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Lexicon :: Strong's G4982 - sōzō

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σῴζω
Transliteration
sōzō (Key)
Pronunciation
sode'-zo
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
From a primary sos (contraction for obsolete saoz, "safe")
mGNT
106x in 36 unique form(s)
TR
110x in 37 unique form(s)
LXX
287x in 68 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 7:965,1132

Strong’s Definitions

σώζω sṓzō, sode'-zo; from a primary σῶς sōs (contraction for obsolete σάος sáos, "safe"); to save, i.e. deliver or protect (literally or figuratively):—heal, preserve, save (self), do well, be (make) whole.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 110x

The KJV translates Strong's G4982 in the following manner: save (93x), make whole (9x), heal (3x), be whole (2x), miscellaneous (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 110x
The KJV translates Strong's G4982 in the following manner: save (93x), make whole (9x), heal (3x), be whole (2x), miscellaneous (3x).
  1. to save, keep safe and sound, to rescue from danger or destruction

    1. one (from injury or peril)

      1. to save a suffering one (from perishing), i.e. one suffering from disease, to make well, heal, restore to health

      2. to preserve one who is in danger of destruction, to save or rescue

    2. to save in the technical biblical sense

      1. negatively

        1. to deliver from the penalties of the Messianic judgment

        2. to save from the evils which obstruct the reception of the Messianic deliverance

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
σώζω sṓzō, sode'-zo; from a primary σῶς sōs (contraction for obsolete σάος sáos, "safe"); to save, i.e. deliver or protect (literally or figuratively):—heal, preserve, save (self), do well, be (make) whole.
STRONGS G4982:
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. Latinsanus; 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 (orfio),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 αἰών 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 ( εὐσέβεια 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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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Joel
2:32; 3:5
Matthew
1:21; 8:25; 9:21; 9:22; 10:22; 14:30; 16:25; 18:11; 19:24; 19:25; 24:13; 24:22; 27:40; 27:42; 27:49
Mark
3:4; 5:23; 5:28; 5:34; 6:56; 8:35; 8:35; 10:25; 10:26; 10:52; 13:13; 13:20; 15:30; 16:16
Luke
6:9; 7:50; 8:12; 8:36; 8:48; 8:50; 9:24; 9:24; 9:56; 13:23; 17:19; 17:33; 18:25; 18:26; 18:42; 19:10; 23:35; 23:37; 23:39
John
3:16; 3:17; 5:34; 10:9; 11:12; 12:27; 12:47
Acts
2:21; 2:40; 2:47; 4:9; 4:9; 4:12; 11:14; 14:9; 14:9; 15:1; 15:11; 16:30; 27:20; 27:31
Romans
5:9; 5:10; 8:24; 9:27; 10:9; 10:13; 11:14; 11:26
1 Corinthians
1:18; 1:21; 3:15; 5:5; 7:16; 9:22; 10:33; 15:2
2 Corinthians
2:15
Ephesians
2:5
1 Thessalonians
2:16
2 Thessalonians
2:10
1 Timothy
1:15; 2:4; 2:15; 4:16
2 Timothy
1:9; 4:18
Titus
3:5
Hebrews
2:2; 5:7; 7:25
James
1:21; 2:14; 4:12; 5:15; 5:20
1 Peter
3:21; 4:18
Jude
1:5; 1:23
Revelation
21:24

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4982 matches the Greek σῴζω (sōzō),
which occurs 287 times in 271 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 6 (Gen 19:17–1Sa 30:17)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:17 - Now it happened, as they brought them outside, [fn]one said, “Escape for your life! Do not look behind you, and do not stay [fn]anywhere in the valley; escape to the [fn]mountains, lest you be swept away.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:20 - now behold, this town is near enough to flee to, and it is small. Please, let me escape there (is it not small?) [fn]that my life may be preserved.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:22 - “Hurry, escape there, for I cannot do anything until you arrive there.” Therefore the name of the city was called [fn]Zoar.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:8 - And he said, “If Esau comes to the one camp and strikes it, then the camp which remains will escape.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:30 - So Jacob named the place [fn]Peniel, for he said, “I have seen God face to face, yet my [fn]life has been delivered.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:25 - So they said, “You have kept us alive! Let us find favor in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh’s slaves.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:19 -

“And one from Jacob shall have dominion,

And will make the survivor perish from the city.”

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:29 -

“Blessed are you, O Israel;

Who is like you, a people saved by Yahweh,

Who is the shield of your help

And the sword of your majesty!

So your enemies will cower before you,

And you will tread upon their high places.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:22 - [fn]And the others came out from the city to meet them, so that they were trapped in the midst of Israel, [fn]some on this side and some on that side; and they struck them down until [fn]there was no one remaining for him who survived or escaped.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:33 -

Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish, and Joshua struck him and his people down until [fn]there was no survivor remaining for him.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:40 -

Thus Joshua struck all the land—the hill country and the [fn]Negev and the [fn]Shephelah and the slopes—as well as all their kings. He left no survivor remaining, but he devoted to destruction all who breathed, just as Yahweh, the God of Israel, had commanded.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:16 -

Then Yahweh raised up judges [fn]who saved them from the hands of those who plundered them.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:18 - Now when Yahweh raised up judges for them, Yahweh was with the judge and saved them from the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge; for Yahweh was moved to pity by their groaning because of those who oppressed and suppressed them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:9 - Then the sons of Israel cried to Yahweh, and Yahweh raised up a savior for the sons of Israel to save them, Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:31 -

