English

Son of God

Jesus Christ; the Son, considered one of the three persons of the Trinity by Trinitarians.

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    Origin

    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.

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    • inheritedMiddle Englishsone of God
      • derivedOld EnglishGodes Sunu
    • surface analysisEnglishSon “One of the three persons of the Trinity, believed to have become incarnated as Jesus Christ.”
    • surface analysisEnglishof “From (a place); off.”
    • surface analysisEnglishGod “The first deity of various theistic religions, and the only deity in monotheism.”

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