σωτηρία, -as, ἡ, (σωτήρ), deliverance, preservation, safety, salvation: deliverance from the molestation of enemies, Acts vii. 25; with ἐξ ἐχθρῶν added, Lk. i. 71; preservation (of physical life), safety, Acts xxvii. 34; Heb. xi 7. in an ethical sense, that which conduces to the soul’s safety or salvation: σωτηρία τινὶ ἐγένετο, Lk. xix. 9; ἡγεῖσθαί τι σωτηρίαν, 2 Pet. iii.15; in the technical biblical sense, the Messianic salvation (see σώζω, b.), a: uniy.: Jn. iv. 22; Actsiv. 12; xiii.47; Ro. xi. 11; 2Th. ii. 13; 2 Tim. iii.15; Heb. ii.3; vi. 9; Jude3; opp. to ἀπώλεια, Phil. i. 28; αἰώνιος σωτηρία, Heb. v. 9 (for πῃ orniy, Is. xlv.17); [add, Mk. xvi. WH in the (rejected) ‘Shorter Conclusion’]; ὁ λόγος τῆς σωτηρίας ταύτης, instruction concerning that salvation which John tie Baptist foretold [ef. W. 237 (223) ], Acts xiii. 26; τὸ evayyeλιον τῆς σωτηρίας ὑμῶν, Eph. i. 13; ὁδὸς σωτηρίας, Acts xvi. 17 ; κέρας σωτηρίας (see κέρας, b.), Lk. i. 09; ἡμέρα σωτηρίας, the time in which the offer of salvation is made, 2 Co. vi. 2 (fr. Is. xlix. 8); κατεργάζεσθαι τὴν ἑαυτοῦ σωτηρίαν, Phil. ii. 12; κληρονομεῖν σωτηρίαν, Heb. i. 14; [ὁ ἀρχηγὸς τῆς σωτηρίας. Heb. ii. 10]; εἰς σωτηρίαν, unto (the attainment of) salvation, Ro. [i. 16]; x. [1], 10; 1 Pet. ii. 2 [Ree. om. ]}. b. salvation as the present possession of all true Christians (see σώζω, b.): 2Co. i. 6; vii. 10; Phil. i. 19; σωτηρία ἐν ἀφέσει ἁμαρτιῶν, Lk. i. 77; σωτηρίας τυχεῖν pera δύξης αἰωνίου, 2 Tim. ii. 10. c. future salvation, the sum of benefits and blessings which Christians, redeemed from all earthly ills, will enjoy after the visible return of Christ from heaven in the consummated and eternal kingdom of God: Ro. xiii. 11; 1 Th. v. 9; Heb. ix. 28; 1 Pet. i. 5, 10; Rev. xii. 10; ἐλπὶς σωτηρίας, 1 Th. v. 8; κομίζεσθαι σωτηρίαν ψυχῶν, 1 Pet. i. 9; ἡ σωτηρία τῷ θεῷ ἡμῶν (dat. of the possessor, se. ἐστίν [οἵ. B. § 129, 297; ef. Ayw MT), Ps. iii. 9), the salvation which is bestowed on us belongs to God, Rey. vii. 10; ἡ σωτηρία ... τοῦ θεοῦ (gen. of the possessor [cf. B. § 132, 11, i. a.], for Rec. τῷ θεῷ) ἡμῶν se. ἐστίν. Rev. xix.1. (Tragg., [Hadt.], Thue., Xen., Plat., al. Sept. for pur, πρῶ, TAWA, τ 9 escape.)

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a saving, preservation, Acts 27:34; Heb. 11:7; deliverance, Lk. 1:69, 71; Acts 7:25; salvation, spiritual and eternal, Lk. 1:77; 19:9; Acts 4:12; Rev. 7:10; a being placed in a condition of salvation by an embracing of the Gospel, Rom. 10:1, 10; 2 Tim. 3:15; means or opportunity of salvation, Acts 13:26; Rom. 11:11; Heb. 2:3; ἡ σωτηρία, the promised deliverance by the Messiah, Jn. 4:22

σωτηρία, -ας, ἡ

(< σωτήρ), [in LXX for יֶשַׁע, יְשׁוּעָה, תְּשׁוּעָה, פְּלֵיטָה, etc. ;]

deliverance, preservation, salvation, safety (Lat. salus): Ac 7:25 27:34, He 11:7; ἐξ ἐχθρῶν, Lk 1:71. In NT esp. of Messianic and spiritual salvation (v.s. σώζω): Lk 19:9, Jo 4:22, Ac 4:12 13:47, Ro 11:11, II Th 2:13, II Ti 3:15, He 2:3 6:9, II Pe 3:15, Ju 3; opp. to ἀπηώλεια, Phl 1:28; αἰώνιος-., He 5:9; ὁ λόγος (τὸ εὐαγγέλιον) τῆς σ., Ac 13:26, Eph 1:13; ὁδὸς σωτηρίας, Ac 16:17; κέρας σωτηρίας, Lk 1:69; ἡμέρα σωτηρίας, II Co 6:2 (LXX); κατεργάζεσθαι τὴν ἑαυτοῦ σ., Phl 2:12; κληρονομεῖν σ., He 1:14; ὁ ἀρχηγὸς τῆς σ., He 2:10; εἰς σ., Ro 1:16 10:1, 10, I Pe 2:2; σ. as a present possession (v.s. σώζω), Lk 1:77, II Co 1:6 7:10, Phl 1:19, II Ti 2:10; as more fully realized in the future: Ro 13:11, I Th 5:8, 9, He 9:28, I Pe 1:5, 9, 10, Re 7:10 12:10 19:1.†

