son

son n

OE.

  1. Male heir; young man ready to marry.
  2. Male offspring of deity.
  3. Heir; descendant; successor.
  4. Male child; little boy.
  5. Creature; child; offspring without reference to gender.
  6. Result; product; consequence.
  7. Phrase. “Son of God”: Savior; Redeemer; Jesus Christ (see Matthew 26:63); first-born only-begotten male child of Heavenly Father and Mary of Nazareth; divine man who experienced suffering, mediated sin, and overcame death for all humankind because he is the offspring of an eternal father and a mortal mother; (see Daniel 3:25; Matthew 4:3).