Save, Saving

1. sozo
2. diasozo

1. peripoiesis

sozo "to save," is used (as with the noun soteria, "salvation")
(a) of material and temporal deliverance from danger, suffering, etc., e.g., Matt_8:25; Mark_13:20; Luke_23:35; John_12:27; 1_Tim_2:15; 2_Tim_4:18 (AV, "preserve"); Jude_1:5; from sickness, Matt_9:22, "made ... whole" (RV, marg., "saved"); so Mark_5:34; Luke_8:48; James_5:15;
(b) of the spiritual and eternal salvation granted immediately by God to those who believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, e.g., Acts_2:47, RV "(those that) were being saved;" Acts_16:31; Rom_8:24, RV, "were we saved;" Eph_2:5,8: 1_Tim_2:4; 2_Tim_1:9; Titus_3:5; of human agency in this, Rom_11:14; 1_Cor_7:16; 1_Cor_9:22;
(c) of the present experiences of God's power to deliver from the bondage of sin, e.g., Matt_1:21; Rom_5:10; 1_Cor_15:2; Heb_7:25; James_1:21; 1_Pet_3:21; of human agency in this, 1_Tim_4:16;
(d) of the future deliverance of believers at the second coming of Christ for His saints, being deliverance from the wrath of God to be executed upon the ungodly at the close of this age and from eternal doom, e.g., Rom_5:9;
(e) of the deliverance of the nation of Israel at the second advent of Christ, e.g., Rom_11:26;
(f) inclusively for all the blessings bestowed by God on men in Christ, e.g., Luke_19:10; John_10:9; 1_Cor_10:33; 1_Tim_1:15;
(g) of those who endure to the end of the time of the Great Tribulation, Matt_10:22; Mark_13:13;
(h) of the individual believer, who, though losing his reward at the Judgment-Seat of Christ hereafter, will not lose his salvation, 1_Cor_3:15; 1_Cor_5:5;
(i) of the deliverance of the nations at the Millennium, Rev_21:24 (in some mss.). See SALVATION.

See also : sozo in other topics

diasozo "to bring safely through" (dia, "through," and sozo), is used
(a) of the healing of the sick by the Lord, Matt_14:36, RV, "were made whole" (AV adds "perfectly"); Luke_7:3;
(b) of bringing "safe" to a destination, Acts_23:24;
(c) of keeping a person "safe," Acts_27:43;
(d) of escaping through the perils of shipwreck, Acts_27:44; Acts_28:1,4, Passive Voice;
(e) through the Flood, 1_Pet_3:20. See ESCAPE, WHOLE.

Note: In 2_Pet_2:5, AV, phulasso, "to guard, keep, preserve," is translated "saved" (RV, "preserved"). In Luke_17:33 some mss. have sozo (AV, "save"), for the RV: see peripoieo_under_GAIN. For "save alive," Luke_17:33, RV, see zoogoneo_under_LIVE.

See also : diasozo in other topics

peripoiesis
(a) "preservation,"
(b) "acquiring or gaining something," is used in this latter sense in Heb_10:39, translated "saving" (RV marg., "gaining"); the reference here is to salvation in its completeness. See OBTAIN, POSSESSION.

Note: In Heb_11:7 soteria is rendered saving. See SALVATION.

See also : peripoiesis in other topics