Quick Definition
σωτήριος, ον Adj saving, bringing salvation, salvation
Strong's Definition
neuter of the same as 4991 as (properly, concretely) noun; defender or (by implication) defence
KJV Usage: salvation
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
adjc. | -ον | σῴζω
21.28 · Danger, Risk, Safe, Save · Save in a Religious Sense
saving, bringing salvation pertaining to divine salvation
21.29 · Danger, Risk, Safe, Save · Save in a Religious Sense
Collocation: σωτήριον
salvation, the way of saving, the manner of saving the means by which people experience divine salvation
21.30 · Danger, Risk, Safe, Save · Save in a Religious Sense
Collocation: σωτήριον
the message of salvation, the message about being saved the message about God saving people
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
σωτήριος, -ον, (σωτήρ), fr. Aeschyl., Eur., Thue. down, saving, bringing salvation: ἡ χάρις 9 σωτήριος, Tit. ii. 11 (Sap. i. 14; 3 Mace. vii. 18; ἡ σωτήριος δίαιτα, Clem. Alex. Paedag. p. 48 ed. Sylb.). Neut. τὸ σωτήριον (Sept. often for τη )γ)}, less freq. for YW"), as often in Grk. writ., substantively, safety, in the N. T. (the Messianic) salvation (see σώζω, b. and in σωτηρία) : with τοῦ θεοῦ added, decreed by God, Lk. iii. 6 (fr. Is. xl. 5); Acts xxviii. 28; Clem. Rom. 1 Cor. 35,12; he who embodies this salvation, or through whom God is about to achieve it: of the Messiah, Lk. ii. 30 (τὸ oar. ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦς Xp. Clem. Rom. 1 Cor. 36, 1 [where see Harnack]) ; simply, equiv. to the hope of (future) salvation, Eph. vi. 17. (In the Sept. τὸ cwr. often for D9W, a thank-offering [or ‘ peace-offering’], and the plur. occurs in the same sense in Xen., Polyb., Diod., Plut., Leian., Hdian.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
σωτήριος sōtērios 1x
imparting salvation, saving, Lk. 2:30; 3:6; Acts 28:28; Eph. 6:17; Tit. 2:11*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
σωτήριος, -ον
(< σωτήρ), [in LXX for יְשׁוּעָה, שֶׁלֶם, etc. ;]
saving, bringing salvation, in NT always in spiritual sense (v.s. σώζω, σωτηρία): ἡ χάρις ἡ σ., Tit 2:11. Neut., -τὸ σ., as subst. (cl.), salvation: Lk 2:30; τ. σ. τ. θεοῦ, Lk 3:6, Ac 28:28; περικεφαλαίαν τοῦ σ., Eph 6:17.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
σωτήριος is used in the neut. as a subst. with reference to what produces σωτηρία, e.g. a sacrifice or a gift: cf. δγώ 209 (= 3. 391)22 (B.c. 281-0) Bioa]. Σωτήρια ὑπὲρ Φιλοκλέους, 7b. 649 (= 38.384)33 τεθύκασιν τὰ σω[τήρ]ια [Talis [θ]εα[τ]ς ὑπὲρ τῆς βουλῆς. In the NT the word always occurs in a spiritual sense: see s.vv. σῴζω and σωτηρία. 622 σώφρων
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
σωτήριον (sōtērion) — saving. σωτήρ-ιος, ον, saving, delivering, αὐγαὶ ἡλίου [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of symptoms, betokening recovery, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐλπὶς σπέρματος σωτηρίου hope of seed to preserve or perpetuate the race, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; δέχεσθαι τὸν ἱκέτην σωτήριον who brings safety to our state, [Refs 5th c.BC+] __b with dative, bringing safety or deliverance to.. , ὕδωρ ἰχθύσι σ. [Refs 1st c.AD+]; ἄριστα καὶ πόλεις. [Refs 6th c.BC+]: comparative and superlative, τὸ πείθεσθαι σωτηριώτερον αὐτοῖς [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. of persons, much like{σωτήρ}, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; θεοί, Ζεὺς σ., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; [Ἑλένη] ναυτίλοις σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. as substantive, σωτήρια, τά, deliverance, safety, τἀκείνου σωτήρια [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἡ ἐλπὶς τῶν σ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II.2. σωτήρια (i.e. ἱερά) τά, a thank-offering for deliverance, σ. θύειν θεοῖς [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. τοῦ βασιλέως πανηγυρίζειν for his escape, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; of a festival at Delphi, commemorating the retreat of the Gauls, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
II.3. physician's fee, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II.4. public privy, at Smyrna, [Refs]
III. Σωτήριος (i.e. μήν), ὁ, also written Σωτήρειος, name of a month, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
IV. adverb -ίως[Refs 1st c.AD+]; σ. ἔχειν to be capable of recovery, [Refs 1st c.AD+]