Lexical Definition

‎σωτηρία‎ sōtēría (so-tay-ree'-ah) salvation ^G:N-F
feminine of a derivative of ‎σωτήρ‎ as (properly, abstract) noun

deliver, health, salvation, save, saving.

• rescue or safety (physically or morally)

Abbott-Smith

σωτηρία, -ας, ἡ (< σωτήρ), [in LXX for יֶשַׁע, יְשׁוּעָה, תְּשׁוּעָה, פְּלֵיטָה, etc. ;]
deliverance, preservation, salvation, safety (Lat. salus): Ac 7:25 27:34, He 11:7; ἐξ ἐχθρῶν, Lk 1:71. In NT esp. of Messianic and spiritual salvation (v.s. σώζω): Lk 19:9, Jo 4:22, Ac 4:12 13:47, Ro 11:11, II Th 2:13, II Ti 3:15, He 2:3 6:9, II Pe 3:15, Ju 3; opp. to ἀπηώλεια, Phl 1:28; αἰώνιος-., He 5:9; ὁ λόγος (τὸ εὐαγγέλιον) τῆς σ., Ac 13:26, Eph 1:13; ὁδὸς σωτηρίας, Ac 16:17; κέρας σωτηρίας, Lk 1:69; ἡμέρα σωτηρίας, II Co 6:2 (LXX); κατεργάζεσθαι τὴν ἑαυτοῦ σ., Phl 2:12; κληρονομεῖν σ., He 1:14; ὁ ἀρχηγὸς τῆς σ., He 2:10; εἰς σ., Ro 1:16 10:1, 10, I Pe 2:2; σ. as a present possession (v.s. σώζω), Lk 1:77, II Co 1:6 7:10, Phl 1:19, II Ti 2:10; as more fully realized in the future: Ro 13:11, I Th 5:8, 9, He 9:28, I Pe 1:5, 9, 10, Re 7:10 12:10 19:1.†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

σωτηρία-ία,

Ionic dialect -ιη, ἡ, deliverance, preservation, σωτηρίαίην ὑποθησόμενον ὑμῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀπεργάζεσθαι, πορίζειν, ἐκπορίζεσθαι, [σωτηρίαίαν ἔχειν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1080, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1178, etc.; ζητεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.95; εὑρίσκεσθαι 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.134; also σωτηρίαίας τυχεῖν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 508, “Ch.” 203, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.1.2, etc.">Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐνεύχομαί σοι τὴν Ἀπολλωνίου σ. [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ὀμνύω σωι (or σοι) τὴν σαυτοῦ σ. [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ὑπὲρ σωτηρίαίας.. Αὐτοκράτορος, = Latin pro salute Imperatoris, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

__2 a way or means of safety (= μηχανὴ σωτηρίαίας [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἔχεις τιν᾽.. σ.; [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 safe return, ἡ ἐς τὴν πατρίδα σ. [Refs]; ἡ οἴκαδε σ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]; νόστιμος σ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__4 in LXX and NT, salvation, ὁ θεὸς τῆς σ. μου [LXX+NT]; εὐαγγέλιον τῆς σ. [NT]
__II of things, keeping safe, preservation, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; maintenance, τῶν οἰκοδομημάτων καὶ ὁδῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, τῶν ἄστρων, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II.2 security, guarantee for safety, σ. ἔστω τῶν ὑποκειμένων guarantee for the safe keeping of.., Syngr. cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+]; σωτηρίαίας ἕνεκα τοῖς πολλοῖς τῶν σωμάτων for their safe custody,, [σωτηρίαίᾳ [prev. work] 909a ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; σωτηρίαίαι τῆς πολιτείας ways of preserving it, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.3 security, safety, τοῦ κοινοῦ [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.4 with genitive object, security against, ἀπορίας [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II.5 bodily health, well-being, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: LXX.Ps.50.14* ☩ 1Pet.1.9 ☩ Eph.1.13}