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Strong's Number G4982

σώζω

sozo · sode'-zo

Transliteration:

sozo{sode'-zo}

Word Origin:

from a primary sos (contraction for obsolete saoz, "safe")

TDNT:

7:965,1132

Part of Speech:

verb

Strong's Definition:

to save, i.e. deliver or protect (literally or figuratively)

Usage in the KJV:

save 41, make whole 9, heal 3, be whole 3, misc 3

Total: 110
Occurs 106 times in the Greek text.

Definition:

to save, keep safe and sound, to rescue from danger or destruction
1. one (from injury or peril)
  1. to save a suffering one (from perishing), i.e. one suffering from disease, to make well, heal, restore to health
  2. to preserve one who is in danger of destruction, to save or rescue
2. to save in the technical biblical sense
  1. negatively
    1. to deliver from the penalties of the Messianic judgment
    2. to save from the evils which obstruct the reception of the Messianic deliverance