σώζω
sōzō
Modern Summary of Abbott-Smith’s Lexicon (1922)
The word "σώζω" (sōzō) primarily means to save or rescue from danger, harm, or suffering. It can also refer to healing or restoring someone to health. In the New Testament, it is often used to describe salvation from spiritual harm or death, with applications to past, present, or future aspects of redemption, grace, or ultimate glory.
to save; to deliver from danger or destruction
Etymologically, sōzō traces to from a primary (contraction for obsolete , "safe"). In the King James Version, this word is translated as heal, preserve, save (self), do well, and be (make) whole.
Its Hebrew parallel is יָשַׁע (yâsha), revealing shared conceptual ground across the biblical languages.
The semantic range of sōzō — spanning meanings like heal, preserve, save — suggests a word whose full significance cannot be captured by a single English term.
Lexical data derived from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance. See full disclaimer
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