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Lexicon :: Strong's G4991 - sōtēria

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σωτηρία
Transliteration
sōtēria (Key)
Pronunciation
so-tay-ree'-ah
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Feminine of a derivative of σωτήρ (G4990) as (properly, abstract) noun
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 7:965,1132

Strong’s Definitions

σωτηρία sōtēría, so-tay-ree'-ah; feminine of a derivative of G4990 as (properly, abstract) noun; rescue or safety (physically or morally):—deliver, health, salvation, save, saving.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 45x

The KJV translates Strong's G4991 in the following manner: salvation (40x), the (one) be saved (1x), deliver (with G1325) (1x), health (1x), saving (1x), that (one) be saved (with G1519) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 45x
The KJV translates Strong's G4991 in the following manner: salvation (40x), the (one) be saved (1x), deliver (with G1325) (1x), health (1x), saving (1x), that (one) be saved (with G1519) (1x).

  1. deliverance, preservation, safety, salvation

    1. deliverance from the molestation of enemies

    2. in an ethical sense, that which concludes to the soul's safety or salvation

      1. of Messianic salvation

  2. salvation as the present possession of all true Christians

  3. future salvation, the sum of benefits and blessings which the Christians, redeemed from all earthly ills, will enjoy after the visible return of Christ from heaven in the consummated and eternal kingdom of God.

    Scripture describes a fourfold salvation: saved from the penalty, power, presence and the pleasure of sin. (cf. Arthur W. Pink, A Fourfold Salvation)
Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
σωτηρία sōtēría, so-tay-ree'-ah; feminine of a derivative of G4990 as (properly, abstract) noun; rescue or safety (physically or morally):—deliver, health, salvation, save, saving.
STRONGS G4991:
σωτηρία, σωτηρίας, ἡ (σωτήρ), deliverance, preservation, safety, salvation: deliverance from the molestation of enemies, Acts 7:25; with ἐξ ἐχθρῶν added, Luke 1:71; preservation (of physical life), safety, Acts 27:34; Hebrews 11:7. in an ethical sense, that which conduces to the soul's safety or salvation: σωτηρία τίνι ἐγένετο, Luke 19:9; ἡγεῖσθαι τί σωτηρίαν, 2 Peter 3:15; in the technical biblical sense, the Messianic salvation (see σῴζω, b.),
a. universally, John 4:22; Acts 4:12; Acts 13:47; Romans 11:11; 2 Thessalonians 2:13; 2 Timothy 3:15; Hebrews 2:3; Hebrews 6:9; Jude 1:3; opposed to ἀπώλεια, Philippians 1:28; αἰώνιος σωτηρία, Hebrews 5:9 (for עולָמִים תְּשׁוּעַת, Isaiah 45:17); (add, Mark 16 WH in the (rejected) 'Shorter Conclusion'); ὁ λόγος τῆς σωτηρίας ταύτης, instruction concerning that salvation which John the Baptist foretold (cf. Winer's Grammar, 237 (223)), Acts 13:26; τό εὐαγγέλιον τῆς σωτηρίας ὑμῶν, Ephesians 1:13; ὁδός σωτερριας, Acts 16:17; κέρας σωτηρίας (see κέρας, b.), Luke 1:69; ἡμέρα σωτηρίας, the time in which the offer of salvation is made, 2 Corinthians 6:2 (from Isaiah 49:8); κατεργάζεσθαι τήν ἑαυτοῦ σωτηρίαν, Philippians 2:12; κληρονομεῖν σωτηρίαν, Hebrews 1:14; (ὁ ἀρχηγός τῆς σωτηρίας, Hebrews 2:10); εἴα σωτηρίαν, unto (the attainment of) salvation, Rom. (Romans 1:16); 10:(Romans 10:1),Romans 10:10; 1 Peter 2:2 (Rec. omits).
b. salvation as the present possession of all true Christians (see σῴζω, b.): 2 Corinthians 1:6; 2 Corinthians 7:10; Philippians 1:19; σωτηρία ἐν ἀφέσει ἁμαρτιῶν, Luke 1:77; σωτηρίας τυχεῖν μετά δόξης αἰωνίου, 2 Timothy 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: Romans 13:11; 1 Thessalonians 5:9; Hebrews 9:28; 1 Peter 1:5, 10; Revelation 12:10; ἐλπίς σωτηρίας, 1 Thessalonians 5:8; κομίζεσθαι σωτηρίαν ψυχῶν, 1 Peter 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, Revelation 7:10; ἡ σωτηρία... τοῦ Θεοῦ (genitive of the possessor (cf. Buttmann, § 132, 11, 1:a.), for Rec. τῷ Θεῷ) ἡμῶν namely, ἐστιν, Revelation 19:1. (Tragg. (Herodotus), Thucydides, Xenophon, Plato, others. The Sept. for יֶשַׁע, יְשׁוּעָה, תְּשׁוּעָה, פְּלֵיטָה, escape.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Isaiah
45:17; 49:8
Mark
16
Luke
1:69; 1:71; 1:77; 19:9
John
4:22
Acts
4:12; 7:25; 13:26; 13:47; 16:17; 27:34
Romans
1:16; 10:1; 10:10; 11:11; 13:11
2 Corinthians
1:6; 6:2; 7:10
Ephesians
1:13
Philippians
1:19; 1:28; 2:12
1 Thessalonians
5:8; 5:9
2 Thessalonians
2:13
2 Timothy
2:10; 3:15
Hebrews
1:14; 2:3; 2:10; 5:9; 6:9; 9:28; 11:7
1 Peter
1:5; 1:9; 1:10; 2:2
2 Peter
3:15
Jude
1:3
Revelation
7:10; 12:10; 19:1

