the sons of the bride-chamber" are the disciples of Christ. ...
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Sons's (1 Occurrence)
... Multi-Version Concordance Sons's (1 Occurrence). Genesis 46:7 his sons,
and his sons' sons with him, his daughters, and his sons's...
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Sons-in-law (2 Occurrences)
Sons-in-law. << Sonship, Sons-in-law. Sons's >>. Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.)
Plural of Son-in-law. Multi-Version Concordance Sons-in-law (2 Occurrences). ...
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12 (22 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance 12 (22 Occurrences). 1 Chronicles 25:10 the third
to Zaccur, his sons and his brothers, twelve: (See NIV). ...
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Shecaniah (10 Occurrences)
... 31:15). Shechani'ah, id. (1.) A priest whose sons are mentioned in 1 Chronicles
3:21, 22. (2.) Ezra 8:5. (3.) Ezra 10:2-4. (4.) The ...
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Shechaniah (8 Occurrences)
... This is the same Shecaniah mentioned in Ezra 8:3. (2) "The sons of Shecaniah," so
the Massoretic Text of Ezra 8:5 reads, were among those who returned with Ezra ...
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Kohathite (18 Occurrences)
... Numbers 4:2 Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi,
by their families, by their fathers' houses, (See NIV). ...
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Ko'hathites (19 Occurrences)
... Numbers 4:34 Moses and Aaron and the princes of the congregation numbered the sons
of the Kohathites by their families, and by their fathers' houses, (See RSV). ...
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Shemai'ah (38 Occurrences)
... 1 Chronicles 3:22 And the sons of Shecaniah: Shemaiah; and the sons of Shemaiah:
Hattush, and Igal, and Bariah, and Neariah, and Shaphat, six. (See RSV). ...
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Shem (17 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary A name; renown, the first mentioned of the sons of Noah
(Genesis 5:32; 6:10). He was probably the eldest of Noah's sons. ...
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Greek
993. Boanerges -- Boanerges, an epithet applied to the two sons of ...
... Boanerges, an epithet applied to the two sons of Zebedee. Part of Speech: Proper
Noun, Indeclinable Transliteration: Boanerges Phonetic Spelling: (bo-an-erg-es ...
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1359. Dioskouroi -- the Dioscuri, twin sons of Zeus (Castor and ...
... the Dioscuri, twin sons of Zeus (Castor and Pollux). Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Transliteration: Dioskouroi Phonetic Spelling: (dee-os'-koo-roy) Short ...
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5376. Philippos -- "horse-loving," Philip, two sons of Herod the ...
... << 5375, 5376. Philippos. 5377 >>. "horse-loving," Philip, two sons of Herod the
Great, also two Christians. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration ...
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5206. huiothesia -- adoption
... Word Origin probably from a comp. of huios and a derivation of tithemi Definition
adoption NASB Word Usage adoption as sons (5). adoption. ...
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2194. Zaboulon -- Zebulun, a son of Jacob and one of the Isr. ...
... Proper Noun, Indeclinable Transliteration: Zaboulon Phonetic Spelling:
(dzab-oo-lone') Short Definition: Zebulon Definition: Zebulon, one of the sons of ...
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5207. huios -- a son
... Word Origin a prim. word Definition a son NASB Word Usage attendants (3), foal
(1), man (1), son (1), son (307), sons (68). son, child, foal. ...
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1697. Hemmor -- Emmor, a Canaanite
... of Speech: Proper Noun, Indeclinable Transliteration: Hemmor Phonetic Spelling:
(em-mor') Short Definition: Hamor Definition: Hamor, a man whose sons sold a ...
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4275. proeido -- to foresee
... Accordingly, 4275a () and faith (4102 ) are directly connected. Gal 3:7-9: " 7
Therefore, be sure that it is those who are of faith who are sons of Abraham. ...
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768. Aser -- Asher, one of the twelve Isr. tribes
... Part of Speech: Proper Noun, Indeclinable Transliteration: Aser Phonetic Spelling:
(as-ayr') Short Definition: Asher Definition: Asher, one of the sons of Jacob ...
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5043. teknon -- a child (of either sex)
... Word Origin from tikto Definition a child (of either sex) NASB Word Usage child
(13), children (76), children's (2), son (8), sons (1). child, daughter, son. ...
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
BRIDE-CHAMBER, SONS (CHILDREN) OF THE

(hoi huioi tou numphonos): These were friends or companions of the bridegroom and were usually very numerous (Matthew 9:15 Mark 2:19 Luke 5:34). Any wedding guest might be included in the expression, or anyone who took part in the bridal procession and remained for the wedding-feast (see MARRIAGE). In the above passages "the sons of the bride-chamber" are the disciples of Christ.

