Strong G4992σωτήριον
saving
- Transliteration
- sōtērion
- Pronunciation
- so-tay'-ree-on
- Morphology
- Greek Noun Neuter
Definition
Neuter of the same as G4991 as (properly concrete) noun;
defender or (by implication) defence: - salvation.
defender or (by implication) defence: - salvation.
Detailed definition
σωτήριος, -ον
(σωτήρ), [in LXX for יְשׁוּעָה, שֶׁלֶם, etc.;]
saving, bringing salvation, in NT always in spiritual sense (see: σώζω, σωτηρία): ἡ χάρις ἡ σ., Tit.2:1. Neut., -τὸ σ., as subst. (cl.), salvation: Luk.2:30; τ. σ. τ. θεοῦ, Luk.3:6, Act.28:28; περικεφαλαίαν τοῦ σ., Eph.6:17.†
(AS)
(σωτήρ), [in LXX for יְשׁוּעָה, שֶׁלֶם, etc.;]
saving, bringing salvation, in NT always in spiritual sense (see: σώζω, σωτηρία): ἡ χάρις ἡ σ., Tit.2:1. Neut., -τὸ σ., as subst. (cl.), salvation: Luk.2:30; τ. σ. τ. θεοῦ, Luk.3:6, Act.28:28; περικεφαλαίαν τοῦ σ., Eph.6:17.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4992 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- salvation5
First verses
- Luke 2:30For mine eyes have seen thy salvation,
- Luke 3:6And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.
- Acts 28:28Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles, and that they will hear it.
- Ephesians 6:17And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
- Titus 2:11For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,
Occurrences by book
Related words
Same identity
Detailed Greek dictionary
σωτήρ-ιος, ον,
saving, delivering, αὐγαὶ ἡλίου [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 213, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.53, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 311a, etc.; θεοί “BGU” 362v 1 (3rd c.AD))]; of symptoms, betokening recovery, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 7.37; ὀλιγοχρόνιόν τε καὶ σωτήριον δηλοῖ τὸ νόσημα 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 9.574)]; ἐλπὶς σπέρματος σωτηρίου hope of seed to preserve or perpetuate the race, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 236)]; δέχεσθαι τὸν ἱκέτην σωτήριον who brings safety to our state, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 487 codices)]
b with dative, bringing safety or deliverance to.. , ὕδωρ ἰχθύσι σ. [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD(?): Heraclitus 61)]; ἄριστα καὶ πόλεις. [Refs 6th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 183, compare “Ch.” 505, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 402, “Ph.” 918; νηυσίν τε καὶ ναύτῃσιν “IG” 12(8) p.x (Thasos, 6th-5th c.BC): also with _genitive_, τῆς βασιλικῆς ἀρχῆς σ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Epistulae” 354b, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1314a13)]: comparative and superlative, τὸ πείθεσθαι σωτηριώτερον αὐτοῖς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.3.10; ἵππος -ώτατος τῷ ἀναβάτῃ [prev. author] “Eq.” 3.12.)]
2 of persons, much like{σωτήρ}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 657, “Ba.” 965, etc.)]; θεοί, Ζεὺς σ., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 281, “fragment” 425: with _dative_, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.64)]; [Ἑλένη] ναυτίλοις σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1637: with _genitive_ _person_, τάχ᾽ ἂν γενοίμεθ᾽ αὐτοῦ.. σωτήριοι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 779.)]
II as substantive, σωτήρια, τά, deliverance, safety, τἀκείνου σωτήρια [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “El.” 925 (so σ. πράγματα 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 646))]; ἡ ἐλπὶς τῶν σ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1383a17: also in _sing._, ἔρυμα τῆς χώρας καὶ πόλεως σ. 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 701; ἐπινοεῖν τι σ. τοῖς παροῦσι 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “JTr.” 18, compare “DMeretr.” 9.3.)]
II.2 σωτήρια (i.e. ἱερά) τά, a thank-offering for deliverance, σ. θύειν θεοῖς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.2.9, 5.1.1, compare “Marm.Par.” 7, etc.; σ. ἄγειν 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Herm.” 86)]; σ. τοῦ βασιλέως πανηγυρίζειν for his escape, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 1.10.7)]; of a festival at Delphi, commemorating the retreat of the Gauls, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“SIG” 402.5 (3rd c.BC), etc.)]
