Strong’s G5206 · Greek
υἱοθεσία
huiothesía · hwee-oth-es-ee'-ah
Origin from a presumed compound of υἱός (G5207) and a derivative of τίθημι (G5087);
Meaning the placing as a son, i.e. adoption (figuratively, Christian sonship in respect to God)
In the King James Version adoption (of children, of sons).
In 5 verses of the King James Version
- Romans 8:15For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
- Romans 8:23And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.
- Romans 9:4Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises;
- Galatians 4:5To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.
- Ephesians 1:5Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.