GOD, SON (SONS) OF

See SONS OF GOD (OLD TESTAMENT); SONS OF GOD (NEW TESTAMENT).

GREECE, SONS OF

"I will stir up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and will make thee as the sword of a mighty man" (Zechariah 9:13). The passage doubtless refers to the captive Hebrews who are held by the Greeks. The exhortation is to insurrection against the Greeks. Although bearing a striking similarity to the passage in Joel 3:6, there is evidently no connection between the two. In the first, there was conflict between the nations; in the second, simply a reflection upon Tyre and Sidon for having sold into Greece certain Jewish captives. From a Jewish standpoint the Maccabean wars were really between Jews and Greeks.

See JAVAN; ASMONEANS.

KORAHITES; SONS OF KORAH

ko'-ra-its (qorchi), (beno qorach; in the King James Version appears also as Korhite, Kohathite, Kore): This phrase is used to denote Assir and Elkanah and Abiasaph, Korah's 3 individual sons (Exodus 6:24; compare Numbers 26:11). But its more frequent use, and that to which interest attaches, is in the titles of some of the Psalms.

The genealogical details concerning Korahites are rather full. In 3 places we find the list of the 7 successive generations closing with the prophet Samuel and his son Joel (1 Chronicles 6:31-38, 22-30 1 Samuel 1:1, 20; 1 Samuel 8:2); the two in Ch mention most of the generations between Korahites and Joel. The fragmentary lists in 1 Chronicles 9:25; 1 Chronicles 26 connect the list with the 4 generations following Joel (1 Chronicles 6:33; 1 Chronicles 9:19-31; 26:1), and with 2 generations in the very latest Bible times (1 Chronicles 9:31).

The adjective "Korhite" appears also in the King James Version as "Korathite," Kore," and "Korahite," the last being the form preferred in the English Revised Version. It is used 4 times in the singular. Once it designates an individual (1 Chronicles 9:31); 3 times it denotes the successors of Korahites taken collectively (Exodus 6:24 Numbers 26:58 1 Chronicles 26:19); 4 times it is used in the plural, denoting the members of this succession of men (1 Chronicles 9:19; 1 Chronicles 12:6; 1 Chronicles 26:1 2 Chronicles 20:19). As variants of this use, "the sons of the Korahites" appears once, and "the children of the Korahites" once (1 Chronicles 26:19 2 Chronicles 20:19).

In these various passages the Korahites families are counted like the other Levitical families. In 1 Chronicles 12:6 we have an account of 5 men who are designated as "the Korahites," who joined David when he was at Ziklag-Elkanah, Isshiah, Azarel, Joezer, Jashobeam. They are described as expert warriors, especially with the bow and sling, and as being "of Saul's brethren of Benjamin." Some of them may plausibly be identified with men of the same name mentioned elsewhere. These Korahites may have been cousins of the Samuel family, and they may have resided not very far apart.

The record speaks with some emphasis of a line of Korahites doorkeepers.

In the latest Old Testament times one Mattithiah, "the first-born of Shallum the Korahite," held "the office of trust over the things that were baked in pans" (1 Chronicles 9:31). Shallum was "the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah." In this expression 15 or more generations are omitted between Ebiasaph and Kore, and perhaps as many between Kore and Shallum. The record proceeds to supply some of the omitted names between Kore and Shallum. The representative of the line in David's time was "Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah" (1 Chronicles 9:21). In all periods the Korahites were "keepers of the thresholds of the tent." Back in the time of "Phinehas the son of Eleazar," "their fathers had been over the camp of Yahweh" (1 Chronicles 9:19, 20). Zechariah was, in his time, "porter of the door of the tent of meeting" (1 Chronicles 9:21), and Shallum was still the chief of the porters (1 Chronicles 9:17). The record for David's time supports and supplements this. It says that the doorkeepers, according to the arrangements made by David, included a Korahites contingent, its leading men being Meshelemiah and his son Zechariah (1 Chronicles 26:1, 2, 9, 14), and that Meshelemiah was "the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph." Adopting the common conjecture that Asaph is here a variant for Ebiasaph, we have here the same abridgment of the genealogical list as in 1 Chronicles 9.

