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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 hath 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 that hate us;

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 1:77

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 19:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:9 - And Jesus said unto him, To-day is salvation come to this house, forasmuch as he also is a son of Abraham.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 4:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:22 - Ye worship that which ye know not: we worship that which we know; for salvation is from the Jews.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:12 - And in none other is there salvation: for neither is there any other name under heaven, that is given among men, wherein we must be saved.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:25

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:25 - and he supposed that his brethren understood that God by his hand was giving them deliverance; but they understood not.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:26 - Brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and those among you that fear God, to us is the word of this salvation sent forth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:47

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:47 - For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying,
I have set thee for a light of the Gentiles,
That thou shouldest be for salvation unto the uttermost part of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:17 - The same following after Paul and us cried out, saying, These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim unto you the way of salvation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 27:34

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:34 - Wherefore I beseech you to take some food: for this is for your safety: for there shall not a hair perish from the head of any of you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:16 - For I am not ashamed of the gospel: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 10:1 - Brethren, my heart’s desire and my supplication to God is for them, that they may be saved.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 10:10 - for with the heart man believeth 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 say then, Did they stumble that they might fall? God forbid: but by their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, to provoke them to jealousy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 13:11

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 1:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 1:6 - But whether we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; or whether we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which worketh 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 saith,
At an acceptable time I hearkened unto thee,
And in a day of salvation did I succor thee:
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 worketh repentance unto salvation, a repentance which bringeth no regret: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:13 - in whom ye also, having heard the word of the truth, the gospel of your salvation,—in whom, having also believed, ye were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 1:19

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 1:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 1:28 - and in nothing affrighted by the adversaries: which is for them an evident token of perdition, but of your 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 ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, 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 are of 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 appointed us not unto wrath, but unto the obtaining of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Th 2:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Th 2:13 - But we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, for that God chose you from the beginning unto salvation in sanctification of the Spirit and belief of 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 Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 3:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 3:15 - and that from a babe thou hast known the sacred writings which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 1:14 - Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to do service for the sake of them that shall inherit salvation?

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 2:3 - how shall we escape, if we neglect so great a salvation? which having at the first been spoken through the Lord, was confirmed unto us by them that 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 unto 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 - and having been made perfect, he became unto all them that 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 better things of you, and things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak:

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 9:28

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 9:28 - so Christ also, having been once offered to bear the sins of many, shall appear a second time, apart from sin, to them that wait for him, unto salvation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:7 - By faith Noah, being warned of God concerning things not seen as yet, moved with godly fear, prepared an ark to 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 unto 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 end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 1:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:10 - Concerning which salvation the prophets sought and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you:

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 3:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 3:15 - And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also, according to the wisdom given to him, wrote unto you;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jde 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJde 1:3 - Beloved, while I was giving all diligence to write unto you of our common salvation, I was constrained to write unto you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered unto the saints.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 7:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 7:10 - and they cry with a great voice, saying, Salvation unto our God who sitteth on the throne, and unto the Lamb.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:10 - And I heard a great voice in heaven, saying, Now is come the salvation, and the power, and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, who accuseth 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 as it were a great voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, Hallelujah; Salvation, and glory, and power, belong to our God:
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