The corpus record

υἱο-θεσία

uiothesia · ἡ

adoption as a son

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Where it lives

Galatians 1 · 4.58/10k
Romans 3 · 4.28/10k
Ephesians 1 · 4.15/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant — LSJ

adoption as a son

adoption as a son, Nic.Dam. 130.18 J.; in a religious sense, πνεῦμα υἱοθεσίας Ep.Rom. 8.15, cf. 23, Ep.Gal. 4.5; freq. in Inscrr., in the phrase καθʼ υἱοθεσίαν, GDI 2581.218 (Delph., ii B. C.), SIG 581.102 (Crete, ii B. C., ὑο-): pl., νεανίσκων υἱοθεσίας ποιεῖσθαι D.L. 4.53.

In the wild

υἱοθεσίας · yhiothesias Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 4.7 (DIORISIS sentence 3527)
υἱοθεσίαν · yhiothesian New Testament, Ephesians 1.3 (DIORISIS sentence 3)
υἱοθεσίαν · yhiothesian New Testament, Galatians 4.4 (DIORISIS sentence 81)
υἱοθεσίας · yhiothesias New Testament, Romans 8.15 (DIORISIS sentence 204)
υἱοθεσίαν · yhiothesian New Testament, Romans 8.23 (DIORISIS sentence 212)
υἱοθεσία · yhiothesia New Testament, Romans 9.3 (DIORISIS sentence 236)

Where it came from

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