More interesting, however, than the fighting Korahites who claimed succession from Moses to Nehemiah, are the."sons of Korah" who were somehow connected with the service of song. One of the genealogies is introduced by the statement: "These are they whom David set over the service of song in the house of Yahweh, after that the ark had rest. And they ministered with song before the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, until Solomon had built the house of Yahweh in Jerus" (1 Chronicles 6:31, 32). Then the writer proceeds to mention first "Heman the singer, the son of Joel, the son of Samuel," and so on, carrying the genealogy back to Korah and Levi. After thus mentioning Heman, he speaks of "his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand," and traces Asaph's descent back to Gershom the son of Levi; and then says, "and on the left hand their brethren the sons of Merari." Of these the principal leader is Ethan (otherwise called Jeduthun), and his descent is here traced back to Levi.

In this way we are introduced to David's 3 great leaders in choral and orchestral music. Among them Heman the Korahite has at first the place of primacy, though Asaph, later, comes to the front. The events just referred to are mentioned again, more in detail, in the account of David's bringing the ark to Jerusalem. There it is said that at the suggestion of David "the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel," and also Asaph and Ethan, "and with them" several others, "their brethren of the second degree" (1 Chronicles 15:17, 18). The record proceeds to speak of the services of "the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan," and their associates, in the pageantry of the bringing of the ark to Jerusalem. After that, it says, Asaph had charge of the services of thanksgiving and praise before the ark in Jerusalem, while Heman and Jeduthun served in the high place at Gibeon (1 Chronicles 16:4; 1 Chronicles 37, 39-42). Later, the record says (1 Chronicles 25), David made an elaborate organization, under Asaph and Heman and Jeduthun, for prophesying with song and instrumental music.

As the records of David's time, according to the Chronicler, thus attribute to him great achievements in sacred music and song, so the records of subsequent times reiterate the same thing. David's interest in sacred music is mentioned in connection with Solomon's temple, in connection with the times of Joash and Hezekiah and Josiah, in connection with the institutions and exploits of the times after the exile (e.g. 2 Chronicles 7:6; 2 Chronicles 23:18; 2 Chronicles 29:25;; 35:15:00; Ezra 3:10 Nehemiah 12:24, 36, 45, 46). Asaph and Heman and Jeduthun led the magnificent choir and orchestra at the dedication of the temple (2 Chronicles 5:12). One of the sons of Asaph prophesied, and the sons of the Korahites sang at the crisis in the time of Jehoshaphat (2 Chronicles 20:14, 19). The sons of Asaph and the sons of Heman and the sons of Jeduthun were present, and there was instrumental music and loud singing, according to the appointment of David and his associates, at the time of Hezekiah's Passover (2 Chronicles 29:13). Singing, and Asaph and Heman and Jeduthun and David have an important place in the record concerning Josiah. And the records of the post-exilian times make the singers and the "sons of Asaph" and the arrangements of David as conspicuous as the law of Moses itself.

Add to this that the names Asaph or Heman or Ethan or Jeduthun, or the designation "the sons of Korah" are attached to 25 or more of the Psalms (e.g. Psalms 42-49; 50; 62; 72-85), and we have a body of testimony that is at least abundant and intelligible. It is to the effect that there was elaborate organization, on a large scale, in connection with the musical services of the temple at Jerusalem; that this began in the time of David, as a part of the preparation for building the temple, under the influence of the family traditions of the prophet Samuel; and that the movement continued in the generations following David, either surviving the exile, or being revived after the exile. In connection with this movement, the phrases "sons of Korah," "sons of Asaph," "sons of Heman," "sons of Jeduthun" denote, in some cases, merely lineal escent; but in other cases they denote each an aggregate of persons interested in sacred song and music-a guild or society or succession or group-arising out of the movement which originated in David's time. See, for example, "sons of Asaph" (1 Chronicles 25:1, 2 2 Chronicles 20:14; compare 2 Chronicles 20:19; 2 Chronicles 29:13; 2 Chronicles 35:15 Ezra 2:41; Ezra 3:10 Nehemiah 7:44; Nehemiah 11:22) and "sons of Korah" in the titles of Psalms 42-49 and 84; 85; 87-89. Traces of these aggregates appear in the times of Solomon, of Jehoshaphat, of Joash, of Hezekiah, of Josiah, of Zerubbabel, of Ezra and Nehemiah.

