saving

Greek Noun Neuter

σωτήριος, -ον (σωτήρ), [in LXX for יְשׁוּעָה, שֶׁלֶם, etc;] saving, bringing salvation, in NT always in spiritual sense (see: σώζω, σωτηρία): ἡ χάρις ἡ σ, Tit.2:1. Neut, -τὸ σ, as subst. (cl.), salvation: Luk.2:30; τ. σ. τ. θεοῦ, Luk.3:6, Act.28:28; περικεφαλαίαν τοῦ σ, Eph.6:17. (AS)

saving

Greek Noun Neuter

σωτήρ-ιος, ον, saving, delivering, αὐγαὶ ἡλίου [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of symptoms, betokening recovery, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐλπὶς σπέρματος σωτηρίου hope of seed to preserve or perpetuate the race, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; δέχεσθαι τὸν ἱκέτην σωτήριον who brings safety to our state, [Refs 5th c.BC+] b) with dative, bringing safety or deliverance to. , ὕδωρ ἰχθύσι σ. [Refs 1st c.AD+]; ἄριστα καὶ πόλεις. [Refs 6th c.BC+]: comparative and superlative, τὸ πείθεσθαι σωτηριώτερον αὐτοῖς [Refs 5th c.BC+] 2) of persons, much like{σωτήρ}, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; θεοί, Ζεὺς σ, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; [Ἑλένη] ναυτίλοις σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+] II) as substantive, σωτήρια, τά, deliverance, safety, τἀκείνου σωτήρια [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἡ ἐλπὶς τῶν σ. [Refs 4th c.BC+] II.2) σωτήρια (i.e. ἱερά) τά, a thank-offering for deliverance, σ. θύειν θεοῖς [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. τοῦ βασιλέως πανηγυρίζειν for his escape, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; of a festival at Delphi, commemorating the retreat of the Gauls, [Refs 3rd c.BC+] II.3) physician's fee, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] II.4) public privy, at Smyrna, [Refs] III) Σωτήριος (i.e. μήν), ὁ, also written Σωτήρειος, name of a month, [Refs 1st c.AD+] IV) adverb -ίως[Refs 1st c.AD+]; σ. ἔχειν to be capable of recovery, [Refs 1st c.AD+]

Greek

Adjective

defender or (by implication) defence; salvation; neuter of the same as g4991 (σωτηρία) as (properly, concretely) noun