σωτηρία (sōtaʸria) — to deliver / to rescue / to make safe

Notes: The meanings of σῴζω and σωτηρία in this subdomain differ from the meaning of ἐξαιρέομαι (21.17: ἐξαιρέω) in implying not only a rescue from danger but a restoration to a former state of safety and well being. It is this aspect of the terms σῴζω and σωτηρία which provides such an excellent basis for their use in denoting religious salvation.

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, f.

Inflections: σωτηρία; -ας

Related lemmas: σῴζω

Sense 1: to deliver, to rescue, to make safe, deliverance

Semantic entry: 21.18

Semantic domains: Danger, Risk, Safe, Save

Subdomains: Cause To Be Safe, Free from Danger

Definition: to rescue from danger and to restore to a former state of safety and well being{N:001}

Show passage in OET: LUK 1:69

OET-RV LUK 1:69

69 He brought us a voice that would lead to our salvation,
⇔ us citizens of the nation of King David, his servant

OET-LV LUK 1:69

69 and raised a_horn of _salvation for _us, in the_house of _Dawid/(Dāvid), the_servant of _him,

Show passage in OET: LUK 1:71

OET-RV LUK 1:71

71 He saved us from our enemies,
⇔ and from the power of all the ones hating us,

OET-LV LUK 1:71

71 salvation from of_the_enemies of _us, and from the_hand of _all the ones hating us,

Jump to OET LUK 1:69 section.

Jump to OET LUK 1:71 section.

All 7 recorded passages for this sense

LUK: OET LUK 1:69 · OET LUK 1:71

ACT: OET ACT 7:25 · OET ACT 27:34

PHP: OET PHP 1:19

HEB: OET HEB 11:7

PE1: OET PE1 1:5

Sense 2: salvation

Semantic entry: 21.25

Semantic domains: Danger, Risk, Safe, Save

Subdomains: Save in a Religious Sense

Definition: a state of having been saved

Show passage in OET: JHN 4:22

OET-RV JHN 4:22

22 You people in Shomron (Samaria) don’t even know who you worship, but we do, because people will be saved by means of us Yehudim.

OET-LV JHN 4:22

22 You _all are _prostrating what you _all _have_ not _known, we are _prostrating what we _have _known, because the salvation is of the Youdaiōns.

Show passage in OET: ACT 4:12

OET-RV ACT 4:12

12 We can’t be saved by anyone else, because there’s no other name or authority that’s been given in the entire world under which people can be saved.

OET-LV ACT 4:12

12 And not _one the is not in other salvation, because/for there _is not another name under the heaven which having _been _given among people, by which it _is _fitting us to _be _saved.

Jump to OET JHN 4:22 section.

Jump to OET ACT 4:12 section.

All 19 recorded passages for this sense

JHN: OET JHN 4:22

ACT: OET ACT 4:12

ROM: OET ROM 10:1 · OET ROM 10:10 · OET ROM 11:11

CO2: OET CO2 7:10

PHP: OET PHP 1:28

TH1: OET TH1 5:8–9

TH2: OET TH2 2:13

TI2: OET TI2 2:10 · OET TI2 3:15

HEB: OET HEB 1:14 · OET HEB 2:3 · OET HEB 2:10 · OET HEB 5:9

PE1: OET PE1 1:9 · OET PE1 2:2

JDE: OET JDE 1:3

Sense 3: salvation

Semantic entry: 21.26

Semantic domains: Danger, Risk, Safe, Save

Subdomains: Save in a Religious Sense

Definition: the process of being saved

Notes: Although it is difficult and sometimes impossible to determine whether σωτηρία refers to the state of being saved (21.25: σωτηρία) or the process of being saved, in some languages it is obligatory to choose one or the other meaning.

Show passage in OET: MRK 16:8

OET-RV MRK 16:8