Strong G4990σωτήρ
savior
- Transliteration
- sōtēr
- Pronunciation
- so-tare'
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
From G4982; a deliverer that is God or Christ: - saviour.
Detailed definition
σωτήρ, -ῆρος, ὁ
(σώζω), [in LXX for יָשַׁע and cognate forms;]
saviour, deliverer, preserver, a frequently epithet of kings in the Ptolemaic and Rom. periods (Deiss., BS, 83; LAE, 368 f.; MM, xxiv), in NT,
__(a) of God (as LXX: Psa.24:5, Isa.12:2, al.): Luk.1:47, 1Ti.1:1 2:3 4:10, Tit.1:3 2:10 3:4, Ju 25;
__(b) of Christ: Luk.2:11, Act.5:31 13:23, Php.3:20; τ. κόσμου, Jhn.4:42, 1Jn.4:14 (for the general use of the word, see Westc., in l); ἡμῶν, 2Ti.1:10, Tit.1:4 3:6; θεὸς (κύριος) καὶ σ. (see Deiss., LAE, 348.4; M, Pr., 84), Tit.2:13, 2Pe.1:1 1:11 2:20 3:2 3:18; σ. τοῦ σώματος (i.e. of the Church; see: σῶμα, 5), Eph.5:23.†
(AS)
(σώζω), [in LXX for יָשַׁע and cognate forms;]
saviour, deliverer, preserver, a frequently epithet of kings in the Ptolemaic and Rom. periods (Deiss., BS, 83; LAE, 368 f.; MM, xxiv), in NT,
__(a) of God (as LXX: Psa.24:5, Isa.12:2, al.): Luk.1:47, 1Ti.1:1 2:3 4:10, Tit.1:3 2:10 3:4, Ju 25;
__(b) of Christ: Luk.2:11, Act.5:31 13:23, Php.3:20; τ. κόσμου, Jhn.4:42, 1Jn.4:14 (for the general use of the word, see Westc., in l); ἡμῶν, 2Ti.1:10, Tit.1:4 3:6; θεὸς (κύριος) καὶ σ. (see Deiss., LAE, 348.4; M, Pr., 84), Tit.2:13, 2Pe.1:1 1:11 2:20 3:2 3:18; σ. τοῦ σώματος (i.e. of the Church; see: σῶμα, 5), Eph.5:23.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4990 appears in 24 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- saviour24
First verses
- Luke 1:47And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.
- Luke 2:11For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
- John 4:42And said unto the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world.
- Acts 5:31Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.
- Acts 13:23Of this man’s seed hath God according to his promise raised unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus:
- Ephesians 5:23For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.
- Philippians 3:20For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:
- 1 Timothy 1:1Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our Saviour, and Lord Jesus Christ, which is our hope;
- 1 Timothy 2:3For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;
- 1 Timothy 4:10For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of those that believe.
- 2 Timothy 1:10But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel:
- Titus 1:3But hath in due times manifested his word through preaching, which is committed unto me according to the commandment of God our Saviour;
- Titus 1:4To Titus, mine own son after the common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour.
- Titus 2:10Not purloining, but shewing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things.
- Titus 2:13Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;
- Titus 3:4But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared,
- Titus 3:6Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour;
- 2 Peter 1:1Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ:
- 2 Peter 1:11For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
- 2 Peter 2:20For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
σωτήρ, ῆρος, ὁ,
vocative σῶτερ (see. below 1.2): poetry σᾰωτήρ [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 129, 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Delum” 166)]: (σῴζω):— saviour, deliverer, with genitive of person etc. saved, σ. ἀνθρώπων, νηῶν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“Hymni Homerici” 22.5, 33.6; τῆς Ἑλλάδος 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.139; ἑστίας πατρός 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 264)]; but also with genitive of things, [νόσου], κακῶν, βλάβης, a preserver from disease, ills, hurt, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 304, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 360 (_anapaest meter_), “Heracl.” 640; with _dative_, σ. τῇ πόλει καὶ νῷν φανείς 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 149)]; σ. δόμοις. [Refs ([prev. author] “Nu.” 1161)]; of a philosopher or guide, ὁδηγόν.. ὅν φησι σωτῆρα μόνον [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ παρρησίας” p.20 O.)]; especially of Epicurus, ὁ σ. ὁ ἡμέτερος [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Polystratus Epicureus “Herc.” 346p.80V.)]