σωτηρία is common in the papyri in the general sense of “‘ bodily health,” ‘‘ well-being,” ‘‘safety,’’ as in BGU II. 423% (ii/a.D.) (= Selections, p. 91) γράψον μοι ἐπιστόλιον πρῶτον μὲν περὶ τῆς σωτηρίας σου, δεύτερον περὶ τῆς τῶν ἀδελφῶν μου, 20. 63218 (ii/A.D.) ο[ὐ]χ ὀκνῶ σοι γράψαι περὶ τῆ[9] σωτηρίας μου καὶ τῶν ἐμῶν, 7. 380" (iii/A.D.) (= Selections, p. 104) ἐξέτασε (2. ἐξήτασα) περὶ τῆς σωτηplas σου καὶ τῆς πεί --ααι)δίων σου, “1 asked about your health and the health of your children,’ P Oxy VI. 939°° (iv/A.D.) (= Selections, p. 129) νὴ yap τὴν σὴν σωτηρίαν (cf. 1 Cor 1531), κύριέ pov, ἧς μάλιστά μοι μέλει, εἰ μὴ ἐπινόσως ἐσχήκει τὸ σωμάτιον τότε 6 υἱὸς ᾿Αθανάσιος, αὐτὸν ἂν ἀπέστειλα πρός σε, ‘for by your own safety, my lord, which chiefly concerns unless my son Athanasius had then been ina sickly state of body, I would have sent him to you,’’ P Oxy I. 1385 (a contract—a.D. 610-11) ἐπὶ τούτοις πᾶσιν ἐπωμουσάμην (/. ἐτωμοσάμην) πρὸς τοῦ θεοῦ τοῦ παντοκράτορος, καὶ νίκης καὶ σωτηρίας καὶ διαμονῆς τῶν εὐσεβί(εστάτων) ἡμῶν δεσποτῶν Φλαονίου Ἡρακλείου καὶ Αἰλίας Φλαβίας, ““ἴο all this I swear by Almighty God and by the supremacy, salvation and preservation of our most pious sovereigns, Flavius Heraclius and Aelia Flavia” (Edd.). With this may be compared the usage in Ac 27°, Heb 117. As a rule, however, in the NT σωτηρία, following its OT application to the great deliverances of the Jewish nation as at the Red Sea (Exod 1413, 15%), etc., came to denote Messianic and spiritual salvation, either as a present possession (Lk 177 a/.), or as to be realized fully hereafter (Rom 13” a/.). For σωτηρία as a pagan and Christian term, see Ramsay Teaching, p. 94ff., and Bearing p. 173 ff, and for an early use of ἐλπὶς σωτηρίας (1 Thess 5°) in a non-religious sense cf. Menander ᾿Εἰπιτρέπ. 122. me,

σωτηρία (sōtēria) — salvation. σωτηρ-ία, Ionic dialect -ιη, ἡ, deliverance, preservation, σωτηρίην ὑποθησόμενον ὑμῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀπεργάζεσθαι, πορίζειν, ἐκπορίζεσθαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐνεύχομαί σοι τὴν Ἀπολλωνίου σ. [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ὀμνύω σωι (or σοι) τὴν σαυτοῦ σ. [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ὑπὲρ σωτηρίας.. Αὐτοκράτορος, = Latin pro salute Imperatoris, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

2. a way or means of safety (= μηχανὴ σωτηρίας [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἔχεις τιν᾽.. σ.; [Refs 5th c.BC+]

3. safe return, ἡ ἐς τὴν πατρίδα σ. [Refs]; ἡ οἴκαδε σ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]; νόστιμος σ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]

4. in LXX and NT, salvation, ὁ θεὸς τῆς σ. μου [LXX+NT]; εὐαγγέλιον τῆς σ. [NT]

II. of things, keeping safe, preservation, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; maintenance, τῶν οἰκοδομημάτων καὶ ὁδῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, τῶν ἄστρων, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

II.2. security, guarantee for safety, σ. ἔστω τῶν ὑποκειμένων guarantee for the safe keeping of.., Syngr. cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+]; σωτηρίας ἕνεκα τοῖς πολλοῖς τῶν σωμάτων for their safe custody,, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σωτηρίαι τῆς πολιτείας ways of preserving it, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II.3. security, safety, τοῦ κοινοῦ [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II.4. with genitive object, security against, ἀπορίας [Refs 4th c.BC+]

II.5. bodily health, well-being, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]