σῴζω (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. Latin
sanus;
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 (or
fio),
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:
Matthew 9:22;
Mark 5:34;
Mark 10:52;
Luke 7:50 (others understand this as including spiritual healing (see b. below));
Luke 8:48;
Luke 17:19;
Luke 18:42;
James 5:15; passive,
Matthew 9:21;
Mark 5:23,
28;
Mark 6:56;
Luke 8:36,
50;
John 11:12;
Acts 4:9 (cf.
Buttmann, § 144, 25);
Acts 14:9. to preserve one who is in danger of destruction,
to save (i. e. rescue):
Matthew 8:25;
Matthew 14:30;
Matthew 24:22;
Matthew 27:40,
42,
49;
Mark 13:20;
Mark 15:30;
Luke 23:35,
37,
39; passive,
Acts 27:20,
31;
1 Peter 4:18;
τήν ψυχήν, (physical) life,
Matthew 16:25;
Mark 3:4;
Mark 8:35;
Luke 6:9;
Luke 9:24 and
R G L in
Luke 17:33;
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,
John 12:27; with the genitive of the state,
ἐκ θανάτου,
Hebrews 5:7; cf. Bleek, Brief an d.
Hebrews 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 (
Joel 3:5);
to save from the evils which obstruct the reception of the Messianic deliverance:
ἀπό τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν,
Matthew 1:21;
ἀπό τῆς ὀργῆς namely,
τοῦ Θεοῦ, from the punitive wrath of God at the judgment of the last day,
Romans 5:9;
ἀπό τῆς γενεάς τῆς σκολιᾶς ταύτης,
Acts 2:40;
ψυχήν ἐκ θανάτου (see
θάνατος, 2),
James 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,
Matthew 19:25, cf.
Matthew 19:24;
Mark 10:26, cf.
Mark 10:25;
Luke 18:26, cf.
Luke 18:25; so
σῴζεσθαι and
ζωήν αἰώνιον ἔχειν,
John 3:17, cf.
John 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,
Matthew 18:11 Rec.;
Luke 8:12;
Luke 19:10;
John 5:34;
John 10:9;
John 12:47;
Romans 11:14;
1 Corinthians 1:21;
1 Corinthians 7:16;
1 Corinthians 9:22;
1 Corinthians 10:33;
1 Corinthians 15:2;
1 Thessalonians 2:16;
2 Thessalonians 2:10;
2 Timothy 1:9;
Titus 3:5;
1 Peter 3:21;
τῇ ἐλπίδι (dative of the instrument)
ἐσώθημεν (aorist of the time when they turned to Christ),
Romans 8:24;
χάριτι ἐστε σεσῳσμένοι διά τῆς πίστεως,
Ephesians 2:5 (cf.
Buttmann, § 144, 25), 8; — as a thing still future,
Matthew 10:22;
Matthew 24:13; (
Mark 13:13);
Romans 5:10;
1 Corinthians 3:15;
1 Timothy 2:15;
James 4:12;
τήν ψυχήν,
Mark 8:35;
Luke 9:24;
ψυχάς,
Luke 9:56 Rec.;
τό πνεῦμα, passive,
1 Corinthians 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 Timothy 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: (
Mark 16:16);
Acts 2:21;
Acts 4:12;
Acts 11:14;
Acts 14:9;
Acts 15:1,(
Acts 15:11);
Acts 16:30f;
Romans 9:27;
Romans 10:9,
13;
Romans 11:26;
1 Timothy 2:4;
1 Timothy 4:16;
Hebrews 7:25;
James 2:14;
ἁμαρτωλούς,
1 Timothy 1:15;
τάς ψυχάς,
James 1:21;
οἱ σῳζόμενοι,
Revelation 21:24 Rec.;
Luke 13:23;
Acts 2:47; opposed to
οἱ ἀπολλύμενοι,
1 Corinthians 1:18;
2 Corinthians 2:15 (see
ἀπόλλυμι, 1 a.
β'.). (Compare:
διασῴζω,
ἐκσῴζω.)
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