Sŏn, n.
(sŭn), n. [A-S., O. Sax., O. Fries., and O. H. Ger. sunu, Goth. & Lith. sunus, D. zoon, L. Ger. söne, N. H. Ger. sohn, Icel. sonr, Sw. son, Dan. sön, Slav. syn, Skr. sûnu, from sû, to beget.]
Sense 1. A male child; the male issue of a parent, father or mother.
Sense 2. A male descendant, however distant; hence, in the plural, descendants in general.
I am the Lord, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed. Mal. iii. 6.
Sense 3. Any young male person spoken of as a child; an adopted child; a pupil; or any other young male dependent.
The child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. Ex. ii. 10.
Be plain, good son, and homely in thy drift. Shak.
Sense 4. A native or inhabitant of some specified place; as, sons of Albion; sons of New England.
Sense 5. The produce of any thing. “Earth's tall sons, the cedar, oak, and pine.” Blackmore.
Sense 6. Jesus Christ, the Savior;—called the Son of God, and the Son of man.
The Father sent the Son to be the Savior of the world. 1 John iv. 14.
☞ The expressions son of pride, sons of light, son of Belial, are Hebraisms, which denote persons possessing the qualities of pride, of light, or of Belial, as children inherit the qualities of their ancestors.