σωτήριος,
σωτήριον (
σωτήρ), from
Aeschylus,
Euripides,
Thucydides down,
saving, bringing salvation:
ἡ χάρις ἡ σωτήριος,
Titus 2:11 (Wis. 1:14; 3Macc. 7:18;
ἡ σωτήριος δίαιτα,
Clement of Alexandria, Paedag., p. 48 edition Sylb.). Neuter
τό σωτήριον (the
Sept. often for
יְשׁוּעָה, less frequently for
יֶשַׁע ), as often in Greek writings, substantively,
safety, in the N. T. (the Messianic)
salvation (see
σῴζω, b. and in
σωτηρία): with
τοῦ Θεοῦ added, decreed by God,
Luke 3:6 (from
Isaiah 40:5);
Acts 28:28;
Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 35, 12 [ET];
he who embodies this salvation, or through whom God is about to achieve it: of the Messiah,
Luke 2:30 (
τό σωτήριον ἡμῶν,
Ἰησοῦς Χριστός,
Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 36, 1 [ET] (where see Harnack)); simply, equivalent to
the hope of (future) salvation, Ephesians 6:17. (In the
Sept. τό σωτήριον is often used for
שֶׁלֶם, a thank-offering (or 'peace-offering'), and the plural occurs in the same sense in
Xenophon,
Polybius,
Diodorus,
Plutarch,
Lucian,
Herodian.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's
- Isaiah
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40:5
- Luke
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2:30; 3:6
- Acts
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28:28
- Ephesians
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6:17
- Titus
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2:11