If a person holds that the mention of an event in Chronicles is to be regarded as proof that the event never occurred, that person will of course deny that the testimony thus cited is true to fact. He is likely to hold that the guilds of singers arose in the exile, and that, some generations after Nehemiah, they fabricated for themselves the ecclesiastical and physical pedigrees now found in the Books of Chronicles. If, however, we accord fair play to the Chronicler as a witness, we shall be slow to discredit the minute and interfitting testimony which he has placed before us.

Willis J. Beecher

SON; SONS

sun, sunz:

(1) In Biblical language the word "son" is used first of all in its strictly literal sense of male issue or offspring of a man or woman. In a few cases in the Old Testament, as in Genesis 3:16 Joshua 17:2 Jeremiah 20:15, the Hebrew word ben, is translated correctly in the English by the word "child" or "children" as it includes both sexes, as in Genesis 3:16, or is limited to males by the use of the modifying term "male." Closely connected with this meaning of direct male issue or of children is its use to denote descendants, posterity in the more general sense. This usage which, as in the case of the sons (children) of Israel, may be regarded perhaps as originating in the conception of direct descent from the common ancestor Israel, came in the course of time to be a mere ethnographic designation, so that the term "the children of Israel" and "the children of Ammon" meant no more than Israelites or Ammonites, that is, inhabitants of the lands of Israel or Ammon respectively. An extension of this usage is to be found in the designation of a people as the sons or children of a land or city; so in Amos 9:7 "children of the Ethiopians," or Ezekiel 16:28, where the literal rendering would be "sons of Asshur," instead of the Assyrians, and "the children of Jerus" in Joel 3:6.

See BAR (prefix); BEN-.

(2) More characteristic of Biblical usage is the employment of the word "son" to indicate membership in a class or guild, as in the common phrase "sons of the prophets," which implies nothing whatever as to the ancestry, but states that the individuals concerned are members of the prophetic guilds or schools. In the New Testament the word "sons" (huioi) in Luke 11:19, rendered "children" in Matthew 12:27 the King James Version, means, not physical descendants, but members of the class or sect; according to Matthew the Pharisees, who were attacking Christ.

(3) The word "son" is used with a following genitive of quality to indicate some characteristic of the person or persons described. In the English the word "son" is usually omitted and the phrase is paraphrased as in 2 Samuel 3:34, where the words translated "wicked men" in the King James Version mean literally, sons or children of wickedness. Two examples of this usage may be cited: the familiar phrase "sons of Belial" in the Old Testament (Deuteronomy 15:13 the King James Version, and often), where the meaning is simply base or worthless fellows (compare Numbers 24:17, margin "children of Sheth" (Expository Times, XIII, 64b)); and in the New Testament the phrase "sons of thunder," which is given in Mark 3:17 as the explanation of the epithet "Boanerges." This use is common in the New Testament, as the phrases "children of the kingdom," "children of light," etc., indicate, the general meaning being that the noun in the genitive following the word children indicates some quality of the persons under consideration. The special phrases "Son of man" and "Son of God" are considered in separate articles.

See also RELATIONSHIPS, FAMILY.

Walter R. Betteridge

SONS OF GOD

(Old Testament) (bene ha-'elohim, "sons of God" (Genesis 6:2, 4 Job 1:6; Job 2:1); bene 'elohim, "sons of God" (Job 38:7); bene 'elim, "ye mighty," the King James Version; "ye sons of the mighty," King James Version margin, the Revised Version (British and American); "sons of God" or "sons of the gods," the Revised Version margin (Psalm 29:1); "sons of the mighty," the King James Version and the Revised Version (British and American); "sons of God" or "sons of the gods," the Revised Version margin (Psalm 89:6 (Hebrew 7)); Septuagint huioi tou theou, hoi aggeloi tou theou (Genesis 6:2); huioi tou theou (Genesis 6:4); hoi aggeloi tou theou (Job 1:6; Job 2:1); aggeloi mou (Job 38:7); huioi theou (Psalm 29:1; Psalm 89:6; compare Daniel 3:25)):

1. Job and Psalms:

This article will deal with this phrase as it is used in the above passages. In the passages from Job and Psalms it is applied to supernatural beings or angels. In Job the "sons of God" are represented as appearing before the throne of Yahweh in heaven, ready to do Him service, and as shouting for joy at the creation of the earth, In the Psalms they are summoned to celebrate the glory of Yahweh, for there is none among them to be compared to Him. The phrase in these passages has no physical or moral reference. These heavenly beings are called "sons of God" or "sons of the 'elohim" simply as belonging to the same class or guild as the 'elohim, just as "sons of the prophets" denotes those who belong to the prophetic order (see A.B. Davidson, Commentary on Job 1:6).

