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Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical Dictionary

Strong's #4991 - σωτηρία

Transliteration

sōtēría

Phonetics

so-tay-ree'-ah

Origin

feminine of a derivative of (G4990) as (properly, abstract) noun

Parts of Speech

Noun Feminine

TDNT

7:965,1132

Definition

Thayer's

deliverance, preservation, safety, salvation
1. deliverance from the molestation of enemies
2. in an ethical sense, that which concludes to the souls safety or salvation
  1. of Messianic salvation
salvation as the present possession of all true Christians
future salvation, the sum of benefits and blessings which the Christians, redeemed from all earthly ills, will enjoy after the visible return of Christ from heaven in the consummated and eternal kingdom of God.

Fourfold salvation: saved from the penalty, power, presence and mostimportantly the pleasure of sin. A.W. Pink

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 3444 ‑ יְשׁוּעָה (yesh‑oo'‑aw); 3468 ‑ יֶשַׁע (yeh'‑shah, yay'‑shah); 6413 ‑ פְּלֵטָה (pel‑ay‑taw', pel‑ay‑taw'); 7961 ‑ שְׁלֵוָה (shaw‑lave', shaw‑lave', shel‑ay‑vaw'); 7965 ‑ שָׁלֹם (shaw‑lome', shaw‑lome'); 8454 ‑ תֻּשִׁיָּה (too‑shee‑yaw', too‑shee‑yaw'); 8668 ‑ תְּשֻׁעָה (tesh‑oo‑aw', tesh‑oo‑aw');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

KJV (44)

Luke

John

Acts

Romans

2 Corinthians

Ephesians

Philippians

1 Thessalonians

2 Thessalonians

2 Timothy

Hebrews

1 Peter

2 Peter

Jude

Revelation

NAS (45)

Luke

John

Acts

Romans

2 Corinthians

Ephesians

Philippians

1 Thessalonians

2 Thessalonians

2 Timothy

Hebrews

1 Peter

2 Peter

Jude

Revelation

HCS (45)

Luke

John

Acts

Romans

2 Corinthians

Ephesians

Philippians

1 Thessalonians

2 Thessalonians

2 Timothy

Hebrews

1 Peter

2 Peter

Jude

Revelation

BSB (45)

Luke

John

Acts

Romans

2 Corinthians

Ephesians

Philippians

1 Thessalonians

2 Thessalonians

2 Timothy

Hebrews

1 Peter

2 Peter

Jude

Revelation

ESV (43)

Luke

John

Acts

Romans

2 Corinthians

Ephesians

Philippians

1 Thessalonians

2 Thessalonians

2 Timothy

Hebrews

1 Peter

2 Peter

Revelation

WEB (46)

Luke

John

Acts

Romans

2 Corinthians

Ephesians

Philippians

1 Thessalonians

2 Thessalonians

2 Timothy

Hebrews

1 Peter

2 Peter

Jude

Revelation

Verse Results

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

σωτηρ-ία,

Ion. -ιη, ἡ,

deliverance, preservation, σωτηρίην ὑποθησόμενον ὑμῖν Hdt. 5.98; ς. μηχανᾶσθαι Id. 7.172; ς. Ἕλλησι δώσουσ' ἔρχομαι E. IA 1472; ς. κατεργάσασθαι Id. Heracl. 1045; φέρειν Id. Tr. 753; ἀπεργάζεσθαι, πορίζειν, ἐκπορίζεσθαι, Pl. Lg. 647b, Prt. 321b, Th. 6.83; σωτηρίαν ἔχειν S. Aj. 1080, E. Or. 1178, etc.; ζητεῖν Isoc. 4.95; εὑρίσκεσθαι Aeschin. 3.134; also σωτηρίας τυχεῖν A. Pers. 508, Ch. 203, X. Cyr. 4.1.2, etc.; ἐνεύχομαί σοι τὴν Ἀπολλωνίου ς. PCair.Zen. 482.4 (iii B.C.); ὀμνύω σωι (or σοι) τὴν σαυτοῦ ς. ib. 324.2 (iii B.C.); ὑπὲρ σωτηρίας.. Αὐτοκράτορος, = Lat. pro salute Imperatoris, OGI 1678.1 (Egypt, ii A.D.).

2. a way or means of safety (= μηχανὴ σωτηρίας A. Th. 209), ἔστι τις ς.; Id. Pers. 735 (troch.); ἔχεις τιν'.. ς.; E. Or. 778 (troch.), cf. Ar. Eq. 12; εἰς ς. ἄλλην καταφυγεῖν Antipho 2.4.1, cf. Th. 3.20.

3. safe return, ἡ ἐς τὴν πατρίδα ς. Id. 7.70; ἡ οἴκαδε ς. D. 50.16, cf. Plu. 2.241e; ἡ ς. ἣν συνέβη τῷ πατρὶ δεῦρο D. 57.20; νόστιμος ς. A. Pers. 797, Ag. 343, 1238.

