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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
Dictionary Aids

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 107 times in 103 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 3 (Gen 26:31–Psa 18:46)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:31 - And they arose in the morning, and swore each to his neighbour; and Isaac sent them forth, and they departed from him in safety.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:21 - and bring me back in safety to the house of my father, then shall the Lord be for a God to me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:17 - And Joseph said, Far be it from me to do this thing; the man with whom the cup has been found, he shall be my servant; but do ye go up with safety to your father.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:18 - waiting for the salvation of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:13 - And Moses said to the people, Be of good courage: stand and see the salvation which is from the Lord, which he will work for us this day; for as ye have seen the Egyptians to-day, ye shall see them again no more for ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:2 - He was to me a helper and protector for salvation: this is my God, and I will glorify him; my father's God, and I will exalt him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:24 - Ye shall make to me an altar of earth; and upon it ye shall sacrifice your whole burnt-offerings, and your peace-offerings, and your sheep and your calves in every place, where I shall record my name; and I will come to thee and bless thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:39 - These sacrifices shall ye offer to the Lord in your feasts, besides your vows; and ye shall offer your free-will-offerings and your whole-burnt-offerings, and your meat-offerings and your drink-offerings, and your peace-offerings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:18 - And he was very thirsty, and wept before the Lord, and said, Thou hast been well pleased to grant this great deliverance by the hand of thy servant, and now shall I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:1 - My heart is established in the Lord, my horn is exalted in my God; my mouth is enlarged over my enemies, I have rejoiced in thy salvation.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:9 - And he said to the messengers that came, Thus shall ye say to the men of Jabis, To-morrow ye shall have deliverance when the sun is hot; and the messengers came to the city, and told the men of Jabis, and they rejoiced.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:13 - And Saul said, No man shall die this day, for to-day the Lord has wrought deliverance in Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:45

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:45 - And the people said to Saul, Shall he that has wrought this great salvation in Israel be put to death this day? As the Lord lives, there shall not fall to the ground one of the hairs of his head; for the people of God have wrought successfully this day. And the people prayed for Jonathan in that day, and he died not.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:5 - And he put his life in his hand, and smote the Philistine, and the Lord wrought a great deliverance; and all Israel saw, and rejoiced: why then dost thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:11 - And he said, If Syria be too strong for me, then shall ye help me: and if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then will we be ready to help thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:14 - And David said to all his servants who were with him in Jerusalem, Rise, and let us flee, for we have no refuge from Abessalom: make haste and go, lest he overtake us speedily, and bring evil upon us, and smite the city with the edge of the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:2 - (LXX 19:3) And the victory was turned that day into mourning to all the people, for the people heard say that day, The king grieves after his son.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:3 - my God; he shall be to me my guard, I will trust in him: he is my protector, and the horn of my salvation, my helper, and my sure refuge; thou shalt save me from the unjust man.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:36

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:36 - And thou hast given me the shield of my salvation, and thy propitious dealing has increased me,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:47

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:47 - The Lord lives, and blessed be my guardian, and my God, [fn]my strong keeper, shall be exalted.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:51

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:51 - He magnifies the [fn]salvation of his king, and works mercy for his anointed, even for David and for his seed for ever.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:5 - For my house is not so with the Mighty One: for he has made an everlasting covenant with me, ready, guarded at every time; for all my salvation and all my desire is, that the wicked should not flourish.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:10 - He arose and smote the Philistines, until his hand was weary, and his hand clave to the sword: and the Lord wrought a great salvation in that day, and the people [fn]rested behind him only to strip the slain.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:12 - And he stood firm in the midst of the portion, and rescued it, and smote the Philistines; and the Lord wrought a great deliverance.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:1 - Now Naiman, the captain of the host of Syria, was a great man before his master, and [fn]highly respected, because by him the Lord had given deliverance to Syria, and the man was mighty in strength, but a leper.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:5 - And the Lord gave deliverance to Israel, and they escaped from under the hand of Syria: and the children of Israel dwelt in their tents as [fn]heretofore.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:17 - And he said, Open the window eastward. And he opened it. And Elisaie said, Shoot. And he shot. And Elisaie said, The arrow of the Lord's deliverance, and the arrow of deliverance [fn]from Syria; and thou shalt smite the Syrians in Aphec until thou have consumed them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:14 - And he stood in the midst of the portion, and rescued it, and smote the Philistines; and the Lord wrought a great deliverance.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:23 - Sing ye to the Lord, all the earth; proclaim his salvation from day to day.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:35

