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Strong's G4990 · Greek

σωτήρ

soter · so-tare'

from 4982; a deliverer, i.e. God or Christ


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Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

σωτήρ (G4990)

24 σωτήρ , -ῆρος, ὁ ( σώζω ), [in LXX for יֵשַׁע and cognate forms ;] saviour, deliverer, preserver , a freq. epithet of kings in the Ptolemaic and Rom. periods (Deiss., BS , 83; LAE , 368 f.; MM, xxiv), in NT, of God (as LXX: Ps 23 (24):5 , Is 12:2 , al.): Lk 1:47 , I Ti 1:1 2:3 4:10 , Tit 1:3 2:10 3:4 , Ju 25 ; of Christ: Lk 2:11 , Ac 5:31 13:23 , Phl 3:20 ; τ. κόσμου , Jo 4:42 , I Jo 4:14 (for the general use of the word, v. Westc., in l.); ἡμῶν , II Ti 1:10 , Tit 1:4 3:6 ; θεὸς ( κύριος ) καὶ σ. (v. Deiss., LAE , 348 4 ; M, Pr. , 84), Tit 2:13 , II Pe 1:1 , 11 2:20 3:2 , 18 ; σ. τοῦ σώματος (i.e. of the Church; v.s. σῶμα , 5), Eph 5:23 .†

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

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