"Son of God" meaning in English

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Proper name

Audio: en-us-Son of God.ogg
Etymology: From Middle English sone of God (also Goddes Sone, Godes Sune, etc.), a reanalysis of Old English Godes Sunu (literally “God's Son”), equivalent to Son + of + God. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|sone of God}} Middle English sone of God, {{der|en|ang|Godes Sunu|lit=God's Son}} Old English Godes Sunu (literally “God's Son”), {{compound|en|Son|of|God}} Son + of + God Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=Son of God}} Son of God
  1. (Christianity) Jesus Christ; the Son, considered one of the three persons of the Trinity by Trinitarians. Wikipedia link: Son of God Categories (topical): Christianity, Divine epithets Synonyms: son of God Translations (Translations): Seun van God (Afrikaans), 𐕘𐔰𐕙 𐔱𐔼𐕀𐔰𐕃𐕒𐕡𐕘𐔶 (ġar bixaʒ́uġē) (Aghwan), Υἱός τοῦ Θεοῦ (Huiós toû Theoû) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), اِبْن اللَّٰه (ibn allāh) [masculine] (Arabic), 天主子 (Tiānzhǔzǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), Zoon van God [masculine] (Dutch), Zoon Gods [masculine] (Dutch), Jumalan Poika (Finnish), Fils de Dieu (French), ღვთის ძე (ɣvtis ʒe) (Georgian), Sohn Gottes [masculine] (German), Gottes Sohn [masculine] (German), Gottessohn [masculine] (German), Υιός του Θεού (Yiós tou Theoú) [masculine] (Greek), ख़ुदा का बेटा (xudā kā beṭā) [masculine] (Hindi), Athair-Mhac [masculine] (Irish), Figlio di Dio [masculine] (Italian), Deī Fīlius [masculine] (Latin), Fīlius Deī [masculine] (Latin), Syn Boży [masculine] (Polish), Syn Człowieczy [masculine] (Polish), Filho de Deus [masculine] (Portuguese), Сын Божий (Syn Božij) [masculine] (Russian), Hijo de Dios [masculine] (Spanish), Mwana wa Mungu (Swahili), Anak ng Diyos (Tagalog), خدا کا بیٹا (xudā kā beṭā) [masculine] (Urdu)

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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Hijo de Dios"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "Mwana wa Mungu"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "Anak ng Diyos"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "xudā kā beṭā",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "خدا کا بیٹا"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Son of God"
}

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