II.3 physician's fee, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 6.186.)]
II.4 public privy, at Smyrna, [Refs (“Anthologia Graeca” 9.642 (in lemmate), 10th c.AD: Suidas Legal icographus)]
III Σωτήριος (i.e. μήν), ὁ, also written Σωτήρειος, name of a month, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“PLond.” 2.141 (1st c.AD), “PFlor.” 55 (1st c.AD), etc.)]
IV adverb -ίως[Refs 1st c.AD+ (Antip.Stoic. 3.256, 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.12, +others, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Lucullus” 5, 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 9.113, etc.)]; σ. ἔχειν to be capable of recovery, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.918d.)]
saving, delivering, αὐγαὶ ἡλίου [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 213, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.53, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 311a, etc.; θεοί “BGU” 362v 1 (3rd c.AD))]; of symptoms, betokening recovery, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 7.37; ὀλιγοχρόνιόν τε καὶ σωτήριον δηλοῖ τὸ νόσημα 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 9.574)]; ἐλπὶς σπέρματος σωτηρίου hope of seed to preserve or perpetuate the race, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 236)]; δέχεσθαι τὸν ἱκέτην σωτήριον who brings safety to our state, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 487 codices)]
b with dative, bringing safety or deliverance to.. , ὕδωρ ἰχθύσι σ. [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD(?): Heraclitus 61)]; ἄριστα καὶ πόλεις. [Refs 6th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 183, compare “Ch.” 505, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 402, “Ph.” 918; νηυσίν τε καὶ ναύτῃσιν “IG” 12(8) p.x (Thasos, 6th-5th c.BC): also with _genitive_, τῆς βασιλικῆς ἀρχῆς σ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Epistulae” 354b, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1314a13)]: comparative and superlative, τὸ πείθεσθαι σωτηριώτερον αὐτοῖς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.3.10; ἵππος -ώτατος τῷ ἀναβάτῃ [prev. author] “Eq.” 3.12.)]
2 of persons, much like{σωτήρ}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 657, “Ba.” 965, etc.)]; θεοί, Ζεὺς σ., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 281, “fragment” 425: with _dative_, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.64)]; [Ἑλένη] ναυτίλοις σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1637: with _genitive_ _person_, τάχ᾽ ἂν γενοίμεθ᾽ αὐτοῦ.. σωτήριοι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 779.)]
II as substantive, σωτήρια, τά, deliverance, safety, τἀκείνου σωτήρια [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “El.” 925 (so σ. πράγματα 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 646))]; ἡ ἐλπὶς τῶν σ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1383a17: also in _sing._, ἔρυμα τῆς χώρας καὶ πόλεως σ. 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 701; ἐπινοεῖν τι σ. τοῖς παροῦσι 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “JTr.” 18, compare “DMeretr.” 9.3.)]
II.2 σωτήρια (i.e. ἱερά) τά, a thank-offering for deliverance, σ. θύειν θεοῖς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.2.9, 5.1.1, compare “Marm.Par.” 7, etc.; σ. ἄγειν 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Herm.” 86)]; σ. τοῦ βασιλέως πανηγυρίζειν for his escape, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 1.10.7)]; of a festival at Delphi, commemorating the retreat of the Gauls, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“SIG” 402.5 (3rd c.BC), etc.)]
II.3 physician's fee, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 6.186.)]
II.4 public privy, at Smyrna, [Refs (“Anthologia Graeca” 9.642 (in lemmate), 10th c.AD: Suidas Legal icographus)]
III Σωτήριος (i.e. μήν), ὁ, also written Σωτήρειος, name of a month, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“PLond.” 2.141 (1st c.AD), “PFlor.” 55 (1st c.AD), etc.)]
IV adverb -ίως[Refs 1st c.AD+ (Antip.Stoic. 3.256, 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.12, +others, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Lucullus” 5, 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 9.113, etc.)]; σ. ἔχειν to be capable of recovery, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.918d.)]