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Son

From: Boyd's Bible Dictionary: S By: James P. Boyd

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In Hebrew sense, any descendant however remote

(Gen. 29:5⁵And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We know him. (Genesis 29:5); 2 Sam. 19:24²⁴And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king, and had neither dressed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came again in peace. (2 Samuel 19:24)). Applied also to pupils, adopted persons, those of kindred faith (Gen. 48:5⁵And now thy two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, which were born unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt, are mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine. (Genesis 48:5); 1 Sam. 3:6⁶And the Lord called yet again, Samuel. And Samuel arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And he answered, I called not, my son; lie down again. (1 Samuel 3:6); Acts 13:6⁶And when they had gone through the isle unto Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Bar-jesus: (Acts 13:6)).

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