Strong's #5206: huiothesia (pronounced hwee-oth-es-ee'-ah)

from a presumed compound of 5207 and a derivative of 5087; the placing as a son, i.e. adoption (figuratively, Christian sonship in respect to God):--adoption (of children, of sons).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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uihothesia

1) adoption, adoption as sons

1a) that relationship which God was pleased to establish between himself and the Israelites in preference to all other nations

1b) the nature and condition of the true disciples in Christ, who by receiving the Spirit of God into their souls become sons of God

1c) the blessed state looked for in the future life after the visible return of Christ from heaven

Part of Speech: noun feminine

Relation: from a presumed compound of G5207 and a derivative of G5087

Citing in TDNT: 8:397, 1206

Usage:

This word is used 5 times:

 

Romans 8:15: "but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba,"
Romans 8:23: "within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body."
Romans 9:4: "Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and"
Galatians 4:5: "that we might receive the adoption of sons."
Ephesians 1:5: "Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to"