Son of Man

English

Alternative forms

• Son of man (archaic)

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

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Proper noun

Son of Man

1. (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
• 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: Människoson c
• Ukrainian: Син людськи́й m (Syn ljudsʹkýj), Син чолові́чий m (Syn čolovíčyj)
• Vietnamese: Con Người