ΠΕΡΙΣΩΣΑΙ, περισωσαι
PERISŌSAI, perisōsai
Sounds Like: peh-ree-SOH-sai
Translations: to save completely, to preserve fully, to rescue entirely, to keep safe
From the root: ΠΕΡΙΣΩΖΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb formed from the preposition περί (peri), meaning 'around' or 'about', and the verb σῴζω (sōzō), meaning 'to save' or 'to preserve'. Therefore, it means 'to save completely' or 'to preserve fully', emphasizing a thorough or comprehensive act of saving or keeping safe. It is used to describe an action of bringing someone or something to a state of full safety or preservation.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G4061 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΕΡΙΣΩΖΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΠΕΡΙΕΣΩΘΗ — was saved, was preserved, was rescued, was kept safe
- ΠΕΡΙΕΣΩΣΕΝ — saved completely, preserved, rescued, delivered, brought safely through
- ΠΕΡΙΣΕΣΩΚΕΝ — he has saved, he has preserved, he has kept safe, he has rescued
- ΠΕΡΙΣΩΖΕΙΝ — to save completely, to preserve, to keep safe, to rescue fully
- ΠΕΡΙΣΩΖΕΤΑΙ — is preserved, is saved, is kept safe, is rescued
- ΠΕΡΙΣΩΖΩ — to save completely, to preserve, to keep safe, to rescue
- ΠΕΡΙΣΩΘΕΙΗ — might be saved, might be preserved, might be rescued, might be kept safe
- ΠΕΡΙΣΩΘΕΙΣ — having been saved, having been preserved, having been rescued, one who was saved
- ΠΕΡΙΣΩΘΕΝ — preserved, saved, rescued, survived, that which was preserved, that which was saved
- ΠΕΡΙΣΩΘΗ — be saved, be preserved, be rescued, be delivered
- ΠΕΡΙΣΩΘΗΝΑΙ — to be saved, to be preserved, to escape safely, to be rescued
- ΠΕΡΙΣΩΣΑΝΤΑ — having saved completely, having preserved, having kept safe, the one having saved, him having saved
- ΠΕΡΙΣΩΣΑΣ — having saved completely, having preserved, having rescued, having kept safe
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