σωτήρ, -ῆρος, 6, (σώζω), fr. Pind. and Aeschyl. down, Sept. for pur, Πρ, [yrwin], savior, deliverer; preserver; (Vulg. [exe. Lk. i. 47 (where salutaris) ] salvator, Luth. Heiland) (cf. B. D. 5. v. Saviour, I.]; (Cie. in Verr. ii. 2, 63 Hoe quantum est? ita magnum, ut Latine uno verbo exprimi non possit. Is est nimirum ‘soter’, qui salutem dedit. ‘The name was given by the ancients to deities, esp. tutelary deities, to princes, kings, and in general to men who had conferred signal benefits upon their country, and in the more degenerate days by way of flattery to personages of influence; see Passow [or L. and 5.1 5. v.; Paulus, Exgt. Hdbch. iib. ἃ. drei erst. Evang. i. p. 103 sq.; [Wetstein on Lk. ii. 11; B. Ὁ. τι. 5.1). In the N. T. the word is applied to God, —aar. pou, he who signally exalts me, Lk.i.47; ὁ car. ἡμῶν, the author of our salvation through Jesus Christ (on the Christian conception of ‘to save’, see cata, b. [and on the use of σωτήρ cf. Westcott on 1 Jn. iv. 14]), 1 Tim. 1.1; ii. 3; Tit.i.3; ii. 10; iii. 4; with διὰ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ added, Jude 25 [Rec. om. διὰ Ἰ. X.]; σωτὴρ πάντων, 1 Tim. iv. 10 (cf. Ps. xxiii. (xxiv.) 53 xxvi. (xxvii.) 1; Is. xii. 2; xvii. 10; xlv. 15, 21; Mic. vii. 7, ete.) ;— to the Messiah, and Jesus as the Messiah, through whom God gives salvation: Lk. ii.11; Acts v.31; xiii. 28: ὁ car. τοῦ κόσμου, Jn. iv. 42; 1 Jn. iv. 14; ἡμῶν, 2 Tim. i. 10; Tit. 1. 4; ii. 13; iii. 6; σωτὴρ Ἰησοῦς Χριστός, 2 Pet.i.[1 (where Rec.b*

σωτήρ sōtēr 24x

a savior, preserver, deliverer, Lk. 1:47; 2:11; Acts 5:31

σωτήρ, -ῆρος, ὁ

(< σώζω), [in LXX for יֵשַׁע and cognate forms ;]

saviour, deliverer, preserver, a freq. epithet of kings in the Ptolemaic and Rom. periods (Deiss., BS, 83; LAE, 368 f.; MM, xxiv), in NT,

of God (as LXX: Ps 23 (24):5, Is 12:2, al.): Lk 1:47, I Ti 1:1 2:3 4:10, Tit 1:3 2:10 3:4, Ju 25;

of Christ: Lk 2:11, Ac 5:31 13:23, Phl 3:20; τ. κόσμου, Jo 4:42, I Jo 4:14 (for the general use of the word, v. Westc., in l.); ἡμῶν, II Ti 1:10, Tit 1:4 3:6; θεὸς (κύριος) καὶ σ. (v. Deiss., LAE, 3484; M, Pr., 84), Tit 2:13, II Pe 1:1, 11 2:20 3:2, 18; σ. τοῦ σώματος (i.e. of the Church; v.s. σῶμα, 5), Eph 5:23.†

