σωτηρία

σωτηρία — sōtēría

σωτηρία, σωτηρίας, ἡ (σωτήρ), deliverance, preservation, safety, salvation: deliverance from the molestation of enemies, Act 7:25; with ἐξ ἐχθρῶν added, Luk 1:71; preservation (of physical life), safety, Act 27:34; Heb 11:7. in an ethical sense, that which conduces to the soul's safety or salvation: σωτηρία τίνι ἐγένετο, Luk 19:9; ἡγεῖσθαι τί σωτηρίαν, 2Pe 3:15; in the technical biblical sense, the Messianic salvation (see σῴζω, b.), a. universally, Joh 4:22; Act 4:12; Act 13:47; Rom 11:11; 2Th 2:13; 2Ti 3:15; Heb 2:3; Heb 6:9; Jud 1:3; opposed to ἀπώλεια, Php 1:28; αἰώνιος σωτηρία, Heb 5:9 (for עולָמִים תְּשׁוּעַת, Isa 45:17); (add, Mar 16:1-20 WH in the (rejected) 'Shorter Conclusion'); ὁ λόγος τῆς σωτηρίας ταύτης, instruction concerning that salvation which John the Baptist foretold (cf. Winer's Grammar, 237 (223)), Act 13:26; τό εὐαγγέλιον τῆς σωτηρίας ὑμῶν, Eph 1:13; ὁδός σωτερριας, Act 16:17; κέρας σωτηρίας (see κέρας, b.), Luk 1:69; ἡμέρα σωτηρίας, the time in which the offer of salvation is made, 2Co 6:2 (from Isa 49:8); κατεργάζεσθαι τήν ἑαυτοῦ σωτηρίαν, Php 2:12; κληρονομεῖν σωτηρίαν, Heb 1:14; (ὁ ἀρχηγός τῆς σωτηρίας, Heb 2:10); εἴα σωτηρίαν, unto (the attainment of) salvation, Rom.; 10:,; 1Pe 2:2 (Rec. omits).

b. salvation as the present possession of all true Christians (see σῴζω, b.): 2Co 1:6; 2Co 7:10; Php 1:19; σωτηρία ἐν ἀφέσει ἁμαρτιῶν, Luk 1:77; σωτηρίας τυχεῖν μετά δόξης αἰωνίου, 2Ti 2:10.

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: Rom 13:11; 1Th 5:9; Heb 9:28; 1Pe 1:5; 1Pe 1:10; Rev 12:10; ἐλπίς σωτηρίας, 1Th 5:8; κομίζεσθαι σωτηρίαν ψυχῶν, 1Pe 1:9; ἡ σωτηρία τῷ Θεῷ ἐμῶν (dative of the possessor, namely, ἐστιν (cf. Buttmann, § 129, 22); cf. הַיִשׁוּעָה לַיְהוָה, Psalm 3:9), the salvation which is bestowed on us belongs to God, Rev 7:10; ἡ σωτηρία... τοῦ Θεοῦ (genitive of the possessor (cf. Buttmann, § 132, 11, 1:a.), for Rec. τῷ Θεῷ) ἡμῶν namely, ἐστιν, Rev 19:1. (Tragg. (Herodotus), Thucydides, Xenophon, Plato, others. The Sept. for יֶשַׁע, יְשׁוּעָה, תְּשׁוּעָה, פְּלֵיטָה, escape.)