σωτηρία
sōtēría · G4991 · Greek · 46 occurrences
Meanings
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to deliver, to rescue, to make safe, deliverance
To rescue from danger and to restore to a former state of safety and well being
ExamplesLuke 1:69 And has raised up a horn of salvation for us In the house of His servant David—
Luke 1:71 Salvation from our enemies, And from the hand of all who hate us;
Acts 7:25 “And he thought that his brothers understood that God was granting them deliverance through him; but they did not understand.
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salvation
A state of having been saved
ExamplesJohn 4:22 “You Samaritans worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, because salvation is from the Jews.
Acts 4:12 “And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among mankind by which we must be saved.”
Romans 10:1 Brothers and sisters, my heart’s desire and my prayer to God for them is for their salvation.
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salvation
The process of being saved
How it’s used In 10 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
9 occurrences in 6 groups
- σύyou 3
- ἐγώI, we 2
- ἑαυτοῦhimself, herself, itself 1
- οἶκοςhouse, household 1
- ψυχήlife, soul 1
- αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 1
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
6 occurrences in 6 groups
- αἰώνιοςeternal 1
- ἕτοιμοςready, prepared 1
- κοινόςunclean, common 1
- οὗτοςthis 1
- τηλικοῦτοςso great 1
- ὑμέτεροςyour 1
Named alongside itApposition
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- συνεπιμαρτυρέωto add one’s witness to 1
- τέλοςend 1
- ΧριστόςChrist, Messiah 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
6 occurrences in 6 groups
- δίδωμιto give, to grant 1
- κατεργάζομαιto work out, to produce 1
- ἀμελέωto neglect 1
- κληρονομέωto inherit 1
- λέγωto say 1
- τυγχάνωto experience 1
Second object ofSecond object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἡγέομαιto consider, to lead 1
What it is said to bePredicate
6 occurrences in 6 groups
- ἐγγύτερονnearer 1
- ἔθνοςnation, Gentiles 1
- θεόςGod 1
- Ἰουδαῖοςa Jew, Jewish 1
- οἶκοςhouse, household 1
- οὐδείςno one 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
3 occurrences in 4 groups
- δέησιςprayer, supplication 1
- εὐδοκίαwhat pleases 1
- οὗτοςthis 1
- σύyou 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
14 occurrences in 3 groups
- εἰςto 21
- περίconcerning, about, for 2
- πρόςto, toward, with 1
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
11 occurrences in 10 groups
- Other words · 10 groups that occur once or twice (11) 11
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
- יְשׁוּעָה yᵉshûwʻâh · H3444 · success, salvation, deliverance
- Hebrew יְשׁוּעָה and Greek σωτηρία both denote rescue/deliverance/salvation across physical and spiritual domains, with יְשׁוּעָה commonly rendered by σωτηρία in LXX translations.
- תְּשׁוּעָה tᵉshûwʻâh · H8668 · salvation, deliverance, victory
- Hebrew תְּשׁוּעָה (deliverance, salvation, victory) is the standard LXX equivalent for Greek σωτηρία (rescue, safety, salvation), both denoting deliverance from danger or destruction in physical and spiritual contexts, forming a direct translation pair across the Hebrew Bible and its Greek rendering.
- יֶשַׁע yeshaʻ · H3468 · safety, welfare, prosperity
- Greek σωτηρία renders Hebrew יֶשַׁע as its primary translation equivalent in the LXX, both denoting rescue/deliverance in physical and spiritual contexts.
- פְּלֵיטָה pᵉlêyṭâh · H6413 · those that escaped, fugitives, survivors
- Greek σωτηρία (rescue/safety) translates Hebrew פְּלֵיטָה (deliverance/escape) in LXX contexts where both denote physical deliverance or the state of having escaped danger, with פְּלֵיטָה emphasizing the concrete outcome of escape (often the remnant that survived) while σωτηρία can extend to broader theological salvation beyond physical rescue.
Semantic domains 3 entries
- To deliver, to rescue, to make safe, deliverance21.18
- Luke records that Paul urged those on the storm-tossed ship to eat, “for this is for your survival, for not a hair from the head of any of you will perish” (Acts 27:34).
- Salvation21.25
- Paul writes, “knowing the time, that it is already the hour for you to awaken from sleep; for now salvation is nearer to us than when we first believed” (Romans 13:11).
- Salvation21.26
- Paul writes, “I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek” (Romans 1:16).
Word family 20 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon σωτηρίας, ἡ (σωτήρ), deliverance, preservation, safety, salvation: deliverance from the…
b. salvation as the present possession of all true Christians (see σῴζω, b.): 2 Cor 1:6; 2 Cor 7:10; Phm 1:19; σωτηρία ἐν ἀφέσει ἁμαρτιῶν, Lk 1:77; σωτηρίας τυχεῖν μετά δόξης αἰωνίου, 2 Tim 2:10.
c. future salvation, the sum of benefits and blessings which Christians, redeemed from all earthly ills, will enjoy after the visible return of Christ from heaven in the consummated and eternal kingdom of God: Rom 13:11; 1 Thess 5:9; Heb 9:28; 1 Pet 1:5, 1 Pet 1:10; Rev 12:10; ἐλπίς σωτηρίας, 1 Thess 5:8; κομίζεσθαι σωτηρίαν ψυχῶν, 1 Pet 1:9; ἡ σωτηρία τῷ Θεῷ ἐμῶν (dative of the possessor, namely, ἐστιν (cf. Buttmann, § 129, 22); cf. הַיִשׁוּעָה לַיְהוָה, Psalm 3:9), the salvation which is bestowed on us belongs to God, Rev 7:10; ἡ σωτηρία... τοῦ Θεοῦ (genitive of the possessor (cf. Buttmann, § 132, 11, 1:a.), for Rec. τῷ Θεῷ) ἡμῶν namely, ἐστιν, Rev 19:1. (Tragg. (Herodotus), Thucydides, Xenophon, Plato, others. The Sept. for יֶשַׁע, יְשׁוּעָה, תְּשׁוּעָה, פְּלֵיטָה, escape.)
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
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