Quick Definition
σῴζω v. I save, heal
Strong's Definition
from a primary sos (contraction for obsolete saos, "safe"); to save, i.e. deliver or protect (literally or figuratively)
KJV Usage: heal, preserve, save (self), do well, be (make) whole
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | ἀσωτία · ἀσώτως · διασῴζω · ἐκσῴζω · σωτήρ · σωτηρία · σωτήριον · σωφρονέω · σωφρονίζω · σωφρονισμός · σωφρόνως · σωφροσύνη · σώφρων
21.18 · Danger, Risk, Safe, Save · Cause To Be Safe, Free from Danger
to deliver, to rescue, to make safe, deliverance to rescue from danger and to restore to a former state of safety and well being
MAT 8:25 · MAT 10:22 · MAT 14:30 · MAT 16:25 · MAT 24:13 · MAT 24:22 · MAT 27:40 · MAT 27:42 · MAT 27:42 · MAT 27:49 · MRK 3:4 · MRK 8:35 · MRK 8:35 · MRK 13:13 · MRK 13:20 · MRK 15:30 · MRK 15:31 · MRK 15:31 · LUK 6:9 · LUK 9:24 · LUK 9:24 · LUK 23:35 · LUK 23:35 · LUK 23:37 · LUK 23:39 · JHN 12:27 · ACT 27:20 · ACT 27:31 · 1CO 1:18 · 1TI 4:16 · HEB 5:7 · JAS 5:20 · JUD 1:5 · JUD 1:23
21.27 · Danger, Risk, Safe, Save · Save in a Religious Sense
to save to cause someone to experience divine salvation
MAT 1:21 · MAT 10:22 · MAT 19:25 · MAT 24:13 · MRK 8:35 · MRK 8:35 · MRK 10:26 · MRK 13:13 · MRK 16:16 · LUK 7:50 · LUK 8:12 · LUK 9:24 · LUK 9:24 · LUK 13:23 · LUK 18:26 · LUK 19:10 · JHN 3:17 · JHN 5:34 · JHN 10:9 · JHN 12:47 · ACT 2:21 · ACT 2:40 · ACT 2:47 · ACT 4:12 · ACT 11:14 · ACT 15:1 · ACT 15:11 · ACT 16:30 · ACT 16:31 · ROM 5:9 · ROM 5:10 · ROM 8:24 · ROM 9:27 · ROM 10:9 · ROM 10:13 · ROM 11:14 · ROM 11:26 · 1CO 1:18 · 1CO 1:21 · 1CO 3:15 · 1CO 5:5 · 1CO 7:16 · 1CO 7:16 · 1CO 9:22 · 1CO 10:33 · 1CO 15:2 · 2CO 2:15 · EPH 2:5 · EPH 2:8 · 1TH 2:16 · 2TH 2:10 · 1TI 1:15 · 1TI 2:4 · 1TI 2:15 · 2TI 1:9 · 2TI 4:18 · TIT 3:5 · HEB 7:25 · JAS 1:21 · JAS 2:14 · JAS 4:12 · JAS 5:15 · JAS 5:20 · 1PE 3:21 · 1PE 4:18
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.
