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Strong's G4991 · Greek

σωτηρία

soteria · so-tay-ree'-ah

feminine of a derivative of 4990 as (properly, abstract) noun; rescue or safety (physically or morally)


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

σωτηρία (G4991)

46 σωτηρία , -ας, ἡ ( σωτήρ ), [in LXX for יֶשַׁע , יְשׁוּעָה , תְּשׁוּעָה , פְּלֵיטָה , etc. ;] deliverance, preservation, salvation, safety (Lat. salus ): Ac 7:25 27:34 , He 11:7 ; ἐξ ἐχθρῶν , Lk 1:71 . In NT esp. of Messianic and spiritual salvation (v.s. σώζω ): Lk 19:9 , Jo 4:22 , Ac 4:12 13:47 , Ro 11:11 , II Th 2:13 , II Ti 3:15 , He 2:3 6:9 , II Pe 3:15 , Ju 3 ; opp. to ἀπηώλεια , Phl 1:28 ; αἰώνιος-. , He 5:9 ; ὁ λόγος ( τὸ εὐαγγέλιον ) τῆς σ. , Ac 13:26 , Eph 1:13 ; ὁδὸς σωτηρίας , Ac 16:17 ; κέρας σωτηρίας , Lk 1:69 ; ἡμέρα σωτηρίας , II Co 6:2 (LXX) ; κατεργάζεσθαι τὴν ἑαυτοῦ σ. , Phl 2:12 ; κληρονομεῖν σ. , He 1:14 ; ὁ ἀρχηγὸς τῆς σ. , He 2:10 ; εἰς σ. , Ro 1:16 10:1 , 10 , I Pe 2:2 ; σ. as a present possession (v.s. σώζω ), Lk 1:77 , II Co 1:6 7:10 , Phl 1:19 , II Ti 2:10 ; as more fully realized in the future: Ro 13:11 , I Th 5:8, 9 , He 9:28 , I Pe 1:5 , 9, 10 , Re 7:10 12:10 19:1 .†

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

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