2 epithet of Ζεύς, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 5.17, “fragment” 30.5, “IG” 22.410.18 (4th c.BC), etc.)]; to whom persons after a safe voyage offered sacrifice, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Diphilus Comicus 43.24)]; there was often a temple of Ζεὺς Σ. at harbours, e.g. the Piraeus, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 9.1.15)]; to Ζεὺς Σωτήρ the third cup of wine was dedicated, τρίτον Σωτῆρι σπένδειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 6(5).8; τρίτην Διὸς Σωτῆρος εὐκταίαν λίβα 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 55; Ζεῦ σῶτερ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 1009, 4th-3rd c.BC: Dinarchus Orator 1.36; ὦ Ζεῦ σῶτερ 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 79.21, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 532.2)]; to drink this cup became a symbol of good luck, and the third time came to mean the lucky time, τρίτος ἦλθέ ποθεν--σωτῆρ᾽ ἢ μόρον εἴπ; [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 1073 (_anapaest meter_))]; whence the proverb τὸ τρίτον τῷ σωτῆρι the third (i.e. the lucky) time, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 583b, “Phlb.” 66d, “Chrm.” 167a)]; and Zeus was himself called τρίτος σ., Παλλάδος καὶ Λοξίου ἕκατι καὶ τοῦ πάντα κραίν οντος τρίτου σωτῆρος [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 760, compare “Supp.” 26 (_anapaest meter_).)]
2.b epithet of other gods, as of Apollo, [Refs ([prev. author] “Ag.” 512, etc.)]; of Hermes, [Refs ([prev. author] “Ch.” 2)]; of Asclepios, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“IG” 4.718 (from Hermione), 7.2808 (Hyettus, 3rd c.AD), BMus. Cat.Coins Pontus p.156 (from Nicaea))]; σ. εὐρυχόρου Λακεδαίμονος [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Isyllus Lyricus 82; τὸν σ. τῶν ὅλων Ἀσκληπιόν 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 4.153b; Ζεὺς Ἀσκληπιὸς σ. τῶν ὅλων 2nd c.AD: Aristides Rhetor “Orationes” 42(6).4)]; of the Dioscuri, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“IG” 12(3).422 (Thera, 3rd c.BC), 14.2406.108 (from Tarentum), etc.)]; even with feminine deities, Τύχη σωτήρ, for σώτειρα, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 664, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 81)]: generally, of guardian or tutelary gods, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.138, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 982, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 738; τοῖς ἀποτροπαίοις καὶ σωτῆρσι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 3.3.4.)]
3 applied to rulers, διὰ σέ, βασιλεῦ (viz. Ptolemy IV Philopator), τὸν πάντων κοινὸν σ. [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PEnteux.” 11.6 (3rd c.BC))]; Πτολεμαῖος Σ. [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“OGI” 19.1, +others; Ἀντίοχος Σ. [prev. work]233.3, +others; of Roman Emperors or governors, [prev. work]668.3 (Egypt, 1st c.AD), “PLond.” 1.177.24 (1st c.AD), etc.)]
4 in [LXX+NT (LXX and “NT”, applied to God, LXX.Deu.32.15, +others, NT.1Tim.1.1, +others; to Christ, NT.Luke.2.11, +others)]
II in Poets, as adjective, σ. ναὸς πρότονος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 897, compare 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 159)]; with a feminine noun, γονῆς σωτῆρος (as [Refs 4th c.BC+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Hermes Trismegistus for γυνή) 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 225)]; τιμαὶ σωτῆρες the office or prerogative of saving, of the Dioscuri, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 993 (_anapaest meter_).)]
III name of a month created by Caligula, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“BGU” 1078 (38 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus), “PRyl.” 2.149 (39 / 40 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus), etc.)]
vocative σῶτερ (see. below 1.2): poetry σᾰωτήρ [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 129, 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Delum” 166)]: (σῴζω):— saviour, deliverer, with genitive of person etc. saved, σ. ἀνθρώπων, νηῶν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“Hymni Homerici” 22.5, 33.6; τῆς Ἑλλάδος 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.139; ἑστίας πατρός 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 264)]; but also with genitive of things, [νόσου], κακῶν, βλάβης, a preserver from disease, ills, hurt, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 304, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 360 (_anapaest meter_), “Heracl.” 640; with _dative_, σ. τῇ πόλει καὶ νῷν φανείς 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 149)]; σ. δόμοις. [Refs ([prev. author] “Nu.” 1161)]; of a philosopher or guide, ὁδηγόν.. ὅν φησι σωτῆρα μόνον [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ παρρησίας” p.20 O.)]; especially of Epicurus, ὁ σ. ὁ ἡμέτερος [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Polystratus Epicureus “Herc.” 346p.80V.)]
