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
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)
Definition
Greek-English Concordance for σῴζω
| 1 Corinthians 15:2 | through which also you are being saved (sōzesthe | σῴζεσθε | pres pass ind 2 pl), if you hold firmly to the message I preached to you — unless you have believed in vain. |
| 2 Corinthians 2:15 | For we are an aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved (sōzomenois | σῳζομένοις | pres pass ptcp dat pl masc). Among those who are perishing |
| Ephesians 2:5 | even though we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ — by grace you have been saved (sesōsmenoi | σεσῳσμένοι | perf pass ptcp nom pl masc) — |
| Ephesians 2:8 | For by grace you have been saved (sesōsmenoi | σεσῳσμένοι | perf pass ptcp nom pl masc) through faith, and this is not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; |
| 1 Thessalonians 2:16 | who prevent us from speaking to the Gentiles that they might be saved (sōthōsin | σωθῶσιν | aor pass subj 3 pl). Their goal has always been to complete the full number of their sins. But God’s wrath has caught up with them at last! |
| 2 Thessalonians 2:10 | and with every kind of wicked deception for those who are perishing, because they did not accept the love of the truth so as to be saved (sōthēnai | σωθῆναι | aor pass inf ). |
| 1 Timothy 1:15 | Trustworthy is the saying and worthy of complete acceptance: “Christ Jesus came into the world in (sōsai | σῶσαι | aor act inf ) order (sōsai | σῶσαι | aor act inf ) to (sōsai | σῶσαι | aor act inf ) save (sōsai | σῶσαι | aor act inf ) sinners,” of whom I am the foremost. |
| 1 Timothy 2:4 | who wishes all people to be saved (sōthēnai | σωθῆναι | aor pass inf ) and to come into a knowledge of the truth. |
| 1 Timothy 2:15 | but she will be saved (sōthēsetai | σωθήσεται | fut pass ind 3 sg) through childbearing, if they remain in faith and love and holiness, with modesty. |
| 1 Timothy 4:16 | Watch yourself and the teaching; be persistent in them; for by so doing you (sōseis | σώσεις | fut act ind 2 sg) will (sōseis | σώσεις | fut act ind 2 sg) save (sōseis | σώσεις | fut act ind 2 sg) both yourself and those hearing you. |
| 2 Timothy 1:9 | who saved (sōsantos | σώσαντος | aor act ptcp gen sg masc) us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works but because of his own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before time eternal, |
| 2 Timothy 4:18 | The Lord will rescue me from every evil deed and will bring me safely (sōsei | σώσει | fut act ind 3 sg) into his heavenly kingdom, to whom be glory in the ages of ages, Amen. |
| Titus 3:5 | not because of works of righteousness that we did but according to his mercy, he saved (esōsen | ἔσωσεν | aor act ind 3 sg) us, through the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit, |
| Hebrews 5:7 | In the days of his flesh, Jesus offered up prayers and supplications, with loud crying and tears, to the one who was able to save (sōzein | σῴζειν | pres act inf ) him from death, and he was heard because of his godly fear. |
| Hebrews 7:25 | Consequently, he is able to save (sōzein | σῴζειν | pres act inf ) completely those who draw near to God through him, because he continually lives to intercede for them. |
| James 1:21 | Therefore put aside all filthiness and rampant wickedness, and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save (sōsai | σῶσαι | aor act inf ) your souls. |
| James 2:14 | What good is it, my brothers, if someone claims to have faith but has no works? Can that kind of faith save (sōsai | σῶσαι | aor act inf ) him? |
| James 4:12 | There is only one who is the lawgiver and judge — the one who is able to save (sōsai | σῶσαι | aor act inf ) and to destroy; so who are you to be judging your neighbor? |
| James 5:15 | and the prayer offered in faith will restore (sōsei | σώσει | fut act ind 3 sg) the one who is sick and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. |
| James 5:20 | he should know that the one who brings a sinner back from the error of his way will save (sōsei | σώσει | fut act ind 3 sg) that person’s soul from death and cover a multitude of sins. |
| 1 Peter 3:21 | This water prefigures baptism, which now saves (sōzei | σῴζει | pres act ind 3 sg) you — not the removal of dirt from the body but the answer of a good conscience to God — by the resurrection of Jesus Christ, |
| 1 Peter 4:18 | And “If the righteous person is (sōzetai | σῴζεται | pres pass ind 3 sg) barely saved (sōzetai | σῴζεται | pres pass ind 3 sg), what will become of the ungodly and the sinner?” |
| Jude 1:5 | Now I want to remind you, though you once knew all this, that the Lord, having (sōsas | σώσας | aor act ptcp nom sg masc) saved (sōsas | σώσας | aor act ptcp nom sg masc) his people out of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe. |
| Jude 1:23 | save (sōzete | σῴζετε | pres act imperative 2 pl) others by snatching them out of the fire; and have mercy on others with fear, hating even the garment stained by the flesh. |
