υἱός, 
υἱοῦ, 
ὁ, from 
Homer down, the 
Sept. for 
בֵּן and Chaldean 
בַּר, 
a son (male offspring);
     
1. properly,
     
a. rarely of the young of animals: 
Matthew 21:5 (
Psalm 28:1 (
Ps. 29:1); Sir. 38:25); generally of the offspring of men, and in the restricted sense, 
male issue (one begotten by a father and born of a mother): 
Matthew 10:37; 
Luke 1:13; (
Luke 14:5 L T Tr WH); 
Acts 7:29; 
Galatians 4:22, etc.; 
ὁ υἱός τίνος, 
Matthew 7:9; 
Mark 9:17; 
Luke 3:2; 
John 1:42(
John 1:43), and very often, as in Greek writings, 
υἱός is often to be supplied by the reader (
Winer's Grammar, § 30, 3, p. 593 (551)): as 
τόν τοῦ Ζεβεδαίου, 
Matthew 4:21; 
Mark 1:19. plural 
υἱοί τίνος, 
Matthew 20:20; 
Luke 5:10; 
John 4:12; 
Acts 2:17; 
Hebrews 11:21, etc. with the addition of an adjective, as 
πρωτότοκος, 
Matthew 1:25 (
R G); 
Luke 2:7; 
μονογενής, 
Luke 7:12. 
οἱ υἱοί, genuine sons, are distinguished from 
οἱ νόθοι in 
Hebrews 12:8. equivalent to 
τέκνον with 
ἄρσην added, 
a man child (
Buttmann, 80 (70)), 
Revelation 12:5; of one (actually or to be) regarded as a son, although properly not one, 
John 19:26; 
Acts 7:21; 
Hebrews 11:24; in kindly address, 
Hebrews 12:5 from 
Proverbs 3:11 (see 
τέκνον, a.
β.).
     
b. in a wider sense (like 
θυγάτηρ, 
τέκνον), 
a descendant, one of the posterity of anyone: 
τίνος, 
Matthew 1:20; 
ὁ υἱός Δαυίδ, of the Messiah, 
Matthew 22:42, 
45; 
Mark 12:35, 
37; 
Luke 20:41, 
44; of Jesus the Messiah, 
Matthew 9:27; 
Matthew 12:23; 
Matthew 15:22; 
Matthew 20:30; 
Matthew 21:9, 
15; 
Mark 10:47; 
Luke 18:38f plural 
υἱοί τίνος, 
Matthew 23:31; 
Hebrews 7:5; 
υἱοί Ἰσραήλ, Israelites (
the children of Israel), 
Matthew 27:9; 
Acts 9:15; 
Acts 10:36; 
2 Corinthians 3:7, 
13; 
Hebrews 11:21; 
Revelation 2:14; 
Revelation 7:4; 
Revelation 21:12 (see 
Ἰσραήλ); 
υἱοί Ἀβραάμ, 
sons of Abraham, is tropically applied to those who by their faith in Christ are akin to Abraham, 
Galatians 3:7.
     
2. tropically and according to the Hebrew mode of speech (
Winer's Grammar, 33 (32)), 
υἱός with the genitive of a person is used of one who depends on another or is his follower: 
οἱ υἱοί of teachers, equivalent to 
pupils (see 
τέκνον, b. 
β. (cf. 
Irenaeus haer. 4, 41, 2 qui enim ab aliquo edoctus est, verbo filius docentis dicitur, et ille eius pater)), 
Matthew 12:27; 
Luke 11:19; 
τοῦ πονηροῦ, who in thought and action are prompted by the evil one and obey him, 
Matthew 13:38; 
υἱός διαβόλου, 
Acts 13:10; with the genitive of a thing, one who is connected with or belongs to a thing by any kind of close relationship (
Winers Grammar, § 34, 3 N. 2; 
Buttmann, § 132, 10): 
υἱοί τοῦ νυμφῶνος (see 
νυμφών), 
Matthew 9:15; 
Mark 2:19; 
Luke 5:34 (
τῆς ἄκρας, the garrison of the citadel, 1 Macc. 4:2; in Ossian 'a son of the hill' i. e. 'a hunter', 'a son of the sea' i. e. 'a sailor'; cf. Jen. Lit. Zeit. for 1836 No. 58, p. 462f); 
τοῦ αἰῶνος τούτου, those whose character belongs to this age (is 'worldly'), 
Luke 16:8; 
Luke 20:34; 
τῆς ἀπειθείας, i. e. 
ἀπειθεῖς, 
Ephesians 2:2; 
Ephesians 5:6; 
Colossians 3:6 (here 
T Tr WH omit; 
L brackets the clause) (
ἀνομίας, Psalm 88:23 (
Ps. 89:23); 
τῆς ὑπερηφανίας, 1 Macc. 2:47); 
βροντῆς, who resemble thunder, thundering (see 
Βοανεργές), 
Mark 3:17; 
τοῦ φωτός, instructed in evangelical truth and devotedly obedient to it, 
Luke 16:8; 
John 12:36; with 
καί τῆς ἡμέρας added, 
1 Thessalonians 5:5; 
τῆς ἀναστάσεως, sharers in the resurrection, 
Luke 20:36; 
παρακλήσεως, 
Acts 4:36; one to whom anything belongs: as 
υἱοί τῶν προφητῶν καί τῆς διαθήκης, those to whom the prophetic and covenant promises belong, 
Acts 3:25; for whom a thing is destined, as 
υἱοί τῆς βασιλείας, 
Matthew 8:12; 
Matthew 13:38; 
τῆς ἀπωλείας, 
John 17:12; 
2 Thessalonians 2:3; one who is worthy of a thing, as 
γηννης, 
Matthew 23:15; 
εἰρήνης, 
Luke 10:6 (
θανάτου, 
1 Samuel 20:31; 
2 Samuel 12:5; 
הַכּות בִּן, the 
Sept. ἄξιος πληγῶν, 
Deuteronomy 25:2). (Synonym: see 
τέκνον.)