Definition:
σωτηρία, -ας, ἡ (σωτήρ), [in LXX for יֶשַׁע, יְשׁוּעָה, תְּשׁוּעָה, פְּלֵיטָה, etc;] deliverance, preservation, salvation, safety (Lat. salus): Act.7:25 27:34, Heb.11:7; ἐξ ἐχθρῶν, Luk.1:71. In NT esp. of Messianic and spiritual salvation (see: σώζω): Luk.19:9, Jhn.4:22, Act.4:12 13:47, Rom.11:11, 2Th.2:13, 2Ti.3:15, Heb.2:3 6:9, 2Pe.3:15, Ju 3; opposite to ἀπηώλεια, Php.1:28; αἰώνιος, Heb.5:9; ὁ λόγος (τὸ εὐαγγέλιον) τῆς σ, Act.13:26, Eph.1:13; ὁδὸς σωτηρίας, Act.16:17; κέρας σωτηρίας, Luk.1:69; ἡμέρα σωτηρίας, 2Co.6:2 (LXX); κατεργάζεσθαι τὴν ἑαυτοῦ σ, Php.2:12; κληρονομεῖν σ, Heb.1:14; ὁ ἀρχηγὸς τῆς σ, Heb.2:10; εἰς σ, Rom.1:16 10:1, 10, 1Pe.2:2; σ. as a present possession (see: σώζω), Luk.1:77, 2Co.1:6 7:10, Php.1:19, 2Ti.2:10; as more fully realized in the future: Rom.13:11, 1Th.5:8-9, Heb.9:28, 1Pe.1:5 1:9-10, Rev.7:10 12:10 19:1. (AS)
Definition:
σωτηρ-ία,
Ionic dialect -ιη, ἡ,
deliverance, preservation, σωτηρίην ὑποθησόμενον ὑμῖν [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀπεργάζεσθαι, πορίζειν, ἐκπορίζεσθαι, [
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 σωτηρίας. Αὐτοκράτορος, = Latin
pro salute Imperatoris, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
2)
a way or
means of safety (= μηχανὴ σωτηρίας [
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+]; σωτηρίας ἕνεκα τοῖς πολλοῖς τῶν σωμάτων for their
safe custody, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; σωτηρίαι 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+]