English
Etymology
From Middle English Sone of man, sone of man (also Mannes sone, Monnes Sune, man sone, man sun, etc.), meaning "mortal man, human being; the Messiah, the Christ", a reanalysis of Old English Mannes sunu (literally “man's son”), equivalent to Son + of + Man. Calque of Ancient Greek υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου (huiòs toû anthrṓpou), itself a calque of Aramaic בַּר אֱנָשׁ (human being, “bar ʾĕnāš”, literally “Son of man”), used in Daniel 7:13 for an apocalyptic figure.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Son of Man
- (Christianity) A Christian title of Jesus Christ, referring to his status as a celestial being who presides as an eschatological judge.
Translations
Jesus Christ
- Afrikaans: Menseseun
- Arabic: اِبْنُ الإنْسان m (ibnu l-ʔinsān)
- Aramaic:
- Classical Syriac: ܒܪ ܐܢܫܐ m (bar nāšā)
- Belarusian: Сын чалаве́чы m (Syn čalavjéčy)
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 人子 (jan4 zi2)
- Hakka: 人子 (Ngìn-chṳ́)
- Mandarin: 人子 (zh) (Rénzǐ)
- Danish: Menneskesønnen c (definite form)
- Dutch: Mensenzoon (nl) m, Zoon des mensen m
- Estonian: please add this translation if you can
- Finnish: Ihmisen Poika
- French: Fils de l'homme (fr) m
- German: der Menschensohn m, (archaic) des Menschen Sohn m
- Greek:
- Ancient: υἱὸς τοὺ ἀνθρώπου m (huiòs toù anthrṓpou)
- Hungarian: please add this translation if you can
- Indonesian: anak manusia (id)
- Italian: figlio dell'uomo m
- Japanese: 人の子 (ひとのこ, hito no ko)
- Korean: 사람의 아들 (saramui adeul), 인자(人子) (ko) (inja)
- Latin: Filius hominis m
- Latvian: please add this translation if you can
- Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
- Maltese: Bin il-Bniedem m
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: Menneskesønnen (no) m (definite form)
- Nynorsk: Menneskesonen m (definite form)
- Plautdietsch: Menschensän m
- Polish: Syn Człowieczy (pl) m
- Portuguese: filho do homem m
- Russian: Сын челове́ческий m (Syn čelovéčeskij)
- Spanish: hijo de hombre m
- Swahili: Mwana wa Mtu class 1
- Swedish: Människosonen c (definite form)
- Ukrainian: Син людськи́й m (Syn ljudsʹkýj), Син чолові́чий m (Syn čolovíčyj)
- Vietnamese: Con Người
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