σωτήρ (sōtήr) — deliverer / rescuer / savior

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, m.

Inflections: σωτήρ; -ῆρος

Related lemmas: σῴζω

Sense 1: deliverer, rescuer, savior

Semantic entry: 21.22

Semantic domains: Danger, Risk, Safe, Save

Subdomains: Cause To Be Safe, Free from Danger

Definition: (derivative of σῴζω[a] ‘to rescue, to save,’ 21.18: σῴζω / 21.18: σωτηρία) one who rescues or saves

Show passage in OET: LUK 1:47

OET-RV LUK 1:47

47 and my spirit is so happy about God, my saviour,

OET-LV LUK 1:47

47 and the spirit of _me exulted in the god, the saviour of _me.

Show passage in OET: EPH 5:23

OET-RV EPH 5:23

23 because the husband is the leader of the wife just like the messiah is the head and saviour of his body, the church.

OET-LV EPH 5:23

23 because the_husband is head of _the wife, as also the chosen _one /messiah is the_head of _the assembly, he the_saviour of _the body.

Jump to OET LUK 1:47 section.

Jump to OET EPH 5:23 section.

Sense 2: Savior

Semantic entry: 21.31

Semantic domains: Danger, Risk, Safe, Save

Subdomains: Save in a Religious Sense

Definition: (derivative of σῴζω [source selector 000001][b] ‘to save,’ 21.27: σῴζω) one who saves

Show passage in OET: LUK 2:11

OET-RV LUK 2:11

11 because a saviour for all people was born today in David’s town. He’s the messiah, Yahweh,

OET-LV LUK 2:11

11 because today a_saviour was _born to _you _all, who is the_chosen _one /messiah, the_master, in the_city of _Dawid.

Show passage in OET: JHN 4:42

OET-RV JHN 4:42

42 so then they told the woman, “We no longer believe just because of what you said, but now that we’ve heard him for ourselves, we can see that he really is the saviour of the world.”

OET-LV JHN 4:42

42 to _the and women they _were _saying, that We _are _believing no _longer because _of the your speech, because/for we _have _heard ourselves and we _have _known that this is truly the saviour of _the world.

Jump to OET LUK 2:11 section.

Jump to OET JHN 4:42 section.

All 22 recorded passages for this sense

LUK: OET LUK 2:11

JHN: OET JHN 4:42

ACT: OET ACT 5:31 · OET ACT 13:23

PHP: OET PHP 3:20

TI1: OET TI1 1:1 · OET TI1 2:3 · OET TI1 4:10

TI2: OET TI2 1:10

TIT: OET TIT 1:3–4 · OET TIT 2:10 · OET TIT 2:13 · OET TIT 3:4 · OET TIT 3:6

PE2: OET PE2 1:1 · OET PE2 1:11 · OET PE2 2:20 · OET PE2 3:2 · OET PE2 3:18

JN1: OET JN1 4:14

JDE: OET JDE 1:25

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

σωτήρ

Form 1

Sense 1: deliverer, rescuer, savior

Sense 2: Savior