sōtērias

Strong’sG4992

saving, bringing salvation, salvation

stem sōtēri-5 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books3 of 26 forms occur

What it means

What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.

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.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G4992 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidso-tay'-ree-on

defender or (by implication) defence

Fromneuter of the same as G4991 as (properly, concretely) noun;

King Jamessalvation.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in

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 -ίωςRefs 1st c.AD+; σ. ἔχειν to be capable of recovery, Refs 1st c.AD+

H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.

Translated as

Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.

salvation4×bringing salvation1×

Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.

Biblang forms

Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.

Job in the sentence case	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	sōtērios	sōtērias1×σωτήριος	sōtēriem3×σωτήριόν	sōtēriois	sōtēriais	sōtērieim
object accusative	sōtērion	sōtērian		sōtērioin	sōtēriain
direct address vocative	sōtērior	sōtēriar		sōtērioir	sōtēriair
of, belonging to genitive	sōtēriou	sōtēriau	sōtērieu1×σωτηρίου	sōtērioiu	sōtēriaiu	sōtērieiu
to, for dative	sōtērio	sōtēria	sōtērie	sōtērioi	sōtēriai	sōtēriei

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

sōtēristem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

sōtēri is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.

5 occurrences, every one of them listed

sōtērias“bringing salvation”subjectnominative singular1×

Titus 2:11Epifanita gar tas charitas tou theou sōtērias pantoi anthrōpoi… the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to everyone.

sōtēriem“salvation”subject or objectdirect singular3×

Luke 2:30hoti horala tois ofthalmois mu tem sōtēriem suFor my eyes have seen Your salvation,

Luke 3:6kai horeti pantas sarkas tem sōtēriem tou theou.And all humanity will see God’s salvation.’”

Acts 28:28… hoti tei ethnei apostelita houtem tem sōtēriem tou theou; autois kai akoueli.Be advised, therefore, that God’s salvation has been sent to the Gentiles …

sōtērieu“salvation”of, belonging togenitive singular1×

Ephesians 6:17kai tan perikefalaian teu sōtērieu dechevar, kai tan machairan teu pneumeu, …And take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit …