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Strong's G4982 · Greek

σῴζω

sozo · sode'-zo

from a primary sos (contraction for obsolete saos, "safe"); to save, i.e. deliver or protect (literally or figuratively)


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

σώζω (G4982)

106 σώζω (on the more accurate σῴζω , v. WH, Intr. , § 410; Bl., §3, 1-3), [in LXX chiefly for ישׁע hi., also for מלט ni., נצל ni., etc. ;] to save from peril, injury or suffering: Mt 8:25 , Mk 13:20 , Lk 23:35 , al.; τ. ψυχήν , Mt 16:25 , al.; seq. ἐκ , Jo 12:27 , He 5:7 , Ju 5 ; of healing, restoring to health: Mt 9:22 , Mk 5:34 , al. In NT, esp. of salvation from spiritual disease and death, in which sense it is "spoken of in Scripture as either (1) past, (2) present, or (3) future, according as redemption, grace, or glory is the point in view. Thus (1) Ro 8:24 , Eph 2:5 , 8 II Ti 1:9 , Tit 3:5 ; (2) Ac 2:47 , I Co 1:18 , 15:2 , II Co 2:15 ; (3) Mt 10:22 , Ro 13:11 , Phl 2:12 , He 9:28 " (Vau. on Ro 5:9 ). Seq. ἀπό , Mt 1:21 , Ac 2:40 , Ro 5:9 ; ἐκ , Ja 5:20 , Ju 23 (cf. Cremer, 532 ff.).

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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