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To save

σῴζωStrong’s G4982

sōzō

Appears in 102 verses of the New Testament

In short

Sōzō is the Greek word usually translated “save”, “saved” and “do save”. It appears in 102 verses of the New Testament.

“And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.”
2 Thessalonians 2:10 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “save”, “saved” and “do save”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • to save 17
  • will be saved 11
  • to be saved 9
  • do save 8
  • will save 5
  • being saved 5
  • he saved 4
  • has healed 4

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Luke 16
  • Matthew 14
  • Mark 13
  • Acts 13
  • Romans 8
  • 1 Corinthians 8

19 books in all.

Related words
Explore in Scripture
All 102 verses, by book
2 Corinthians 1
2:15
Ephesians 2
2:52:8
1 Thessalonians 1
2:16
2 Thessalonians 1
2:10
1 Timothy 4
1:152:42:154:16
2 Timothy 2
1:94:18
Titus 1
3:5
Hebrews 2
5:77:25
1 Peter 2
3:214:18
Jude 2
1:51:23
Revelation 1
21:24
Greek dictionary

σῴζω sōzō · to save

σώζω (on the more accurate σῴζω, see WH, Intr., §410; Bl., §3, 1-3), [in LXX chiefly for ישׁע hi., also for מלט ni., נצל ni., etc. ;] to save from peril, injury or suffering: Mat.8:25, Mrk.13:20, Luk.23:35, al.; τ. ψυχήν, Mat.16:25, al.; before ἐκ, Jhn.12:27, Heb.5:7, Ju 5; of healing, restoring to health: Mat.9:22, Mrk.5:34, al. In NT, esp. of salvation from spiritual disease and death, in which sense it is "spoken of in Scripture as either (1) past, (2) present, or (3) future, according as redemption, grace, or glory is the point in view. Thus (1) Rom.8:24, Eph.2:5, 8 2Ti.1:9, Tit.3:5; (2) …

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “save” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

SAVE, verb transitive

[Latin salvo. As salve is used in Latin for salutation or wishing health, as hail is in English, I suspect this word to be from the root of heal or hail, the first letter being changed. Gr. See Salt.]

  1. To preserve from injury, destruction or evil of any kind; to rescue from danger; as, to save a house from the flames; to save a man from drowning; to save a family from ruin; to save a state from war.“He cried, saying Lord, save me” Matthew 14:30
  2. To preserve from final and everlasting destruction; to rescue from eternal death.“Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners” 1 Timothy 1:15
  3. To deliver; to rescue from the power and pollution of sin.“He shall save his people from their sins” Matthew 1:21
  4. To hinder from being spent or lost; as, to save the expense of a new garment.
All definitions and other forms of “save”
  1. To prevent. method in affairs saves much perplexity.
  2. To reserve or lay by for preservation.
  3. To spare; to prevent; to hinder from occurrence.
  4. To salve; as, to save appearances.
  5. To take or use opportunely, so as not to lose.
  6. To except; to reserve from a general admission or account.“Israel burned none of them, save Hazor only” Joshua 11:13“Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes, save one” 2 Corinthians 11:24

SAVE, verb intransitive

To hinder expense.

    Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

    Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.