2. Genesis 6:2, 4:

Different views, however, are taken of the passage in Genesis 6:2, 4: "The sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all that they chose..... The Nephilim were in the earth in those days, and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men."

See GIANTS; NEPHILIM.

(1) "Sons of God" is interpreted as referring to men,

(a) to sons of the nobles, who married daughters of the common people. This is the view of many Jewish authorities, who hold that it is justified by the use of 'elohim in the sense of "judges" (Exodus 21:6; Exodus 22:8, etc.). But this cannot be the meaning of 'elohim here, for when 'adham, "men," is used to denote the lower classes, it is contrasted with 'ish, as in Psalm 49:2 (Hebrew 3), not with 'elohim. When contrasted with 'elohim it signifies the human race.

(b) Some commentators hold that by "sons of God" is to be understood the pious race descended from Seth, and by "daughters of men" the daughters of worldly men. These commentators connect the passage with Genesis 4:25, where the race of Seth is characterized as the worshippers of Yahweh and is designated as a whole, a seed (compare Deuteronomy 14:1; Deuteronomy 32:5 Hosea 1:10 (Hebrew 2:1)). They consider the restricted meaning they put upon "men" as warranted by the contrast (compare Jeremiah 32:20 Isaiah 43:4), and that as the term "daughters" expresses actual descent, it is natural to understand "sons" in a similar sense. The phrase "took wives," they contend also, supports the ethical view, being always used to signify real and lasting marriages, and cannot, therefore, be applied to the higher spirits in their unholy desire after flesh. On this view Genesis 6:1-4 are an introduction to the reason for the Flood, the great wickedness of man upon the earth (6:5). It is held that nothing is said in 6:4 of a race of giants springing from the union of angels with human wives (see paragraph 2, below), and that the violence which is mentioned along with the corruption of the world (6:11) refers to the sin of the giants.

(2) Most scholars now reject this view and interpret "sons of God" as referring to supernatural beings in accordance with the meaning of the expression in the other passages. They hold that Deuteronomy 14:1, etc., cannot be regarded as supporting the ethical interpretation of the phrase in a historical narrative. The reference to Jeremiah 32:20, etc., too, is considered irrelevant, the contrast in these passages being between Israel and other nations, not, as here, between men and God. Nor can a narrower signification (daughters of worldly men) be attached to "men" in Genesis 6:2 than to "men" in 6:1, where the reference is to the human race in general. This passage (Genesis 6:1-4), therefore, which is the only one of its kind, is considered to be out of its place and to have been inserted here by the compiler as an introduction to the story of the Flood (6:5-8). The intention of the original writer, however, was to account for the rise of the giant race of antiquity by the union of demigods with human wives. This interpretation accords with Enoch chapters 6-7, etc., and with Jude 1:6, where the unnatural sin of the men of Sodom who went after "strange flesh" is compared with that of the angels (compare 2 Peter 2:4;). (See Havernick, Introduction to the Pentateuch; Hengstenberg on the Pentateuch, I, 325; Oehler, Old Testament Theology, I, 196 f; Schultz, Old Testament Theology, I, 114;; Commentary on Genesis by Delitzsch, Dillmann, and Driver.)

See ANTEDILUVIANS, 3; CHILDREN OF GOD; GIANTS; NEPHILIM; REPHAIM.

James Crichton

SONS OF GOD (NEW TESTAMENT)

1. New Testament Terms:

Two Greek words are translated "son," teknon, huios, both words indicating sonship by parentage, the former indicating that the sonship has taken place by physical descent, while the latter presents sonship more from the legal side than from the standpoint of relationship. John, who lays special emphasis on sonship by birth, uses teknon, while Paul, in emphasizing sonship from the legal side, as referring to adoption, which was current among the Romans but scarcely if at all known to, or if known, practiced by, the Jews, uses the word huios (John 1:12 Romans 8:14, 16, 19 Galatians 4:6, 7 1 John 3:1, 2).

2. New Testament Doctrine:

Men are not by nature the sons of God, at least not in the sense in which believers in Christ are so called. By nature those outside of Jesus Christ are "children of wrath" (Ephesians 2:3), "of disobedience" (Ephesians 2:2), controlled not by the Spirit of God (Romans 8:14), but by the spirit of disobedience (Ephesians 2:2-4). Men become sons of God in the regenerative and adoptive sense by the acceptance of Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour (John 1:12 Galatians 3:26). The universal brotherhood which the New Testament teaches is that brotherhood which is based on faith in the Lord Jesus Christ as the divine and only Saviour of the world. And the same is true of the universal Fatherhood of God. It is true that all men are "his offspring" (Acts 17:28 f) in the sense that they are God's created children; but that the New Testament makes a very clear and striking distinction between sonship by virtue of creation and sonship by faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, there can be no reasonable doubt.

