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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 raised up a horn of deliverance for us in the house of David his servant;

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 1:71

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:71 - deliverance from our enemies and out of 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 deliverance to his people by the remission of their sins

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 19:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:9 - And Jesus said to him, To-day salvation is come to this house, inasmuch 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 ye know not what; we worship what we know, for salvation is of the Jews.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:12 - And salvation is in none other, for neither is there another name under heaven which 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 - For he thought that his brethren would understand 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, sons of Abraham's race, and those who among you fear God, to you has the word of this salvation been sent:

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:47

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:47 - for thus has the Lord enjoined us: I have set thee for a light of the nations, that thou shouldest be for salvation to the end of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:17 - She, having followed Paul and us, cried saying, These men are bondmen of the Most High God, who announce to you the way of salvation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 27:34

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:34 - Wherefore I exhort you to partake of food, for this has to do with your safety; for not a hair from the head of any one of you shall perish.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:16 - For I am not ashamed of the glad tidings; for it is God's power to salvation, to every one that believes, both to Jew first and to Greek:

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 10:1 - Brethren, the delight of my own heart and my supplication which I address to God for them is for salvation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 10:10 - For with the heart is believed to righteousness; and with the mouth confession made to salvation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 11:11

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 11:11 - I say then, Have they stumbled in order that they might fall? Far be the thought: but by their fall there is salvation to the nations to provoke them to jealousy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 13:11

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 13:11 - This also, knowing the time, that it is already time that *we* should be aroused out of sleep; for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 1:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 1:6 - But whether we are in tribulation, it is for your encouragement and salvation, wrought in the endurance 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, I have listened to thee in an accepted time, and I have helped thee in a day of salvation: behold, now is the well-accepted time; behold, now the day of salvation:)

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 7:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 7:10 - For grief according to God works repentance to salvation, never to be regretted; but the grief of the world works death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:13 - in whom *ye* also have trusted, having heard the word of the truth, the glad tidings of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, ye have been 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 for me to 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 not frightened in anything by the opposers, which is to them a demonstration of destruction, but of your salvation, and that from God;

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 2:12 - So that, my beloved, even as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much rather 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 *we* being of the day, let us be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and as helmet the hope of salvation;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 5:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 5:9 - because God has not set us for wrath, but for obtaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Th 2:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Th 2:13 - But we ought to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, that God has chosen you from the beginning to 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 - For this cause I endure all things for the sake of the elect, 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 child thou hast known the sacred letters, 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 out for service on account of those who shall inherit salvation?

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 2:3 - how shall *we* escape if we have been negligent of so great salvation, which, having had its commencement in being spoken of by the Lord, has been confirmed to us by those who have 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 by whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to make perfect the leader of their salvation through sufferings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 5:9 - and having been perfected, became to all them that obey him, author of eternal salvation;

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 6:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 6:9 - But we are persuaded concerning you, beloved, better things, and connected with salvation, even if we speak thus.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 9:28

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 9:28 - thus the Christ also, having been once offered to bear the sins of many, shall appear to those that look for him the second time without sin for salvation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:7 - By faith, Noah, oracularly warned concerning things not yet seen, moved with fear, prepared an ark for the saving of his house; by 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 are kept guarded by the power of God through faith for 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, the salvation of your souls.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 1:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:10 - Concerning which salvation prophets, who have prophesied of the grace towards you, sought out and searched out;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 3:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 3:15 - and account the longsuffering of our Lord to be salvation; according as our beloved brother Paul also has written to you according to the wisdom given to him,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jde 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJde 1:3 - Beloved, using all diligence to write to you of our common salvation, I have been obliged to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith once delivered to the saints.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 7:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 7:10 - And they cry with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God who sits upon the throne, and to the Lamb.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:10 - And I heard a great voice in the 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 has been cast out, who accused 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 a loud voice of a great multitude in the heaven, saying, Hallelujah: the salvation and the glory and the power of our God:
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