Synonyms

Son of God

American

noun

Jesus, especially as the Messiah.
any person responding to God or acknowledging God as Father. Romans 8:14.

son of God British

noun

an angelic being
a Christian believer

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Etymology

Origin of Son of God

First recorded before 950; Middle English; Old English

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Example Sentences

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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

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