only-begotten
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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O Lord, the only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ; O Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, that takest away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us.
From BBC ● May 5, 2023
Not His hidden majesty, but His only-begotten Son, born in Bethlehem, is the divinely appointed object of human investigation.
From Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church by Bente, F. (Friedrich)
It was the love of God that prompted Him to send His only-begotten Son into the world that He might save it.
From Sovereign Grace Its Source, Its Nature and Its Effects by Moody, Dwight Lyman
To the only-begotten of these insuing sonnets, Mr W. H., all happinesse and that eternite promised by our ever living poet wisheth the well wishing adventurer in setting forth.
From Oscar Wilde by Ingleby, Leonard Cresswell
"By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac; and he that had received the promises, offered up his only-begotten."
From Notes on the Book of Genesis by Mackintosh, Charles Henry
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