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Strong G4991σωτηρία

salvation

Transliteration
sōtēria
Pronunciation
so-tay-ree'-ah
Morphology
Greek Noun (Feminine)

Definition

Feminine of a derivative of G4990 as (properly abstract) noun;
rescue or safety (physically or morally): - deliver health salvation save saving.

Detailed definition

σωτηρία, -ας, ἡ
(σωτήρ), [in LXX for יֶשַׁע, יְשׁוּעָה, תְּשׁוּעָה, פְּלֵיטָה, etc.;]
deliverance, preservation, salvation, safety (Lat. salus): Act.7:25 27:34, Heb.11:7; ἐξ ἐχθρῶν, Luk.1:71. In NT esp. of Messianic and spiritual salvation (see: σώζω): Luk.19:9, Jhn.4:22, Act.4:12 13:47, Rom.11:11, 2Th.2:13, 2Ti.3:15, Heb.2:3 6:9, 2Pe.3:15, Ju 3; opposite to ἀπηώλεια, Php.1:28; αἰώνιος-., Heb.5:9; ὁ λόγος (τὸ εὐαγγέλιον) τῆς σ., Act.13:26, Eph.1:13; ὁδὸς σωτηρίας, Act.16:17; κέρας σωτηρίας, Luk.1:69; ἡμέρα σωτηρίας, 2Co.6:2 (LXX); κατεργάζεσθαι τὴν ἑαυτοῦ σ., Php.2:12; κληρονομεῖν σ., Heb.1:14; ὁ ἀρχηγὸς τῆς σ., Heb.2:10; εἰς σ., Rom.1:16 10:1, 10, 1Pe.2:2; σ. as a present possession (see: σώζω), Luk.1:77, 2Co.1:6 7:10, Php.1:19, 2Ti.2:10; as more fully realized in the future: Rom.13:11, 1Th.5:8-9, Heb.9:28, 1Pe.1:5 1:9-10, Rev.7:10 12:10 19:1.†
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In the Bible

Strong G4991 appears in 43 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • salvation38
  • of2
  • save2
  • health1
  • saving1

First verses

  1. Luke 1:69
    And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David;
  2. Luke 1:71
    That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us;
  3. Luke 1:77
    To give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the remission of their sins,
  4. Luke 19:9
    And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation come to this house, forsomuch as he also is a son of Abraham.
  5. John 4:22
    Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews.
  6. Acts 4:12
    Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
  7. Acts 7:25
    For he supposed his brethren would have understood how that God by his hand would deliver them: but they understood not.
  8. Acts 13:26
    Men and brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and whosoever among you feareth God, to you is the word of this salvation sent.
  9. Acts 13:47
    For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth.
  10. Acts 16:17
    The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, which shew unto us the way of salvation.
  11. Acts 27:34
    Wherefore I pray you to take some meat: for this is for your health: for there shall not an hair fall from the head of any of you.
  12. Romans 1:16
    For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
  13. Romans 10:1
    Brethren, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved.
  14. Romans 10:10
    For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
  15. Romans 11:11
    I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? God forbid: but rather through their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy.
  16. Romans 13:11
    And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.
  17. 2 Corinthians 1:6
    And whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer: or whether we be comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation.
  18. 2 Corinthians 6:2
    (For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)
  19. 2 Corinthians 7:10
    For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
  20. Ephesians 1:13
    In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,
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σωτηρ-ία,
Ionic dialect -ιη, ἡ, deliverance, preservation, σωτηρίην ὑποθησόμενον ὑμῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.98; σ. μηχανᾶσθαι [prev. author] 7.172; σ. Ἕλλησι δώσουσ᾽ ἔρχομαι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 1472; σ. κατεργάσασθαι [prev. author] “Heracl.” 1045; φέρειν [prev. author] “Tr.” 753)]; ἀπεργάζεσθαι, πορίζειν, ἐκπορίζεσθαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 647b, “Prt.” 321b, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.83; σωτηρίαν ἔχειν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1080, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1178, etc.; ζητεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.95; εὑρίσκεσθαι 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.134; also σωτηρίας τυχεῖν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 508, “Ch.” 203, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.1.2, etc.)]; ἐνεύχομαί σοι τὴν Ἀπολλωνίου σ. [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PCair.Zen.” 482.4 (3rd c.BC))]; ὀμνύω σωι (or σοι) τὴν σαυτοῦ σ. [Refs 3rd c.BC+ ([prev. work] 324.2 (3rd c.BC))]; ὑπὲρ σωτηρίας.. Αὐτοκράτορος, = Latin pro salute Imperatoris, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“OGI” 1678.1 (Egypt, 2nd c.AD).)]
2 a way or means of safety (= μηχανὴ σωτηρίας [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 209), ἔστι τις σ.; [prev. author] “Pers.” 735 (troch.))]; ἔχεις τιν᾽.. σ.; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 778 (troch.), compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 12; εἰς σ. ἄλλην καταφυγεῖν 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.4.1, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.20.)]
3 safe return, ἡ ἐς τὴν πατρίδα σ. [Refs ([prev. author] 7.70)]; ἡ οἴκαδε σ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 50.16, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.241e; ἡ σ. ἣν συνέβη τῷ πατρὶ δεῦρο 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 57.20)]; νόστιμος σ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 797, “Ag.” 343, 1238.)]
4 in LXX and NT, salvation, ὁ θεὸς τῆς σ. μου [LXX+NT (LXX.Psa.50(51).14, +others; σ. ψυχῶν NT.1Pet.1.9)]; εὐαγγέλιον τῆς σ. [NT (NT.Eph.1.13, etc.)]
II of things, keeping safe, preservation, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.98; with _genitive_, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 909, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 433c, etc.)]; maintenance, τῶν οἰκοδομημάτων καὶ ὁδῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1321b21; τῶννόμων 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 425e)]; τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, τῶν ἄστρων, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Caelo” 284a20, “Mete.” 355a20.)]
II.2 security, guarantee for safety, σ. ἔστω τῶν ὑποκειμένων guarantee for the safe keeping of.., Syngr. cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 35.13)]; σωτηρίας ἕνεκα τοῖς πολλοῖς τῶν σωμάτων for their safe custody,, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 908a; ἐπὶ τῇ τῆς ψυχῆς σωτηρίᾳ [prev. work] 909a)]; σωτηρίαι τῆς πολιτείας ways of preserving it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1301a23, compare 1289b24, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 354b.)]
II.3 security, safety, τοῦ κοινοῦ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.60; τοῦ βίου 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 356d.)]
II.4 with genitive object, security against, ἀπορίας [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 213.12.)]
II.5 bodily health, well-being, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“BGU” 423.13 (2nd c.AD), “POxy.” 939.20 (3rd c.AD), etc.)]