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4991 matches the Greek σωτηρία (sōtēria),
which occurs 45 times in 43 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 1:69

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:69 - And has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 1:71

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:71 - Salvation from our enemies, and from the hand of all who hate us;

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 1:77

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:77 - To give knowledge of salvation to his people by the remission of their sins,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 19:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:9 - Yeshua said to him, "Today, salvation has come to this house, because he also is a son of Avraham.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 4:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:22 - You worship that which you don't know. We worship that which we know; for salvation is from the Yehudim.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:12 - There is salvation in none other, for neither is there any other name under heaven, that is given among men, by which we must be saved!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:25

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:25 - He supposed that his brothers understood that God, by his hand, was giving them deliverance; but they didn't understand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:26 - Brothers, children of the stock of Avraham, and those among you who fear God, the word of this salvation is sent out to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:47

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:47 - For so has the Lord commanded us, saying, 'I have set you as a light for the Goyim, That you should bring salvation to the uttermost parts of the eretz.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:17 - Following Sha'ul and us, she cried out, "These men are servants of Ha`Elyon God, who proclaim to us the way of salvation!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 27:34

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:34 - Therefore I beg you to take some food, for this is for your safety; for not a hair will perish from any of your heads."

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:16 - For I am not ashamed of the Good News of Messiah, for it is the power of God for salvation for everyone who believes; for the Yehudi first, and also for the Yevanit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 10:1 - Brothers, my heart's desire and my prayer to God is for Yisra'el, that they may be saved.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 10:10 - For with the heart, one believes unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 11:11

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 11:11 - I ask then, did they stumble that they might fall? May it never be! But by their fall salvation has come to the Goyim, to provoke them to jealousy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 13:11

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 13:11 - Do this, knowing the time, that it is already time for you to awaken out of sleep, for salvation is now nearer to us than when we first believed.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 1:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 1:6 - But if we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation. If we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which works in the patient enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 6:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 6:2 - for he says, "At an acceptable time I listened to you, In a day of salvation I helped you." Behold, now is the acceptable time. Behold, now is the day of salvation.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 7:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 7:10 - For godly sorrow works repentance to salvation, which brings no regret. But the sorrow of the world works death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:13 - in whom you also, having heard the word of the truth, the Good News of your salvation, -- in whom, having also believed, you were sealed with the Ruach HaKodesh of promise,

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 1:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 1:19 - For I know that this will turn out to my salvation, through your supplication and the supply of the Spirit of Yeshua the Messiah,

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 1:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 1:28 - and in nothing frightened by the adversaries, which is for them a proof of destruction, but to you of salvation, and that from God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 2:12 - So then, my beloved, even as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 5:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 5:8 - But let us, since we belong to the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and, for a helmet, the hope of salvation.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 5:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 5:9 - For God didn't appoint us to wrath, but to the obtaining of salvation through our Lord Yeshua the Messiah,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Th 2:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Th 2:13 - But we are bound to always give thanks to God for you, brothers loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief in the truth;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 2:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 2:10 - Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sake, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Messiah Yeshua with eternal glory.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 3:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 3:15 - From infancy, you have known the sacred writings which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith, which is in Messiah Yeshua.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 1:14 - Aren't they all ministering spirits, sent out to do service for the sake of those who will inherit salvation?

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 2:3 - how will we escape if we neglect so great a salvation -- which at the first having been spoken through the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard;

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 2:10 - For it became him, for whom are all things, and through whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to make the author of their salvation perfect through sufferings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 5:9 - Having been made perfect, he became to all of those who obey him the author of eternal salvation,

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 6:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 6:9 - But, beloved, we are persuaded of better things for you, and things that accompany salvation, even though we speak like this.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 9:28

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 9:28 - so Messiah also, having been once offered to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, without sin, to those who are eagerly waiting for him for salvation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:7 - By faith, Noach, being warned about things not yet seen, moved with godly fear, prepared a teivah for the saving of his house, through which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 1:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:5 - who by the power of God are guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 1:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:9 - receiving the result of your faith, the salvation of your souls.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 1:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:10 - Concerning this salvation, the prophets sought and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that would come to you,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 3:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 3:15 - Regard the patience of our Lord as salvation; even as our beloved brother Sha'ul also, according to the wisdom given to him, wrote to you;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jde 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJde 1:3 - Beloved, while I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I was constrained to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the holy ones.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 7:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 7:10 - They cried with a loud voice, saying, "Salvation be to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:10 - I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, "Now is come the salvation, the power, and the Kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Messiah; for the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down, who accuses them before our God day and night.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 19:1

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 19:1 - After these things I heard something like a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, "Halleluyah! Salvation, power, and glory belong to our God:
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