διασώζω
diasṓzō · G1295 · Greek · 8 occurrences
Meanings
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to save, to rescue
To rescue completely from danger
ExamplesActs 23:24 They were also to provide mounts to put Paul on and bring him safely to Felix the governor.
Acts 27:43 but the centurion, wanting to bring Paul safely through, kept them from accomplishing their intention, and commanded that those who could swim were to jump overboard first and get to land,
Acts 27:44 and the rest were to follow, some on planks, and others on various things from the ship. And so it happened that they all were brought safely to land.
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to heal, to cure, to make well, healing
To cause someone to become well again after having been sick
ExamplesMatthew 14:36 and they pleaded with Him that they might just touch the border of His cloak; and all who touched it were cured.
Luke 7:3 When he heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to Him, asking Him to come and save the life of his slave.
How it’s used In 7 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
8 occurrences in 7 groups
- Not stated (participle) 2
- ὀλίγοςfew 1
- πᾶςall, every, each 1
- ἅπτωto ignite 1
- Not stated: they 1
- Not stated: he, she or it 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- δοῦλοςslave, bondservant 1
- καλέωto call, to name 1
- ΠαῦλοςPaul 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
4 occurrences in 5 groups
- διάthrough+ ὕδωρwater 1
- εἰςto+ ὅςwho, which, that 1
- ἐκfrom+ θάλασσαsea, lake 1
- ἐπίon+ γῆearth 1
- πρόςto, toward, with+ Φῆλιξhappy 1
With adverbsAdverbs
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- τότεthen 1
Named alongside itApposition
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- κιβωτόςboat 1
What it doesIt is the subject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- γίνομαιto become, to happen, to be 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- βούλομαιto want, to intend 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 4 words
- מָלַט mâlaṭ · H4422 · to escape, to shoot out
- Hebrew מָלַט emphasizes the act of escaping or being delivered from danger, while Greek διασώζω emphasizes thorough salvation or preservation through to safety; both share the core concept of rescue/deliverance with overlapping semantic ranges in contexts of physical danger, shipwreck, and divine intervention.
- יָשַׁע yâshaʻ · H3467 · to win victory, to take vengeance, to help
- Hebrew יָשַׁע (yâshaʻ, H3467) and Greek διασώζω (diasṓzō, G1295) both denote thorough deliverance or rescue, with διασώζω emphasizing complete preservation through to safety (the διά- prefix intensifying σώζω 'save') and יָשַׁע covering the broader semantic range of salvation, victory, and deliverance across military, physical, and spiritual contexts.
- פָּלִיט pâlîyṭ · H6412 · escaped one, fugitive, survivor
- Greek διασώζω emphasizes the completed action of saving/rescuing (thorough preservation), while Hebrew פָּלִיט emphasizes the resulting state of having escaped (the fugitive/escapee).
- פְּלֵיטָה pᵉlêyṭâh · H6413 · those that escaped, fugitives, survivors
- διασώζω (diasṓzō, G1295) διασώζω emphasizes the active process of bringing through danger to safety (rescue, cure, preserve), while פְּלֵיטָה (pᵉlêyṭâh, H6413) פְּלֵיטָה denotes the state or outcome of having escaped (deliverance, remnant, that which has been saved)—aspectual difference between saving-action and saved-result within the same semantic domain of deliverance.
Semantic domains 2 entries
- To save, to rescue21.19
- Used of preserving someone from danger or death, as of the centurion asking Jesus to come and save the life of his slave in Luke 7:3, and the centurion wanting to bring Paul safely through the soldiers' plot in Acts 27:43.
- To heal, to cure, to make well, healing23.136
- Used of physical restoration from illness, as of all who touched the border of Jesus' cloak being cured in Matthew 14:36.
Word family 20 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon : 1 aorist διέσωσα; 1 aorist passive διεσώθην; in Greek writings from Herodotus down;…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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