σώζω

(others, σῴζω (cf. WH. Introductory § 410; Meisterhans, p. 87)); future σώσω; 1 aorist ἔσωσα; perfect σέσωκα; passive, present σώζομαι; imperfect ἐσωζομην; perfect 3 person singular (Acts 4:9) σέσωσται and (according to Tdf.) σέσωται (cf. Kühner, 1:912; (Photius, under the word; Rutherford, New Phryn., p. 99; Veitch, under the word)); 1 aorist ἐσώθην; 1 future σωθήσομαι; (σῶς 'safe and sound' (cf. Latinsanus; Curtius, § 570; Vanicek, p. 1038)); from Homer down; the Sept. very often for הושִׁיעַ, also for מִלֵּט, נִצֵּל, and הִצִּיל, sometimes for עָזַר; to save, to keep safe and sound, to rescue from danger or destruction (opposed to ἀπόλλυμι, which see); Vulg.salvumfacio (orfio),salvo (salvifico, libero, etc.);
a. universally, τινα, one (from injury or peril); to save a suffering one (from perishing), e. g. one suffering from disease, to make well, heal, restore to health: Mt 9:22; Mk 5:34; Mk 10:52; Lk 7:50 (others understand this as including spiritual healing (see b. below)); Lk 8:48; Lk 17:19; Lk 18:42; Jas 5:15; passive, Mt 9:21; Mk 5:23, Mk 5:28; Mk 6:56; Lk 8:36, Lk 8:50; Jn 11:12; Acts 4:9 (cf. Buttmann, § 144, 25); . to preserve one who is in danger of destruction, to save (i. e. rescue): Mt 8:25; Mt 14:30; Mt 24:22; Mt 27:40, Mt 27:42, Mt 27:49; Mk 13:20; Mk 15:30; Lk 23:35, Lk 23:37, Lk 23:39; passive, Acts 27:20, Acts 27:31; 1 Pet 4:18; τήν ψυχήν, (physical) life, Mt 16:25; Mk 3:4; Mk 8:35; Lk 6:9; Lk 9:24 and R G L in ; σῴζειν τινα ἐκ with the genitive of the place, to bring safe forth from, Jude 1:5; ἐκ τῆς ὥρας ταύτης, from the peril of this hour, Jn 12:27; with the genitive of the state, ἐκ θανάτου, Heb 5:7; cf. Bleek, Brief an d. Heb 2:2, p. 70f; (Winers Grammar, § 30, 6 a.; see ἐκ, I. 5).
b. to save in the technical biblical sense; — negatively, to deliver from the penalties of the Messianic judgment, Joel 2:32 (); to save from the evils which obstruct the reception of the Messianic deliverance: ἀπό τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν, Mt 1:21; ἀπό τῆς ὀργῆς namely, τοῦ Θεοῦ, from the punitive wrath of God at the judgment of the last day, Rom 5:9; ἀπό τῆς γενεάς τῆς σκολιᾶς ταύτης, Acts 2:40; ψυχήν ἐκ θανάτου (see θάνατος, 2), Jas 5:20; (ἐκ πυρός ἁρπάζοντες, Jude 1:23) — positively, to make one a partaker of the salvation by Christ (opposed to ἀπόλλυμι, which see): hence, σῴζεσθαι and ἐισέρχεσθαι εἰς τήν βασιλείαν τοῦ Θεοῦ are interchanged, Mt 19:25, cf. Mt 19:24; Mk 10:26, cf. Mk 10:25; Lk 18:26, cf. Lk 18:25; so σῴζεσθαι and ζωήν αἰώνιον ἔχειν, Jn 3:17, cf. Jn 3:16. Since salvation begins in this life (in deliverance from error and corrupt notions, in moral purity, in pardon of sin, and in the blessed peace of a soul reconciled to God), but on the visible return of Christ from heaven will he perfected in the consummate blessings of ὁ αἰών ὁ μέλλων, we can understand why τό σῴζεσθαι is spoken of in some passages as a present possession, in others as a good yet future: — as a blessing beginning (or begun) on earth, Mt 18:11 Rec.; Lk 8:12; Lk 19:10; Jn 5:34; Jn 10:9; Jn 12:47; Rom 11:14; 1 Cor 1:21; 1 Cor 7:16; 1 Cor 9:22; 1 Cor 10:33; 1 Cor 15:2; 1 Thess 2:16; 2 Thess 2:10; 2 Tim 1:9; Tit 3:5; 1 Pet 3:21; τῇ ἐλπίδι (dative of the instrument) ἐσώθημεν (aorist of the time when they turned to Christ), Rom 8:24; χάριτι ἐστε σεσῳσμένοι διά τῆς πίστεως, Eph 2:5 (cf. Buttmann, § 144, 25), 8; — as a thing still future, Mt 10:22; Mt 24:13; (Mk 13:13); Rom 5:10; 1 Cor 3:15; 1 Tim 2:15; Jas 4:12; τήν ψυχήν, Mk 8:35; Lk 9:24; ψυχάς, Lk 9:56 Rec.; τό πνεῦμα, passive, 1 Cor 5:5; by a pregnant construction (see εἰς, C. 1, p. 185b bottom), τινα εἰς τήν βασιλείαν τοῦ κυρίου αἰώνιον, to save and transport into etc. 2 Tim 4:18 (ἡ εὐσέβεια ἡ σωζουσα εἰς τήν ζωήν αἰώνιον, 4 Macc. 15:2; many examples of this construction are given in Passow, vol. ii., p. 1802{a}; (cf. Liddell and Scott, under the word II. 2)). universally: (Mk 16:16); Acts 2:21; Acts 4:12; Acts 11:14; Acts 14:9; Acts 15:1,(); f; Rom 9:27; Rom 10:9, Rom 10:13; Rom 11:26; 1 Tim 2:4; 1 Tim 4:16; Heb 7:25; Jas 2:14; ἁμαρτωλούς, 1 Tim 1:15; τάς ψυχάς, Jas 1:21; οἱ σῳζόμενοι, Rev 21:24 Rec.; Lk 13:23; Acts 2:47; opposed to οἱ ἀπολλύμενοι, 1 Cor 1:18; 2 Cor 2:15 (see ἀπόλλυμι, 1 a. β'.). (Compare: διασῴζω, ἐκσῴζω.)