σωτήρ, “saviour.’’ Some vivid light by way of contrast is thrown on Jn 4* and 1 Jn 414 by the fact that the title σωτήρ was regularly given to the Ptolemies and to the Roman Emperors. Exx. are P Petr II. 8 (1) B'f (6. 8.6. 250) where the reign of Euergetes I. is alluded to in the words βασιλεύοντο[ς Πτ]ολεμαίου tod ΠΤτολεμαί]ου σωτῆρος, and 1b. III. 2οἷ- 15 (B.c. 246) (= 1b. II. 8 (2) revised), where the phrase πάν]τῳν σωτῆρα is employed, cf. 1 Tim 419, In Sy// 347 (= 760)§, an Ephesian inscr. of a.p. 48, the Town Council of Ephesus and other cities acclaim Julius Caesar as θεὸν ἐπιφανῆ (see s.vv. θεός and ἐπιφανής) καὶ κοινὸν τοῦ ἀνθρωπίνου βίου σωτῆρα, and in a i/a.p. Egyptian inser. (published in A7chzv ii. p. 434, No. 24), reference is made to Nero as τῶι σωτῆρι καὶ εὐεργέτηι (cf. Lk 2235) TiIs) οἰκουμένης : cf. the description of Vespasian in 2b. No, 28 τὸν σωτῆρα καὶ εὐεργέτην. The designation is further extended to leading officials, as when a complainant petitions a praefect in the words—émt σὲ τοευνω τὸν σωτῆρα τῶν δικαίων τυχεῖν, “(1 turn) to you, my preserver, to obtain my just rights” (P Oxy I. 3818 (A.D. 49-50) (= Selections, p. 54)), and similarly in the account of a public demonstration in honour of the prytanis at Oxyrhynchus, the multitude acclaim him—eitvx} ἡγεμώ[ν], σωτὴρ μετρίων, καθολικαί, ‘‘ Prosperous praefect, protector of honest men, our ruler!”’ (26. 412 (ii/iii A.D.)). The problem of Tit 21% cannot be discussed here, but Moulton (/ro/eg. p. 84) cites for what they are worth the Christian papyri BGU II. 366, 367, 368, 371, 395 (all vii/A.D.), which ‘‘attest the translation ‘our great God and Saviour ’ as current among Greek-speaking Christians.

σωτήρ (sōtēr) — savior. σωτήρ, ῆρος, ὁ, vocative σῶτερ (see. below 1.2): poetry σᾰωτήρ [Refs 4th c.BC+]: (σῴζω):— saviour, deliverer, with genitive of person etc. saved, σ. ἀνθρώπων, νηῶν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but also with genitive of things, [νόσου], κακῶν, βλάβης, a preserver from disease, ills, hurt, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. δόμοις. [Refs]; of a philosopher or guide, ὁδηγόν.. ὅν φησι σωτῆρα μόνον [Refs 1st c.BC+]; especially of Epicurus, ὁ σ. ὁ ἡμέτερος [Refs 3rd c.BC+]

2. epithet of Ζεύς, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; to whom persons after a safe voyage offered sacrifice, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; there was often a temple of Ζεὺς Σ. at harbours, e.g. the Piraeus, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; to Ζεὺς Σωτήρ the third cup of wine was dedicated, τρίτον Σωτῆρι σπένδειν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; to drink this cup became a symbol of good luck, and the third time came to mean the lucky time, τρίτος ἦλθέ ποθεν--σωτῆρ᾽ ἢ μόρον εἴπ; [Refs 4th c.BC+]; whence the proverb τὸ τρίτον τῷ σωτῆρι the third (i.e. the lucky) time, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; and Zeus was himself called τρίτος σ., Παλλάδος καὶ Λοξίου ἕκατι καὶ τοῦ πάντα κραίν οντος τρίτου σωτῆρος [Refs 4th c.BC+]

2. b epithet of other gods, as of Apollo, [Refs]; of Hermes, [Refs]; of Asclepios, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; σ. εὐρυχόρου Λακεδαίμονος [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; of the Dioscuri, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; even with feminine deities, Τύχη σωτήρ, for σώτειρα, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: generally, of guardian or tutelary gods, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

3. applied to rulers, διὰ σέ, βασιλεῦ (viz. Ptolemy IV Philopator), τὸν πάντων κοινὸν σ. [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; Πτολεμαῖος Σ. [Refs 1st c.AD+]

4. in [LXX+NT]

II. in Poets, as adjective, σ. ναὸς πρότονος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; with a feminine noun, γονῆς σωτῆρος (as [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τιμαὶ σωτῆρες the office or prerogative of saving, of the Dioscuri, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

III. name of a month created by Caligula, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]