Now after him was Shamgar the son of Anath. And he struck down 600 Philistines with an oxgoad; and he also saved Israel.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:14 - Then Yahweh turned to him and said, “Go in this strength of yours and save Israel from the hand of Midian. Have I not sent you?”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:15 - But he said to Him, “O Lord, with what shall I save Israel? Behold, my clan is the least in Manasseh, and I am the youngest in my father’s house.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:31 - But Joash said to all who stood against him, “Will you contend for Baal, or will you save him? Whoever will contend for him shall be put to death by morning. If he is a god, let him contend for himself, because someone has torn down his altar.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:36 -

Then Gideon said to God, “If You will save Israel by my hand, as You have spoken,

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:37 - behold, I will put a fleece of wool on the threshing floor. If there is dew on the fleece only, and it is dry on all the ground, then I will know that You will save Israel by my hand, as You have spoken.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:2 -

And Yahweh said to Gideon, “The people who are with you are too many for Me to give Midian into their hands, lest Israel honor themselves, saying, ‘My own hand has saved me.’

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:7 - And Yahweh said to Gideon, “I will save you with the 300 men who lapped and will give the Midianites into your hands; so let all the other people go, each man to his place.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:22 -

Then the men of Israel said to Gideon, “Rule over us, both you and your son, also your son’s son, for you have saved us from the hand of Midian.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:1 -

Then after Abimelech died, Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar, arose to save Israel; and he lived in Shamir in the hill country of Ephraim.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:12 - “Also the Sidonians, the Amalekites, and the Maonites oppressed you. And you cried out to Me, and I saved you from their hand.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:13 - “Yet you have forsaken Me and served other gods; therefore I will no longer save you.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:14 - “Go and cry out to the gods which you have chosen; let them save you in the time of your distress.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:2 - Then Jephthah said to them, “I and my people were at great strife with the sons of Ammon. And I cried out to you, but you did not save me from their hand.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:3 - “And I saw that you would not save me, so I [fn]took my life in my hands and crossed over against the sons of Ammon, and Yahweh gave them into my hand. Why then have you come up to me this day to fight against me?”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:5 - “For behold, you [fn]shall be with child and give birth to a son, and no razor shall come upon his head, for the boy shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb; and he shall begin to save Israel from the hand of the Philistines.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:3 - Then the people came into the camp, and the elders of Israel said, “Why has Yahweh [fn]defeated us today before the Philistines? Let us take to ourselves from Shiloh the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, that [fn]it may come among us and save us from the power of our enemies.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:8 - So the sons of Israel said to Samuel, “Do not cease to cry out to Yahweh our God for us, that He may save us from the hand of the Philistines.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:16 - “About this time tomorrow I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin, and you shall anoint him to be ruler over My people Israel; and he will save My people from the hand of the Philistines. For I have regarded My people because their cry has come to Me.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:1 -

Then Samuel took the flask of oil, poured it on his head, kissed him, and said, “Has not Yahweh anointed you a ruler over His inheritance?

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:27 - But certain [fn]vile men said, “How can this one save us?” And they despised him and did not bring him any present. But he kept silent.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:3 - Then the elders of Jabesh said to him, “Let us alone for seven days, that we may send messengers throughout the territory of Israel. Then, if there is no one to save us, we will come out to you.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:6 -

Then Jonathan said to the young man who was carrying his armor, “Come and let us cross over to the garrison of these uncircumcised; perhaps Yahweh will work for us, for Yahweh is not restrained to save by many or by few.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:23 - So Yahweh saved Israel that day, and the battle [fn]spread beyond Beth-aven.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:39 - “For as Yahweh lives, who saves Israel, though it is in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die.” But not one of all the people answered him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:47 -

Now Saul had taken the kingdom over Israel, and he fought against all his enemies on every side, against Moab, the sons of Ammon, Edom, the kings of Zobah, and the Philistines; and wherever he turned, he [fn]inflicted punishment.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:47 - and that all this assembly may know that Yahweh does not save by sword or by spear; for the battle is Yahweh’s, and He will give you into our hands.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:11 -

Then Saul sent messengers to David’s house to keep watch over him, in order to put him to death in the morning. But Michal, David’s wife, told him, saying, “If you do not make an escape for your life tonight, tomorrow you will be put to death.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:12 - So Michal let David down through a window, and he went out and fled and escaped.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:2 - So David asked of Yahweh, saying, “Shall I go and strike these Philistines?” And Yahweh said to David, “Go and strike the Philistines and save Keilah.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:5 - So David and his men went to Keilah and fought with the Philistines; and he led away their livestock and struck them with a great slaughter. Thus David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:26 -

“So now, my lord, as Yahweh lives and as your soul lives, since Yahweh has restrained you from [fn]shedding blood, and from saving yourself by your own hand, so now, let your enemies and those who seek evil against my lord, be as Nabal.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:31 - then this will not [fn]cause stumbling or a troubled heart to my lord, both by having shed blood without cause and by my lord having saved himself. When Yahweh deals well with my lord, then remember your maidservant.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:33 - and blessed be your discernment, and blessed be you, who have kept me this day from [fn]bloodshed and from saving myself by my own hand.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:1 -

Then David said in his heart, “Now I will be swept away one day by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than that I should utterly escape into the land of the Philistines. Saul then will despair of searching for me anymore in all the territory of Israel, and I will escape from his hand.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:17 - Then David struck them down from the twilight [fn]until the evening of [fn]the next day; and not a man of them escaped, except four hundred young men who rode on camels and fled.

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