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:35 - And say ye, Save us, O God of our salvation, and gather us, and rescue us from among the heathen, that we may praise thy holy name, and glory in thy praises.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:12 - And he said, If the Syrian should prevail against me, then shalt thou deliver me: and if the children of Ammon should prevail against thee, then will I deliver thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:41

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:41 - And now, O Lord God, arise into thy resting-place, thou, and the ark of thy strength: let thy priests, O Lord God, clothe themselves with salvation, and thy sons rejoice in prosperity.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:7 - And when the Lord saw that they repented, then came the word of the Lord to Samaias, saying, They have repented; I will not destroy them, but I will set them in safety for a little while, and my wrath shall not be poured out on Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:17 - It is not for you to fight: understand these things, and see the deliverance of the Lord with you, Juda and Jerusalem: fear not, neither be afraid to go forth to-morrow to meet them; and the Lord shall be with you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:8 - And now our God has dealt mercifully with us, so as to leave us to escape, and to give us an establishment in the place of his sanctuary, to enlighten our eyes, and to give a little quickening in our servitude.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:13 - And after all that is come upon us because of our evil deeds, and our great trespass, it is clear that there is none such as our God, for thou hast lightly visited our iniquities, and given us deliverance;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:11 - All the nations of the empire know, that whoever, man or woman, shall go in to the king into the inner court uncalled, that person cannot live: only to whomsoever the king shall stretch out his golden sceptre, he shall live: and I have not been called to go in to the king, for these thirty days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:9 - And when much time had passed, his wife said to him, How long wilt thou hold out, saying, (LXX 2:9a) Behold, I wait yet a little while, expecting the hope of my deliverance? (2:9b) for, behold, thy memorial is abolished from the earth, even thy sons and daughters, the pangs and pains of my womb which I bore in vain with sorrows; (2:9c) and thou thyself sittest down to spend the nights in the open air among the corruption of worms, (2:9d) and I am a wanderer and a servant from place to place and house to house, waiting for the setting of the sun, that I may rest from my labours and my pangs which now beset me: (2:9e) but say some word against the Lord, and die.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:4 - Let their children be far from safety, and let them be crushed at the doors of vile men, and let there be no deliverer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:20 - But safety shall fail them; for their hope is destruction, and the eyes of the ungodly shall waste away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:16 - And this shall turn to me for salvation; for fraud shall have no entrance before him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:20 - There is no security to his possessions; he shall not be saved by his desire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:15 - My pains return upon me; my hope is gone like the wind, and my safety as a cloud.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:22 - And thou hast put me to grief, and hast cast me away from safety.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 3:2 - (LXX 3:3) Many say concerning my soul, There is no deliverance for him in his God. [fn]Pause.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 3:8 - (LXX 3:9) Deliverance is the Lord's, and thy blessing is upon thy people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 12:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 12:5 - (LXX 11:6) Because of the misery of the poor, and because of the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the Lord, I will set them in safety; I will speak to them thereof openly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:2 - (LXX 17:3) The Lord is my firm support, and my refuge, and my deliverer; my God is my helper, I will hope in him; he is my defender, and the horn of my salvation, and my helper.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:35

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:35 - (LXX 17:36) And thou hast made me [fn]secure in my salvation: and thy right hand has helped me, and thy correction has upheld me to the end; yea, thy correction itself shall instruct me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:46

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:46 - (LXX 17:47) The Lord lives; and blessed be my God; and let the God of my salvation be exalted.

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