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Strong's #4991 - σωτηρία
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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.
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.†
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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.
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