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Strong's #5206 - υἱοθεσία
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- adoption, adoption as sons
- that relationship which God was pleased to establish between himself and the Israelites in preference to all other nations
- the nature and condition of the true disciples in Christ, who by receiving the Spirit of God into their souls become sons of God
- the blessed state looked for in the future life after the visible return of Christ from heaven
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υἱο-θεσία, ἡ,
adoption as a son, Nic. Dam. 130.18 J.; in a religious sense, πνεῦμα υἱοθεσίας Rom. 8.15, cf. 23, Galatians 4:5; freq. in Inscrr., in the phrase καθ' υἱοθεσίαν, GDI 2581.218 (Delph., ii B. C.), SIG 581.102 (Crete, ii B. C., ὑο-): pl., νεανίσκων υἱοθεσίας ποιεῖσθαι D.L. 4.53.
υἱοθεσία, υἱοθεσίας, ἡ (from υἱός and θέσις, cf. ὁροθεσία, νομοθεσία; in secular authors from Pindar and Herodotus down we find θετός υἱός or θετός παῖς, an adopted son), adoption, adoption as sons (Vulg. adoptio filiorum): (Diodorus 1. 31 § 27, 5 (vol. 10:31, 13 Dindorf)); (Diogenes Laërtius 4, 53; Inscriptions. In the N. T. it is used to denote a. that relationship which God was pleased to establish between himself and the Israelites in preference to all other nations (see υἱός τοῦ Θεοῦ, 4 at the beginning): Romans 9:4.
b. the nature and condition of the true disciples of Christ, who by receiving the Spirit of God into their souls become the sons of God (see υἱός τοῦ Θεοῦ, 4): Romans 8:15; Galatians 4:5; Ephesians 1:5; it also includes the blessed state looked for in the future life after the visible return of Christ from heaven; hence, ἀπεκδέχεσθαι υἱοθεσίαν, to wait for adoption, i. e. the consummate condition of the sons of God, which will render it evident that they are the sons of God, Romans 8:23, cf. Romans 8:19.
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*'† υἱοθεσία , -ας , ἡ
(cf. the cl. phrases, υἱὸν τίθεσθαι , θετὸς υἱός ), freq. in Inscr. (v. Deiss., BS, 239), adoption of a son (or daughter); metaph., of God's relation established
(a) with Israel: Romans 9:4;
(b) with Christians: Romans 8:15, Galatians 4:5, Ephesians 1:5; of its consummation, Romans 8:23.†
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For the prepositional phrase εἰς ὕστερον cf. P Lond 908.32 (A.D. 139) (= III. p. 133) ὅσα ἐὰν εἰς ὕστερον μεταδῶ, P Oxy II. 237viii. 40 (A.D. 186) εἴ τις γένοιτο ζήτησις εἰς ὕστερον, ";if any inquiry be made hereafter,"; and for ἐξ ὑστέρου cf. P Hib I. 52.10 (c. B.C. 245) ὅπως μηθὲν δι [ά ]πτωμα ἐξ ὑστέρου γίνη [ται, ";in order that there may be no subsequent loss"; (Edd.), P Oxy VIII. 1118.12 (i/ii A.D.) ἐξ ὑστέρου, ";for the future.";
For a form ὑστέρω for ὑστέρως see Radermacher Gr..2, p. 64. The superl. ὕστατον (cf. 3 Maccabees 5:49) occurs in P Iand 27.8 (A.D. 100–101).
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