2 epithet of Ζεύς, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 5.17, “fragment” 30.5, “IG” 22.410.18 (4th c.BC), etc.)]; to whom persons after a safe voyage offered sacrifice, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Diphilus Comicus 43.24)]; there was often a temple of Ζεὺς Σ. at harbours, e.g. the Piraeus, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 9.1.15)]; to Ζεὺς Σωτήρ the third cup of wine was dedicated, τρίτον Σωτῆρι σπένδειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 6(5).8; τρίτην Διὸς Σωτῆρος εὐκταίαν λίβα 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 55; Ζεῦ σῶτερ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 1009, 4th-3rd c.BC: Dinarchus Orator 1.36; ὦ Ζεῦ σῶτερ 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 79.21, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 532.2)]; to drink this cup became a symbol of good luck, and the third time came to mean the lucky time, τρίτος ἦλθέ ποθεν--σωτῆρ᾽ ἢ μόρον εἴπ; [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 1073 (_anapaest meter_))]; whence the proverb τὸ τρίτον τῷ σωτῆρι the third (i.e. the lucky) time, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 583b, “Phlb.” 66d, “Chrm.” 167a)]; and Zeus was himself called τρίτος σ., Παλλάδος καὶ Λοξίου ἕκατι καὶ τοῦ πάντα κραίν οντος τρίτου σωτῆρος [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 760, compare “Supp.” 26 (_anapaest meter_).)]
2.b epithet of other gods, as of Apollo, [Refs ([prev. author] “Ag.” 512, etc.)]; of Hermes, [Refs ([prev. author] “Ch.” 2)]; of Asclepios, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“IG” 4.718 (from Hermione), 7.2808 (Hyettus, 3rd c.AD), BMus. Cat.Coins Pontus p.156 (from Nicaea))]; σ. εὐρυχόρου Λακεδαίμονος [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Isyllus Lyricus 82; τὸν σ. τῶν ὅλων Ἀσκληπιόν 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 4.153b; Ζεὺς Ἀσκληπιὸς σ. τῶν ὅλων 2nd c.AD: Aristides Rhetor “Orationes” 42(6).4)]; of the Dioscuri, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“IG” 12(3).422 (Thera, 3rd c.BC), 14.2406.108 (from Tarentum), etc.)]; even with feminine deities, Τύχη σωτήρ, for σώτειρα, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 664, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 81)]: generally, of guardian or tutelary gods, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.138, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 982, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 738; τοῖς ἀποτροπαίοις καὶ σωτῆρσι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 3.3.4.)]
3 applied to rulers, διὰ σέ, βασιλεῦ (viz. Ptolemy IV Philopator), τὸν πάντων κοινὸν σ. [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PEnteux.” 11.6 (3rd c.BC))]; Πτολεμαῖος Σ. [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“OGI” 19.1, +others; Ἀντίοχος Σ. [prev. work]233.3, +others; of Roman Emperors or governors, [prev. work]668.3 (Egypt, 1st c.AD), “PLond.” 1.177.24 (1st c.AD), etc.)]
4 in [LXX+NT (LXX and “NT”, applied to God, LXX.Deu.32.15, +others, NT.1Tim.1.1, +others; to Christ, NT.Luke.2.11, +others)]
II in Poets, as adjective, σ. ναὸς πρότονος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 897, compare 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 159)]; with a feminine noun, γονῆς σωτῆρος (as [Refs 4th c.BC+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Hermes Trismegistus for γυνή) 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 225)]; τιμαὶ σωτῆρες the office or prerogative of saving, of the Dioscuri, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 993 (_anapaest meter_).)]
III name of a month created by Caligula, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“BGU” 1078 (38 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus), “PRyl.” 2.149 (39 / 40 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus), etc.)]