Quick Definition
διασώζω v. I save, bring safely to
Strong's Definition
to save thoroughly, i.e. (by implication or analogy) to cure, preserve, rescue, etc.
Derivation: from G1223 (διά) and G4982 (σώζω);
KJV Usage: bring safe, escape (safe), heal, make perfectly whole, save
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | aor.pass. διεσώθην | σῴζω
21.19 · Danger, Risk, Safe, Save · Cause To Be Safe, Free from Danger
to save, to rescue to rescue completely from danger
ACT 23:24 · ACT 27:43 · ACT 27:44 · ACT 28:1 · ACT 28:4 · 1PE 3:20
23.136 · Physiological Processes and States · Health, Vigor, Strength
to heal, to cure, to make well, healing to cause someone to become well again after having been sick In a number of languages there are different terms for ‘healing’ depending upon the type of sickness or illness which is involved.
1 1PE 3:20 In 1PE 3:20 it is possible that the phrase δι ὕδατος, literally ‘through water,’ may mean ‘by means of water.’ This has been interpreted by some as an indirect reference to and a prototype of baptism. 2 It is possible that διασῴζω is somewhat more emphatic in meaning than σῴζω. It is also possible that in a number of contexts σῴζω and διασῴζω may have the added implication of having rescued such persons from a state of illness.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
δια-σώζω: 1 aor. διέσωσα; 1 aor. pass. διεσώθην;; in Grk. writ. fr. Hdt. down; often in Sept., esp. for o> and ywin; to preserve through danger, to bring safe through ; to save i. e. cure one who is sick (cf. our colloq. bring him through): Lk. vii. 3; pass. Mt. xiv. 36; to save i. 6. keep safe, keep from perishing: Acts xxvii. 43; to save out of danger, rescue: Acts xxviii. 1; ἐκ τῆς θαλάσσης, ibid. 4 ; —as very often in Grk. writ. (see exx. in Win. De verb. comp. ete. Pt. v. p. 9 sq.) with specification of the person to whom or of the place to which one is brought safe through: πρὸς Φήλικα, Acts xxiii. 24; ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν, Acts xxvii. 44; εἴς τι, 1 Pet. iii. 20.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
διασῴζω diasōzō 8x
to bring safely through; to convey in safety, Acts 23:24; pass. to reach a place or state of safety, Acts 27:43, 44; 28:1, 4; 1 Pet. 3:20; to heal, to restore to health, Mt. 14:36; Lk. 7:3*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
δια-σώζω
[in LXX for מלט, ישׁע, etc. ;]
to bring safely through a danger: Lk 7:3, Ac 27:43; seq. πρός, Ac 23:24. Pass., to come safe through: Ac 28:1; ἐπὶ τ. γῆν, Ac 27:44; ἐκ τ. θαλάσσης, Ac 28:4; δι’ ὕδατος, I Pe 3:20; of sickness, to recover: Mt 14:36.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
διασώζω. P Lille I. 1728 (iii/B.c.) ἀἸπόστιλον. αὐτῶι τινά, ἵνα διασωθῇ ὁ σῖτος ὁ παρ᾽ ὑμᾶς, P Vat A® (B.C. 168) (= Witkowski®, p. 65) κομισάμενος τὴν παρὰ σοῦ ἐπιστολήν, ἐν ἧι διεσάφεις διασεσῶσθαι ἐγ μεγάλων κινδύνων, P Par 294 (BC. 161-0) διασωθεὶς κατὰ τὸ δίκαιον ἐκ τῶν ἔξωθεν τόπων, BGU 1. 332? (ii/iii A.D.) ἐχάρην κομισαμένη γράμματα, ὅτι καλῶς διεσώθητε, 70. 34118 (ii/A.D.) (as restored in Preisigke p. 40) ὅσοι μὲν τελέω]ς δ[ι]σσωθησόμενοι πρὸς τοὺς ἰδί[ους κατέφυγον. See also the iv/A.p. Christian letter, P Oxy VI. 9398 ἡμῖν ἵλεως ἐγένετο [kal ταῖς εὐϊχαῖς ἡμῶν ἐπένευσεν διασώσας ἡμῖν [τὴν ἡμῶν] κυρίαν, “ Ile was gracious to us and inclined His ear to our prayers by preserving for us our mistress.” Add from inscrr. Sy// 490!® (i1i/B.c.) ἀλλ᾽ ὁμοίως περὶ πάντα[ς τὸ]ς πολί[τ]ας [σπουδ]άζων διέσωισε πολλούς. In connexion with 1 Pet 32°, where it describes Noah's being ‘‘safely brought into” the Ark, it is worth noting that Josephus uses the verb about Noah, in c. Apion. i. 130 περὶ τῆς λάρνακος, ἐν ἡ Naxos . . διεσώθη.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
διασῴζω (diasōzō) — to save. διασῴζω, preserve through a danger, of persons, Ἀπόλλωνα δ. κατακρύψασα [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, save for oneself, τὰ πλείστου ἄξια [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; come safe through, τοὺς διασωθέντας [NT]; διασῴζεσθαι ἐς.. or πρός.. to come safe to a place, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; recover from illness, [Refs]
II. of things, preserve, maintain, ἀνδρὶ τἀμὰ δ. λέχη.. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; keep in memory, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, preserve for oneself, retain, εὐδαιμονίαν, εὐτυχίαν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]