MAT 9:21 · MAT 9:22 · MAT 9:22 · MRK 5:23 · MRK 5:28 · MRK 5:34 · MRK 6:56 · MRK 10:52 · LUK 8:36 · LUK 8:48 · LUK 8:50 · LUK 17:19 · LUK 18:42 · JHN 11:12 · ACT 4:9 · ACT 14:9 · JAS 5:15
1 The meanings of σῴζω and σωτηρία in this subdomain differ from the meaning of ἐξαιρέομαι (21.17) 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. 2 It is possible that διασῴζω[b] is somewhat more emphatic in meaning than σῴζω[c]. 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
σώζω [al. σῴζω (cf. WH. Intr. § 410; Meisterhans p. 87)]; fut. σώσω; 1 aor. ἔσωσα; pf. σέσωκα ; Pass., pres. σώζομαι; impf, ἐσωζόμην ; pf. 3 pers. sing. (Acts iv. 9) σέσωoracand (acc. to Tdf.) σέσωται (cf. Kiihner i. 912 ; [ Photius s. v.; Rutherford, New Phryn. p. 99; Veitch s. v.]) ; 1 aor.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
σῴζω sōzō 106x
to save, rescue; to preserve safe and unharmed, Mark. 8:25; 10:22; 24:22; 27:40, 42, 49; 1 Tim. 2:15; σῴζειν εἰς, to bring safely to, 2 Tim. 4:18; to cure, heal, restore to health, Mt. 9:21, 22; Mk. 5:23, 28, 34; 6:56; to save, preserve from being lost, Mt. 16:25; Mk. 3:4; 8:35; σῴζειν ἀπό, to deliver from, set free from, Mt. 1:21; Jn. 12:27; Acts 2:40; in NT to rescue from unbelief, convert, Rom. 11:14; 1 Cor. 1:21; 7:16; to bring within the pale of saving privilege, Tit. 3:5; 1 Pet. 3:21; to save from final ruin, 1 Tim. 1:15; pass. to be brought within the pale of saving privilege, Acts 2:47; Eph. 2:5, 8; to be in the way of salvation, 1 Cor. 15:2; 2 Cor. 2:15
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
σώζω (on the more accurate σῴζω, v. WH, Intr., § 410; Bl., §3, 1-3),
[in LXX chiefly for ישׁע hi., also for מלט ni., נצל ni., etc. ;]
to save from peril, injury or suffering: Mt 8:25, Mk 13:20, Lk 23:35, al.; τ. ψυχήν, Mt 16:25, al.; seq. ἐκ, Jo 12:27, He 5:7, Ju 5; of healing, restoring to health: Mt 9:22, Mk 5:34, al. In NT, esp. of salvation from spiritual disease and death, in which sense it is "spoken of in Scripture as either (1) past, (2) present, or (3) future, according as redemption, grace, or glory is the point in view. Thus (1) Ro 8:24, Eph 2:5, 8 II Ti 1:9, Tit 3:5; (2) Ac 2:47, I Co 1:18, 15:2, II Co 2:15; (3) Mt 10:22, Ro 13:11, Phl 2:12, He 9:28" (Vau. on Ro 5:9). Seq. ἀπό, Mt 1:21, Ac 2:40, Ro 5:9; ἐκ, Ja 5:20, Ju 23 (cf. Cremer, 532 ff.).
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
σῴζω (for the t subscript see WH 2 277. 5 p. 314, Blass-Debrunner Gr, ὃ 26) is used like the English ‘‘save” with a variety of application, as the following miscellaneous exx. show—PSI IV. 40518 (iii/B.c.) ἀντιλαβοῦ αὐτῶν καθ᾽ ὁπόσον δύνηι els τὸ σώιζεσθαι αὐτούς, P Hib I. 777 (B.c. 249) συντετάγμεθα γὰρ. .. [τοῖς θε]οῖς [ra] ἱερὰ σωθήσεσθαι καθὰ Kal πρότερον, ‘‘for we have received instructions that the sacred revenues (?) are to be preserved for the gods as in former times,’ P Amh IT. 3532 (B.c. 132) ἐπεὶ οὖν σέσωσαι ἐν τῆι ἀρρωστίαι ὑπὸ τοῦ Σοκνοπαῖτος θεοῦ μεγάλου, ‘‘since, therefore, your life has been saved in sickness by the great god Socnopaeus,” P Tebt I. 561! (late ii/B.c.) σῶσαι ψυχὰς πολλάς (from famine), 76. II. 302° (A.D. 71-2) τινων βιβλίων σ]ωζομένω[ν ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ, “certain documents preserved at the temple,” BGU II. 4238 (ii/a.D.) (= Deissmann LAE*, p. 179) pov κινδυνεύσαντος εἰς θάλασσαν ἔσωσε εὐθέως, ‘when I was in danger at sea he saved me immediately ” (cf. Mt 149 ), P Oxy I. 33 verso’ 15 (interview with an Emperor—late ii/A.D.) πρῶτον μὲν Καῖσαρ ἔϊσωσε Κλεοπάτρ[αν] ἐκράτησεν βασι[λείας, “in the first place Caesar saved Cleopatra’s life when he conquered her kingdom,” 16. VI. 935% (iii/a.D.) θεῶν συνλαμβανόντων . . ὁ ἀδελφὸς. . σώζεται καὶ [ὑγι]αίνει, ‘* with the assistance of heaven our brother is safe and well” (Edd.), “Ὁ. XII. 1414?? (a.p. 270-5) cwloy ἡμῖν, πρύτανι, καλῶς Upxis, ‘‘save yourself for us, prytanis ; excellent is your rule’”’ (Edd.), 76. XIV, 1644? (iii/A.D.) we προσαγορεύω