Son

From son (“male offspring”).

the Son

1. (Christianity) One of the three persons of the Trinity, believed to have become incarnated as Jesus Christ.

• the Father
• Holy Ghost
• Trinity

• Son of God
• Son of Man

As a surname, from:

• Korean 손 (son)
• Khmer ស៊ន (sɔɔn) or Khmer សឺន (səɨn)

Son (plural Sons)

1. A surname.

• ons, Nos, Nos., nos., NSO, ONS, nos, NOS, Nºˢ

• Zon (dialect form)

First attested sunna in 1107. Etymology uncertain. Potentially derived from an old term cognate to zwin (“creek”). Compare Sommelsdijk and Zonnemaire and the hydronyms Zenne and Zeun.

• IPA^(key): /sɔn/
• Hyphenation: Son
• Rhymes: -ɔn

Son n

1. a village in Son en Breugel, North Brabant, Netherlands

   Synonym: Krutjesgat (Carnival nickname)

• Sonnenaar
• Sons
• Son en Breugel

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

See son

Son c

1. (Christianity) Son, God the Son
   • 1932, Hjalmar Söderberg, Den förvandlade messias. Jesus Barabbas II‎^[1], Albert Bonniers förlag, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, courtesy of Göteborgs universitetsbibliotek, archived from the original on 16 May 2025, page 319:

     Vid första århundradets slut hade de kristna ännu blott två gudar, Fadern och Sonen. Men [...] Sonen [hade] redan vuxit Fadern över huvudet.

     At the end of the first century, Christians still had but two gods, the Father and the Son. But the Son had already outgrown the Father.

   • 1999 November 17, 1973 års bibelkommission, “Matteusevangeliet 28:19”, in Bibel 2000‎^[2], © Svenska Bibelsällskapet, accessed at Bible.com, archived from the original on 30 April 2025:

     [G]ör alla folk till lärjungar: döp dem i Faderns och Sonens och den heliga Andens namn.

     Make disciples of all nations: baptize them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.

   • 2010, Lars Cavallin, transl., Katolska kyrkans katekes‎^[3], Catholica, archived from the original on 20 November 2023, §261:

     Den heliga Treenighetens mysterium är det centrala mysteriet i den kristna tron och det kristna livet. Endast Gud kan ge oss kunskap om det då han uppenbarar sig som Fader, Son och helig Ande.

     The mystery of the Holy Trinity is the central mystery of the Christian faith and of Christian life. God alone can make it known to us by revealing himself as Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

• Son in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker

• Soon
• Sun

Romanization of Hokkien 孫／孙 (Sun)

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈson/ [ˈson̪]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: Son

Son (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜈ᜔)

1. a surname from Hokkien

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Son is the 726^th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 12,825 individuals.