Son (?), n. [OE.
sone, sune, AS. sunu; akin to D.
zoon, OS., OFries., & OHG. sunu, G. sohn, Icel. sonr, Sw. son, Dan. sön, Goth. sunus, Lith.
sunus, Russ. suin', Skr. sūnu (from sū to beget, to bear), and Gr. &?; son. √293. 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.
Gen. xxi. 2. 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.
Isa. xix. 11.
I am the Lord, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are
not consumed.
Mal. iii. 6. 3. Any young male person spoken of as
a child; an
adopted male child; a pupil, ward, or any other
young male dependent.
The child grew, and she
brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her
son.
Ex.
ii. 10. Be plain, good son, and homely in thy
drift.
Shak.
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.
Blackmore. 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.
1 John iv. 14. Who gave His
Son sure all has given.
Keble. &fist; 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.
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