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.

Usage: 9 forms in 155 verses
Form Translated As     In Verse(s)
σωτηριασ salvation 2Cor.1.6
σωτηρίων of our deliverance LXX.1Chr.16.35
σωτηρίου of deliverance LXX.Judg.21.4
of salvation Eph.6.17
σωτηρίασ a salvation Heb.2.3
deliverance LXX.2Sam.22.51 • LXX.Job.30.22 • LXX.Ps.18.35 • LXX.Ps.18.50 • LXX.Ps.118.15
deliverances LXX.Ps.44.4
my deliverance LXX.2Sam.22.3 • LXX.Ps.22.1
of deliverance LXX.2Kgs.13.17 • LXX.2Kgs.13.17 • LXX.Isa.49.8
of my deliverance LXX.2Sam.22.3 • LXX.2Sam.22.36 • LXX.Ps.18.2 • LXX.Ps.18.46 • LXX.Ps.38.22 • LXX.Ps.51.14 • LXX.Ps.88.1 • LXX.Ps.89.26 • LXX.Ps.140.7 • LXX.Isa.38.20
of salvation Luke.1.69 • Luke.1.77 • Acts.16.17 • 2Cor.6.2 • 2Cor.6.2 • Phil.1.28 • 1Thess.5.8 • Heb.5.9
of your deliverance LXX.Ps.69.13 • LXX.Isa.26.18
preservation Acts.27.34
safety LXX.Gen.26.31 • LXX.Gen.28.21 • LXX.Gen.44.17 • LXX.Job.5.4
salvation Mark.16.8 • Acts.13.26 • 2Cor.1.6 • Eph.1.13 • 1Thess.5.9 • 2Tim.2.10 • Heb.2.10 • Heb.6.9 • 1Pet.1.10 • Jude.1.3
σωτηρίαν deliverance LXX.Gen.49.18 • LXX.Exod.14.13 • LXX.Exod.15.2 • LXX.Judg.15.18 • LXX.1Sam.11.13 • LXX.1Sam.14.45 • LXX.1Sam.19.5 • LXX.2Sam.10.11 • LXX.2Sam.23.10 • LXX.2Sam.23.12 • LXX.2Kgs.5.1 • LXX.2Kgs.13.5 • LXX.1Chr.11.14 • LXX.1Chr.19.12 • LXX.2Chr.12.7 • LXX.2Chr.20.17 • LXX.Ezra.9.8 • LXX.Ezra.9.13 • LXX.Job.13.16 • LXX.Ps.33.17 • LXX.Ps.74.12 • LXX.Ps.118.14 • LXX.Ps.118.21 • LXX.Ps.118.28 • LXX.Ps.132.16 • LXX.Ps.144.10 • LXX.Prov.2.7 • LXX.Isa.12.2 • LXX.Isa.45.17 • LXX.Isa.46.13 • LXX.Isa.46.13 • LXX.Isa.49.6 • LXX.Isa.52.10 • LXX.Isa.63.8 • LXX.Dan.11.42 • LXX.Hab.3.13 • Phil.1.19
in deliverance LXX.2Chr.6.41
my deliverance LXX.Jonah.2.9
safety LXX.Jer.31.22 • LXX.Ezek.16.4
salvation Luke.1.71 • Acts.7.25 • Acts.13.47 • Rom.1.16 • Rom.10.1 • Rom.10.10 • 2Cor.7.10 • Phil.2.12 • 2Thess.2.13 • 2Tim.3.15 • Heb.1.14 • Heb.9.28 • Heb.11.7 • 1Pet.1.5 • 1Pet.1.9 • 1Pet.2.2 • 2Pet.3.15
your deliverance LXX.Ps.71.15 • LXX.Isa.52.7
σωτηρία But deliverance LXX.Job.11.20 • LXX.Ps.37.39 • LXX.Prov.11.14
deliverance LXX.2Sam.19.2 • LXX.Job.30.15 • LXX.Ps.3.2 • LXX.Ps.3.8 • LXX.Ps.20.6 • LXX.Ps.60.11 • LXX.Ps.108.12 • LXX.Ps.119.155 • LXX.Ps.146.3 • LXX.Ps.149.4 • LXX.Isa.47.15 • LXX.Isa.59.11 • LXX.Jer.3.23 • LXX.Obad.1.17 • LXX.Hab.3.8
deliverance for us LXX.2Sam.15.14
deliverance to him LXX.Esth.4.11
deliverance to you LXX.1Sam.11.9
my deliverance LXX.2Sam.23.5
our deliverance LXX.Isa.25.9 • LXX.Isa.33.2 • LXX.Isa.33.6
safety LXX.Job.20.20 • LXX.Jer.25.35
salvation Luke.19.9 • John.4.22 • Acts.4.12 • Rom.11.11 • Rom.13.11 • Rev.7.10 • Rev.12.10 • Rev.19.1
your deliverance LXX.1Sam.2.1 • LXX.Ps.35.3 • LXX.Ps.69.29
your safety LXX.Jer.31.22
σωτήριοσ salvation Titus.2.11
σωτήριον deliverance LXX.Ps.42.11
salvation Luke.3.6 • Acts.28.28
σωτήριαν his deliverance LXX.1Chr.16.23

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

Book Refs
Luke 1:69 · 1:71 · 1:77 · 19:9
John 4:22
Acts 4:12 · 7:25 · 13:26 · 13:47 · 16:17 · 27:34
Romans 1:16 · 10:1 · 10:10 · 11:11 · 13:11
2 Corinthians 1:6 · 6:2 · 7:10
Ephesians 1:13
Philippians 1:19 · 1:28 · 2:12
1 Thessalonians 5:8
2 Thessalonians 2:13
2 Timothy 2:10 · 3:15
Hebrews 1:14 · 2:3 · 2:10 · 5:9 · 6:9 · 9:28 · 11:7
1 Peter 1:5 · 1:9 · 2:2
2 Peter 3:15
Jude 1:3
Revelation 7:10 · 12:10 · 19:1

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