Strong G1295διασῴζω

to save

Transliteration: diasōzō
Pronunciation: dee-as-odze'-o
Morphology: Greek Verb

Definition

From G1223 and G4982; to save thoroughly that is (by implication or analogy) to cure preserve 6
rescue etc.: - bring safe escape (safe) heal make perfectly whole save.

Detailed definition

δια-σώζω
[in LXX for מָלַט, יָשַׁע, etc.;]
to bring safely through a danger: Luk.7:3, Act.27:43; before πρός, Act.23:24. Pass., to come safe through: Act.28:1; ἐπὶ τ. γῆν, Act.27:44; ἐκ τ. θαλάσσης, Act.28:4; δι᾽ ὕδατος, 1Pe.3:20; of sickness, to recover: Mat.14:36.†
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In the Bible

Strong G1295 appears in 8 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

escape3
safe2
save2
bring1
heal1
make1

First verses

Matthew 14:36
And besought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment: and as many as touched were made perfectly whole.
Luke 7:3
And when he heard of Jesus, he sent unto him the elders of the Jews, beseeching him that he would come and heal his servant.
Acts 23:24
And provide them beasts, that they may set Paul on, and bring him safe unto Felix the governor.
Acts 27:43
But the centurion, willing to save Paul, kept them from their purpose; and commanded that they which could swim should cast themselves first into the sea, and get to land:
Acts 27:44
And the rest, some on boards, and some on broken pieces of the ship. And so it came to pass, that they escaped all safe to land.
Acts 28:1
And when they were escaped, then they knew that the island was called Melita.
Acts 28:4
And when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live.
1 Peter 3:20
Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.

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διασῴζω,
preserve through a danger, of persons, Ἀπόλλωνα δ. κατακρύψασα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.156; δ. πόλιν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 783; δ. τινὰ ἐκ κινδύνων 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 1.23)]:—middle, save for oneself, τὰ πλείστου ἄξια [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.2.28)]:—passive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 22d)]; come safe through, τοὺς διασωθέντας [NT ([prev. author] “R.” 540a, cf. NT.1Pet.3.20, etc.)]; διασῴζεσθαι ἐς.. or πρός.. to come safe to a place, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.113, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.4.5, etc.)]; recover from illness, [Refs ([prev. author] “Mem.” 2.10.2.)]
II of things, preserve, maintain, ἀνδρὶ τἀμὰ δ. λέχη.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 65)]; keep in memory, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.5.22; δ. πίστιν τινί [prev. author] “HG” 7.2.17; δ. τὸν πρῶτον λόγον 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 395b, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physica” 189b1; τὰ παλαιά 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 10.63)]:—middle, preserve for oneself, retain, εὐδαιμονίαν, εὐτυχίαν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.39, 5.16; δόξαν 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 2.69; τὴν τῶν Μήδων μαλακίαν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.8.15.)]