son of man
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.17 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A Christian title of Jesus Christ, referring to his status as a celestial being who presides as an eschatological judge.
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.