Son of God
noun
Jesus, especially as the Messiah.
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son of God
son of Godnounan angelic being
Son of God
Americannoun
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Jesus, especially as the Messiah.
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any person responding to God or acknowledging God as Father. Romans 8:14.
son of God
British
noun
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an angelic being
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a Christian believer
Etymology
Origin of Son of God
First recorded before 950; Middle English; Old English
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Lewis’s argument that Jesus couldn’t have been a “great moral teacher” if he wasn’t the Son of God, as he claimed to be, grabbed Mr. Murray’s attention.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025
Police have been attempting to arrest Apollo Quiboloy who claims to be the "Appointed Son of God", in a raid on his sprawling church compound.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2024
She said to him, “Yes, Lord; I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, he who is coming into the world.”
From Washington Times ● Apr. 16, 2021
“The Son of God was born an outcast, in order to tell us that every outcast is a child of God,” the pontiff said on his Twitter account.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 29, 2020
The Son of God was dead as a doornail.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
Although I am a Christian and strongly believe Jesus is the son of God, I’ve always esteemed my Muslim friends.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 2026
As debate swirled on social media, the baby Jesus, represented by his fabric head, disappeared from the Christmas cot on Saturday, prompting the authorities to replace the son of God and tighten security.
From Barron's ● Dec. 2, 2025
David Icke is infamous for his belief that he is the son of God and that the royal family are shape-shifting lizards.
From BBC ● Jan. 3, 2022
Christmas marks the birth of Jesus of Nazareth, claimed by Christians to be the son of God, but for enslaved African Americans, the holiday season also offered miracles of a more practical sort.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 25, 2021
If Jesus was the son of God and God was the god of the universe, does it work here too?
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
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