4. in LXX and NT, salvation, ὁ θεὸς τῆς ς. μου LXX Psalms 51:14(50).14, al.; ς. ψυχῶν 1 Peter 1:9; εὐαγγέλιον τῆς ς. Ephesians 1:13, etc.

II of things, keeping safe, preservation, Hdt. 4.98; c. gen., A. Eu. 909, Pl. R. 433c, etc.; maintenance, τῶν οἰκοδομημάτων καὶ ὁδῶν Arist. Pol. 1321b21; τῶννόμων Pl. R. 425e; τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, τῶν ἄστρων, Arist. Cael. 284a20, Mete. 355a20.

2. security, guarantee for safety, ς. ἔστω τῶν ὑποκειμένων guarantee for the safe keeping of.., Syngr. ap. D. 35.13; σωτηρίας ἕνεκα τοῖς πολλοῖς τῶν σωμάτων for their safe custody,, Pl. Lg. 908a; ἐπὶ τῇ τῆς ψυχῆς σωτηρίᾳ ib. 909a; σωτηρίαι τῆς πολιτείας ways of preserving it, Arist. Pol. 1301a23, cf. 1289b24, Pl. Prt. 354b.

3. security, safety, τοῦ κοινοῦ Th. 2.60; τοῦ βίου Pl. Prt. 356d.

4. c. gen. obj., security against, ἀπορίας Philem. 213.12.

5. bodily health, well-being, BGU 423.13 (ii A.D.), POxy. 939.20 (iii A.D.), etc.

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

σωτηρία , -ας , ἡ

(< σωτήρ ),

[in LXX for H3468, H3444, H8668, H6413, etc.;]

deliverance, preservation, salvation, safety (Lat. salus): Acts 7:25; Acts 27:34, Hebrews 11:7; ἐξ ἐχθρῶν , Luke 1:71. In NT esp. of Messianic and spiritual salvation (see σώζω ): Luke 19:9, John 4:22, Acts 4:12; Acts 13:47, Romans 11:11, 2 Thessalonians 2:13, 2 Timothy 3:15, Hebrews 2:3; Hebrews 6:9, 2 Peter 3:15, Judges 1:3; opp. to ἀπηώλεια , Philippians 1:28; αἰώνιος -., Hebrews 5:9; ὁ λόγος (τὸ εὐαγγέλιον ) τῆς σ ., Acts 13:26, Ephesians 1:13; ὁδὸς σωτηρίας , Acts 16:17; κέρας σωτηρίας , Luke 1:69; ἡμέρα σωτηρίας , 2 Corinthians 6:2 (LXX); κατεργάζεσθαι τὴν ἑαυτοῦ σ ., Philippians 2:12; κληρονομεῖν σ ., Hebrews 1:14; ὁ ἀρχηγὸς τῆς σ ., Hebrews 2:10; εἰς σ ., Romans 1:16; Romans 10:1; Romans 10:10, 1 Peter 2:2; σ . as a present possession (see σώζω ), Luke 1:77, 2 Corinthians 1:6; 2 Corinthians 7:10, Philippians 1:19, 2 Timothy 2:10; as more fully realized in the future: Romans 13:11, 1 Thessalonians 5:8-9, Hebrews 9:28, 1 Peter 1:5; 1 Peter 1:9-10, Revelation 7:10; Revelation 12:10; Revelation 19:1.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

For τιμάω = ";honour,"; as generally in the NT, cf. the decree in honour of a gymnasiarch P Oxy III. 473.7 (A.D. 138–160) τιμῆσαι αὐτόν, Chrest. I. 41iii. 14 (A.D. 232) τειμηθέντων τῶν Κ [ρατίστων Μαξιμίνου καὶ υἱο ]ῦ Μαξίμου, and the inscrr. saepe. Τιμητός occurs in P Petr I. 24 (3).2 (Ptol.).

The meaning ";set a value upon,"; ";price,"; as in Matthew 27:9 LXX, is seen in such passages as P Cairo Zen II. 59269.15 (an account—B.C. 234) ἐ [ὰν δ ]ὲ πλείονος ἢ ἐλάσσονος τ ̣[ιμ ]ῆται, αὐτῶι ὑπάρξει, ";if the price be reckoned at more or less, it will be imputed to him accordingly,"; PSI IV. 382.15 (B.C. 248–7) τιμῶσι δὲ αὐτὴν (sc. τὴν ἀκάνθην) (δραχμῶν) κ ̄η ̄, P Par 58.3 (B.C. 153–152) (= UPZ i. p. 325) τετίμηκα <ς > τὴν βοῦν ταλάντων τρία ἥμυσυ, and P Flor II. 266.6 (iii/A.D.) ἅπ ]α ̣ντα τίμησ ̣[ο ]ν.

List of Word Forms

σωτηρια σωτηρία σωτηριαν σωτηρίαν σωτήριαν σωτηριας σωτηρίας σωτήριον σωτηρίου σωτηρίων soteria sotería sōtēria sōtēría soterian soterían sōtērian sōtērían soterias soterías sōtērias sōtērías

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