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Safe, Safely, Safety
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words
or "certain, secure, safe" (from a, negative, and sphallo, "to trip up"), is translated "safe" in Philippians 3:1 . See CERTAIN , B.
"certainty, safety" (akin to A), is translated "safety" in Acts 5:23; 1 Thessalonians 5:3 . See CERTAIN , A.
"salvation," is translated "safety" in Acts 27:34 , RV (AV, "health"). See HEALTH , Note.
"safely" (akin to A, and B, No. 1), is so rendered in Mark 14:44; Acts 16:23 . See ASSURANCE , C. In the Sept., Genesis 34:25 .
"to bring safely through danger," and, in the Passive Voice, "to come safe through" (dia, "through," sozo, "to save"), is translated "bring safe" in Acts 23:24; "escaped safe" in Acts 27:44 . See ESCAPE , HEAL , SAVE , WHOLE.
"to be sound, healthy" (Eng., "hygiene," etc.), is translated "safe and sound" in Luke 15:27 , lit., "being healthy." See HEALTH , SOUND , WHOLE.
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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Safe, Safely, Safety'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/s/safe-safely-safety.html. 1940.