εὐχόμενός σε σώζεσθαι πανοικησίᾳ καὶ εὖ διάγειν, ‘I salute you, praying that you may be preserved and prosper with all your household ”’ (Edd.), and 26. I. 4128 (acclamations to a praefect at a public meeting—ili/iv A.D.) δεόμ[ε]θα, καθολικαί, σῶσον πόλιν τοῖς κυρίοις, “νὰ beseech you, ruler, preserve the city for our lords” (Edd.). We may add from the inserr. Sy// 521 (= °717)°® (B.C. 100-99) δι[ε]τήρησεν πάντας ὑγιαίνοντας καὶ σωζομένους, 0 σῶμα vb. 762 (= %1130)! (after B.c. 167) σωθεὶς ἐκ πολλῶν καὶ μεγάλων κινδύνων. . θεοῖς συννάοις. . χαριστήριον, OGTZS 69" (Ptol.) σωθεὶς ἐγ μεγάλων κινδύνων ἐκπλεύσας ἐκ τῆς Εἰρυθρᾶς θαλάσσης : cf. 7. 704, 71%, and see Lumbroso Archiv viii. p. 61. For σῴζειν els, as in 2 Tim 418, cf. Sy// 255 (= 3521)?6 (iii/B.c.) διὰ τούτους σέσωιστα[.] τὰ αἰχμάλωτα σώματα εἰς τὴν [ἰ]δίαν ἀπαθῆ. The adj. σῶς is seen in such passages as BGU IV. 110634 (B.C. 13) & Te ἐὰν λάβῃ ἢ πιστευθῇ σῶα συντηρήσινί --σειν), P Lond 3015 (a.p. 138-161) (=II. p. 257) παραδῴ[σω] Tov γόμον σῶον καὶ ἀκακούργητον, “I will hand over the freight safe and unharmed,’” and BGU III. 892° (iii/a.p.) περιστερίδια ἑξήκοντα] σῶα Kal ὑγιῆ, * and sound.” For the relation of σῴζω to the Jewish-Aramaic ‘MN see Wellhausen Aizlettung in die drei ersten Evangelien, p. 33, and note the important article by W. Wagner ‘ Uber σάζειν und seine Derivata im Neuen Testament”’ in ZV7WWV Vi. (1905), p. 205 ff. sixty pigeons safe
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
σῴζω (sōzō) — to save. σῴζω, with ι wherever ζ follows ω, as σῴζω, [Refs 5th c.BC+], but otherwise without it, e.g. ἔσωσε [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but Didym. (and many Hellenistic and later Inscrr. and Papyri) rejected the ι everywhere, see [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σοζ[, i.e. σωζ[, occurs in [Refs]: future σώσω [Refs 5th c.BC+]; early Attic dialect σωῶ [Refs]perfect σέσωκα, also σέσῳκα, see. {ἀνασῴζω}:— middle, future σώσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ἐσωσάμην [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, future σωθήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ἐσώθην [Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect σέσωσμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; said to be Attic dialect by [Refs 9th c.AD+]; διασεσῳμένους is found in [Refs 4th c.BC+]; later σέσῳσται [Refs 3rd c.BC+].--The foll. forms are found in [Refs 8th c.BC+]
1. present participle σώζων [Refs 8th c.BC+]; 3rd.pers. singular indicative or optative σώζει (-οι) [Refs 8th c.BC+]present participle passive σωζόμενοι (-ομένοισι) [Refs 6th c.BC+]
2. from σᾰόω, 3rd.pers. singular σαοῖ [Refs 6th c.BC+]; 3rd.pers. plural σαοῦσι [Refs 7th c.BC+]; 2nd pers. singular imperative σάου [Refs 3rd c.BC+], etc.: future σαώσω [Refs 8th c.BC+]: aorist ἐσάωσα [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist infinitive passive σαωθῆναι [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Epic dialect 3rd.pers. plural ἐσάωθεν [Refs 8th c.BC+]: future middle σαώσομαι [Refs]
3. from σάωμι, Aeolic dialect 2nd pers. singular σάως [Refs 7th c.BC+]; 2nd pers. singular imperative σάω [Refs 8th c.BC+] as 3rd.pers. singular imperfect, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
4. from σώω, participle σώοντες [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Ionic dialect imperfect σώεσκον [Refs 8th c.BC+]; σώετε, σώεσθαι, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
5. from σόω, subjunctive σόῃς, -ῃ, -ωσι, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; the forms σοῷς, σοῷ perhaps arise from σαόω, by contraction and 'distraction': but σόωσι from σώωσι accusative to Hdn.Gr.[same place]; [Refs 5th c.AD+]
6. Laconian dialect σωάδδει· παρατηρεῖ, [Refs 5th c.AD+]: but also σχολι-σοΐδδω, aorist ἀπέσοιξεν· ἀπέσωσεν, Λάκωνες, [Refs]
7. σωννύω, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—save, keep,
