Forms of the word

Dictionary
σῴζω
Greek transliteration
sōzō
Simplified transliteration
sozo
Principal Parts
(ἔσῳζον), σώσω, ἔσωσα, σέσωκα, σέσω/σμαι ορ σέσωμαι, ἐσώθην

Numbers

Strong's number
4982
GK Number
5392

Statistics

Frequency in New Testament
106
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
v-2a(1)
Gloss
to save, rescue, deliver; to heal; by extension: to be in right relationship with God, with the implication that the condition before salvation was one of grave danger or distress
Definition
to save, rescue; to preserve safe and unharmed, Mark. 8:25; 10:22; 24:22; 27:40, 42, 49; 1 Tim. 2:15; σῴζειν εἰς, to bring safely to, 2 Tim. 4:18; to cure, heal, restore to health, Mt. 9:21, 22; Mk. 5:23, 28, 34; 6:56; to save, preserve from being lost, Mt. 16:25; Mk. 3:4; 8:35; σῴζειν ἀπό, to deliver from, set free from, Mt. 1:21; Jn. 12:27; Acts 2:40; in NT to rescue from unbelief, convert, Rom. 11:14; 1 Cor. 1:21; 7:16; to bring within the pale of saving privilege, Tit. 3:5; 1 Pet. 3:21; to save from final ruin, 1 Tim. 1:15; pass. to be brought within the pale of saving privilege, Acts 2:47; Eph. 2:5, 8; to be in the way of salvation, 1 Cor. 15:2; 2 Cor. 2:15

Greek-English Concordance for σῴζω

Mark 16:16 The one who believes and is baptized will be saved (sōthēsetai | σωθήσεται | fut pass ind 3 sg), but the one who refuses to believe will be condemned.
Luke 6:9 Then Jesus said to them, “I ask you whether it is lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do harm, to (sōsai | σῶσαι | aor act inf ) save (sōsai | σῶσαι | aor act inf ) life or to destroy it?”
Luke 7:50 He said to the woman, “Your faith has saved (sesōken | σέσωκεν | perf act ind 3 sg) you; go in peace.”
Luke 8:12 Those along the path are the ones who hear — then the devil comes and takes away the word from their heart, so that they (sōthōsin | σωθῶσιν | aor pass subj 3 pl) may not believe and be saved (sōthōsin | σωθῶσιν | aor pass subj 3 pl).
Luke 8:36 Those who had seen it told them how the man who had been possessed by demons had been healed (esōthē | ἐσώθη | aor pass ind 3 sg).
Luke 8:48 Then Jesus said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made (sesōken | σέσωκεν | perf act ind 3 sg) you well (sesōken | σέσωκεν | perf act ind 3 sg); go in peace.”
Luke 8:50 When Jesus heard this, he said to him, “Do not be afraid, only believe, and she will get better.” (sōthēsetai | σωθήσεται | fut pass ind 3 sg)
Luke 9:24 For whoever wants to (sōsai | σῶσαι | aor act inf ) save (sōsai | σῶσαι | aor act inf ) his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake, this person will save (sōsei | σώσει | fut act ind 3 sg) it.
Luke 13:23 Someone said to him, “Lord, will those who (sōzomenoi | σῳζόμενοι | pres pass ptcp nom pl masc) are (sōzomenoi | σῳζόμενοι | pres pass ptcp nom pl masc) saved (sōzomenoi | σῳζόμενοι | pres pass ptcp nom pl masc) be few?” And he said to them,
Luke 17:19 Then he said to the man, “Get up and go; your faith has made (sesōken | σέσωκεν | perf act ind 3 sg) you well.” (sesōken | σέσωκεν | perf act ind 3 sg)
Luke 18:26 Those who heard it said, “Who, then, can be saved?” (sōthēnai | σωθῆναι | aor pass inf )
Luke 18:42 Jesus said to him, “See again! Your faith has saved (sesōken | σέσωκεν | perf act ind 3 sg) you.”
Luke 19:10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save (sōsai | σῶσαι | aor act inf ) the lost.”
Luke 23:35 The people stood by, watching. The rulers scoffed at him, saying, “He (esōsen | ἔσωσεν | aor act ind 3 sg) saved (esōsen | ἔσωσεν | aor act ind 3 sg) others; let him save (sōsatō | σωσάτω | aor act imperative 3 sg) himself, if he is the Christ of God, the Chosen One!”
Luke 23:37 and saying, “If you are the king of the Jews, save (sōson | σῶσον | aor act imperative 2 sg) yourself!”
Luke 23:39 One of the criminals hanging there kept deriding him, saying, “Are you not the Messiah? Save (sōson | σῶσον | aor act imperative 2 sg) yourself and us!”
John 3:17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but so that the world might be saved (sōthē | σωθῇ | aor pass subj 3 sg) through him.
John 5:34 (Not that I accept such human testimony, but I say these things so that you may be saved.) (sōthēte | σωθῆτε | aor pass subj 2 pl)
John 10:9 I am the gate. If anyone enters through me, he will be saved (sōthēsetai | σωθήσεται | fut pass ind 3 sg); he will come in and go out and find pasture.
John 11:12 The disciples therefore said to him, “Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover.” (sōthēsetai | σωθήσεται | fut pass ind 3 sg)
John 12:27 “Now is my heart deeply troubled. And what am I to say? ‘Father, deliver (sōson | σῶσον | aor act imperative 2 sg) me from this hour’? But for this very purpose I have come to this hour!
John 12:47 If anyone hears my words and does not keep them, I am not the one who will judge him; for I did not come to judge the world but to save (sōsō | σώσω | aor act subj 1 sg) the world.
Acts 2:21 And it shall be that everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord will be saved.’ (sōthēsetai | σωθήσεται | fut pass ind 3 sg)
Acts 2:40 And with many other words he gave them warning and pleaded with them, saying, “Escape (sōthēte | σώθητε | aor pass imperative 2 pl) from this corrupt generation.”
Acts 2:47 praising God, and finding favor with all the people. And the Lord was adding to their number day by day those who were being saved (sōzomenous | σῳζομένους | pres pass ptcp acc pl masc).

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