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Solomons Servants

People & Groups • Old Testament
Solomon’s servants were descendants of Canaanite laborers whom Solomon employed in royal building works. Their descendants returned from the Babylonian captivity as a distinct group.

Solomons Song

Scripture • Old Testament
Solomon’s Song is another title for the Song of Solomon, also called Canticles.

Son

Other • Both
Son can describe physical descent, relationship, membership, or succession. Biblical expressions such as “son of a year” and “son of a bow” use the term in extended senses.

Son of God

Jesus Christ • Both
Son of God is the distinctive title of Jesus Christ, declaring his unique and eternal relationship with the Father and his true deity. In plural forms, “sons of God” can refer to angels or people related to God by grace.

SON OF GOD, THE

Jesus Christ • Both
“The Son of God” is a title applied in various senses to angels, Israel, kings, and believers, but in its fullest New Testament sense it identifies Jesus Christ as the divine Son, equal with the Father and worthy of faith and worship.

Son of man

Jesus Christ • Both
Son of man can refer generally to human beings in their weakness, to the prophet Ezekiel, and especially to Jesus Christ. Applied to Jesus, it emphasizes his true humanity and also recalls Daniel’s promised heavenly ruler.

SON OF MAN, THE

Jesus Christ • Both
“The Son of Man” is Jesus’ characteristic self-designation in the Gospels. Drawing especially on Daniel’s vision, the title presents Him as the promised Messiah who would suffer, give His life for many, receive authority, and come in glory to judge.

SONG

Worship & Prayer • Both
A song is a vocal or poetic composition, whether sacred or secular. Scripture includes songs of worship, thanksgiving, lament, victory, instruction, and national celebration, with the Psalms forming the chief collection of sacred songs.

SONG OF SONGS

Scripture • Old Testament
The Song of Songs is a poetic book celebrating love and marriage. It has traditionally been read both as a beautiful expression of human love and, by many Jewish and Christian interpreters, as suggestive of the love between God and His people or Christ and His church.

Songs

Worship & Prayer • Both
Scripture records songs of praise, victory, prayer, prophecy, and thanksgiving from Moses, Deborah, David, Hannah, Mary, angels, and others. These songs express God’s mighty works and the worship of his people.

SONS OF GOD

Angels & Spiritual Beings • Both
“Sons of God” chiefly refers in Job and the Psalms to heavenly beings or angels who stand before God and serve Him. In Genesis 6:2,4 the expression is debated, with interpretations referring either to human groups or to supernatural beings.

SONS OF GOD (NEW TESTAMENT)

Salvation • New Testament
In the New Testament, believers become sons of God through faith in Jesus Christ, by spiritual birth and adoption. This sonship brings God’s love, care, discipline, inheritance, and a family likeness, and will be fully revealed at Christ’s coming.
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