G4991 – soteria – σωτηρία – deliver, health, salvation, save, saving
- Strong’s ID:
- G4991
- Greek Word:
- σωτηρία
- Transliteration:
- soteria
- Pronunciation:
- so-tay-ree’-ah
- Part of Speech:
- noun feminine
- Usage Count:
- 45
- Search:
- Find “soteria” in the Bible (New Testament)
Strong’s Greek Lexicon
feminine of a derivative of G4990 as (properly, abstract) noun; rescue or safety (physically or morally):—deliver, health, salvation, save, saving.
Owing to changes in the enumeration while in progress, there were no words left for numbers 2717 and 3203–3302, which were therefore silently dropped out of the vocabulary and references as redundant.
Thayer’s Greek Definitions
1) deliverance, preservation, safety, salvation
1a) deliverance from the molestation of enemies
1b) in an ethical sense, that which concludes to the souls safety or salvation
1b1) of Messianic salvation
2) salvation as the present possession of all true Christians
3) future salvation, the sum of benefits and blessings which the Christians, redeemed from all earthly ills, will enjoy after the visible return of Christ from heaven in the consummated and eternal kingdom of God.
Thayer’s Definitions are as edited by the Online Bible of Winterbourne, Ontario. They removed the etymology, cross-references, and Greek phrases and changed some of Thayer’s Unitarian doctrinal positions concerning the work and person of Christ.