Sonship is the present possession of the believer in Christ (1 John 3:2). It will be completed at the second coming of our Lord (Romans 8:23), at which time the believer will throw off his incognito, by reason of which the world may not have recognized his sonship (1 John 3:1, 2), and be fully and gloriously revealed as the son of God (2 Corinthians 5:10). It doth not yet appear, it hath not yet appeared, what we shall be; the revelation of the sons of God is reserved for a coming day of manifestation.

The blessings of sonship are too numerous to mention, save in the briefest way. His sons are objects of God's peculiar love (John 17:23), and His Fatherly care (Luke 12:27-33). They have the family name (Ephesians 3:14 1 John 3:1); the family likeness (Romans 8:29); family love (John 13:35 1 John 3:14); a filial spirit (Romans 8:15 Galatians 4:6); a family service (John 14:23; John 15:8). They receive fatherly chastisement (Hebrews 12:5-11); fatherly comfort (2 Corinthians 1:4), and an inheritance (Romans 8:17 1 Peter 1:3-5).

Among the evidences of sonship are: being led by the Spirit (Romans 8:14 Galatians 5:18); having a childlike confidence in God (Galatians 4:5); having liberty of access (Ephesians 3:12); having love for the brethren (1 John 2:9-11; John 5:1), and obedience (1 John 5:1-3).

William Evans

SONS OF

See SON, SONS.

Strong's Hebrew
1142. Bene Yaaqan -- "sons of Jaakan," a place in the desert
... Bene Yaaqan. 1143 >>. "sons of Jaakan," a place in the desert. Transliteration:
Bene Yaaqan Phonetic Spelling: (ben-ay' yah-ak-awn') Short Definition: Bene-jaakan ...
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885. Beeroth Bene-yaaqan -- "wells of (the) sons of Jaakan," a ...
Beeroth Bene-yaaqan. << 884, 885. Beeroth Bene-yaaqan. 886 >>. "wells of (the) sons
of Jaakan," a place in the desert. Transliteration: Beeroth Bene-yaaqan Phonetic ...
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1139. Bene-beraq -- "sons of lightning," a city in Dan
... Bene-beraq. 1140 >>. "sons of lightning," a city in Dan. Transliteration: Bene-beraq
Phonetic Spelling: (ben-ay'-ber-ak') Short Definition: Bene-berak. ...
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2585. Chanok -- four Israelites, sons of Cain, Jered, Midian and ...
... Chanok. 2586 >>. four Israelites, sons of Cain, Jered, Midian and Reuben.
Transliteration: Chanok Phonetic Spelling: (khan-oke') Short Definition: Enoch. ...
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1121. ben -- son
... << 1120, 1121. ben. 1122 >>. son. Transliteration: ben Phonetic Spelling: (bane)
Short Definition: sons. Word Origin a prim. root Definition ...
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1649. Gereshunni -- descendant of Gershon
... Gershonite, sons of Gershon. Patronymically from Gershown; a Gereshonite or descendant
of Gereshon -- Gershonite, sons of Gershon. see HEBREW Gershown. ...
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7145. Qorchi -- descendant of Korah
... Word Origin from Qorach Definition desc. of Korah NASB Word Usage Korah (1), Korahite
(1), Korahites (6). Korahite, Korathite, sons of Kore, Korhite. ...
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2860a. chathan -- daughter's husband, bridegroom
... Word Origin from an unused word Definition daughter's husband, bridegroom NASB Word
Usage bridegroom (9), groom (1), son-in-law (8), sons-in-law (2). ...
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3205. yalad -- to bear, bring forth, beget
... the midwife (1), give delivery (1), given it birth (1), given birth (4), gives birth
(2), gives delivery (1), giving birth (2), had (17), had sons (1), has (1 ...
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8095. Shimon -- a son of Jacob, also his tribe, also an Israelite ...
... Simeon. From shama'; hearing; Shimon, one of Jacob's sons, also the tribe descended
from him -- Simeon. see HEBREW shama'. << 8094, 8095. Shimon. 8096 >>. ...
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