BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
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GREEK · G5206
uhiothesia — adoption (as son)
υἱοθεσία, -ας, ἡ (cf. the cl. phrases, υἱὸν τίθεσθαι, θετὸς υἱός), frequently in Inscr. (see Deiss., BS, 239), adoption of a son (or daughter); metaphorically, of God's relation established (a) with Israel: Rom.9:4; (b) with Christians: Rom.8:15, Gal.4:5, Eph.1:5; of its consummation, Rom.8:23.† (AS)
5 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G20048
allophulismos — becoming native
adoption of foreign customs
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G7133
ekpoieō — to furnish
1. to put out : 2. to put out a child, i. e. give him in adoption , (Isaeus Orator) 3. Mid. to produce, bring forth , (Aristophanes Comicus) 4. to make complete, finish, finish off , (Herdotus Historicus):—;with genitive materiae, Παρίου λίθου τὰ ἔμπροσθε ἐξεποίησαν they made all the front of Parian marble, (Herdotus Historicus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →The giving to any one the name and place and privileges of a son who is not a son by birth. (1.) Natural. Thus Pharaoh’s daughter adopted Moses (Ex. 2:10), and Mordecai Esther (Esther 2:7). (2.) National. God adopted Israel (Ex. 4:22; Deut. 7:6; Hos. 11:1; Rom. 9:4). (3.) Spiritual. An act of God’s grace by which he brings men into the number of his redeemed family, and makes them partakers of all the blessings he has provided for them. Adoption represents the new relations into which the believer is introduced by justification, and the privileges connected therewith, viz., an interest in God’s peculiar love (John 17:23; Rom. 5:5-8), a spiritual nature (2 Pet. 1:4; John 1:13), the possession of a spirit becoming children of God (1 Pet. 1:14; 2 John 4; Rom. 8:15-21; Gal. 5:1; Heb. 2:15), present protection, consolation, supplies (Luke 12:27-32; John 14:18; 1 Cor. 3:21-23; 2 Cor. 1:4), fatherly chastisements (Heb. 12:5-11), and a future glorious inheritance (Rom. 8:17, 23; James 2:5; Phil. 3:21).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
