from a presumed compound of G5207 and a derivative of G5087; the placing as a son, i.e. adoption (figuratively, Christian sonship in respect to God):--adoption (of children, of sons).
adoption, adoption as sons
that relationship which God was pleased to establish between himself and the Israelites in preference to all other nations
the nature and condition of the true disciples in Christ, who by receiving the Spirit of God into their souls become sons of God
the blessed state looked for in the future life after the visible return of Christ from heaven