1. of persons, save from death, keep alive, σώοντες ἑταίρους [Refs 8th c.BC+]; spare, [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—passive, to be saved, kept alive, preserved, opposed to ἀπολέσθαι, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; keep a whole skin, escape destruction, οἱ σωθησόμενοι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; so in present σωζόμενος, [Refs 6th c.BC+]; to be healed, recover from sickness, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σώζεο, as a wish, God bless you, farewell, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; σώζοισθε [Refs 6th c.AD+]; also, save oneself, escape, σώθητι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μόγις or μόλις σῴζεσθαι escape with difficulty, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; χαλεπῶς σ. [Refs 6th c.BC+]
1. b especially in [NT]:—frequently in passive, to be saved or in a state of salvation, [NT]
2. of things, keep safe, preserve, rare in [Refs 8th c.BC+]; πόλιν καὶ ἄστυ σ. [Refs 8th c.BC+]: frequently in Trag. and Attic dialect, σ. φάρμακον [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ σκεύη, παῖδας οἶκον χρήματα, καρπούς, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ πατρῷα, τὰ ὑπάρχοντα, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. πόλιν preserve the city or the state, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰς πολιτείας, τὴν δημοκρατίαν, etc., [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τόνδε γὰρ [λόγον] σῴζων keeping it secret, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. καιρόν save or recover an opportunity, [Refs 4th c.BC+]:—middle, keep or preserve for oneself, τὴν εὐλάβειαν [Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive, τὸ ἄπραγμον οὐ σῴζεται is not secure, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ.. πόλις οὐκ ἂν ἐσῴζετ; [Refs 5th c.BC+]; to be preserved or extant, of books, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
3. keep, observe, maintain laws, etc., σ. ἐφετμάς [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ μόρσιμον[Refs 2nd c.AD+]; confirm, τὸ τοῦ ποιήσαντος [Refs 4th c.BC+]; πρὸς τὸ τὰ φαινόμενα σῴζειν to retain the observed facts, [Refs 5th c.AD+]; κατὰ ποσὸν σῴζει τὴν πρὸς τὸ μῶλυ ἐμφέρειαν retains, i.e. does not lack, a certain resemblance to.., [Refs 1st c.AD+]:—passive, to be maintained, τοῦ μήκους σῳζομένου [Refs 4th c.BC+]
4. keep in mind, remember, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: more frequently in middle, παρῆκα θεσμῶν οὐδέν, ἀλλ᾽ ἐσῳζόμην.. ὅπως δύσνιπτον ἐκ δέλτου γραφήν [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. Constr.:
II.1. simply with accusative, see above
II.2. with a sense of motion to a place, bring one safe to, τὸν δ᾽ ἐσάωσεν ἐς ποταμοῦ προχοάς [NT+8th c.BC+]:—passive, come safe to a place, σωθέντος ἐμεῦ ὀπίσω ἐς οἶκον [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σῴζεσθαι ἐπὶ τὴν ὑμετέρην [χώρην] [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.3. σ. τινὰ ἐκ φλοίσβοιο, ἐκ πολέμου, carry off safe, rescue from.. , [Refs 8th c.BC+] having rescued it from them, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σωθῆναι κακῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+].--Both constructions may be combined, σ. τινὰ ἐκ πολέμοιο νῆας ἔπι [Refs 8th c.BC+]
II.4. with accusative et dative person, save for another, υἷά τινι [Refs 8th c.BC+]:— passive, σῴζεταί τί τινι [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.5. with infinitive, [σπονδαὶ] αἵ σε σῴζουσιν θανεῖν which save thee from dying, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.6. with participle, σῴζεσθαι φεύγοντες by flight, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.7. absolutely, τὰ σώσοντα what is likely to save, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἡ σῴζουσα [ψῆφος] [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II.7. b σώζων, ὁ, [Refs]; epithet of Apollo, [Refs]
II.7. c σῴζουσα, ἡ, ={ἀρτεμισία}, Ps.-[Refs 1st c.AD+]