2001 Translation

SŌTĒRA, sōtēra

Sounds Like: so-TEE-ra

Translations: Savior, a Savior, Deliverer, Preserver

From the root: ΣΩΤΗΡ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to a savior, deliverer, or preserver. It is a masculine noun and is used to describe someone who brings salvation or rescue. In the provided examples, it is used in the accusative case, indicating it is the direct object of a verb or the object of a preposition, often referring to God or Christ as 'the Savior'.

Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Masculine

Strong’s number: G4990 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Clement of Alexandria

• Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 11:19

Clement of Rome

• Clement’s First Letter — 59:3

Codex Sinaiticus

• Esther — 5:1a
• Wisdom — 16:7
• Sirach — 51:1
• Isaiah — 17:10
• Acts of the Apostles — 5:31, 13:23
• Philippians — 3:20
• 1 John — 4:14

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 6 — 11:240
• Book 11 — 6:278
• Book 12 — 5:261
• Book 14 — 15:444

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book One — 27:18, 33:6
• Book Three — 9:51
• Book Seven — 4:9

Life of Flavius Josephus, The

• The Life of Flavius Josephus — 47:244, 50:259

Mathetes

• Letter to Diognetus — 9:6

Polycarp of Smyrna

• Martyrdom of Polycarp — 19:2

Pseudo Clement of Rome

• Clement’s Second Letter — 20:5

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Judges — 3:9, 3:15
• Esther — 5:1, 8:12
• 3 Maccabees — 6:29, 6:32
• Psalms of Solomon — 17:3
• Wisdom — 16:7
• Sirach — 51:1
• Isaiah — 17:10

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Acts — 5:31, 13:23
• Philippians — 3:20
• 1 John — 4:14

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΩΤΗΡ.

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.

• ΣΩΤΗΡ — Savior, Deliverer, Preserver, a Savior
• ΣΩΤΗΡʼ — Savior, Deliverer, Preserver
• ΣΩΤΗΡΑΝ — savior, a savior, deliverer, a deliverer, preserver, a preserver
• ΣΩΤΗΡΑΣ — savior, deliverer, preserver, a savior
• ΣΩΤΗΡΕΣ — saviors, deliverers, preservers
• ΣΩΤΗΡΙ — to a savior, for a savior, to a deliverer, for a deliverer, to a preserver, for a preserver
• ΣΩΤΗΡΙΟΝ — salvation, deliverance, saving health, a salvation, a deliverance, a saving health
• ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ — of a savior, of the Savior, of a deliverer, of the Deliverer, of a preserver, of the Preserver
• Σ‾Η‾Ρ — Savior, a Savior, Deliverer, a Deliverer, Preserver, a Preserver
• ΤΗΡΟΣ — Savior, Deliverer, Preserver, a Savior, a Deliverer
• ΤΩΣΩΤΗΡΙ — to the savior, for the savior, to a savior, for a savior, to the deliverer, for the deliverer, to a deliverer, for a deliverer
• ‾ΣΡΙ‾ — Savior, a Savior, (to) Savior, (to) a Savior
• ‾ΣΩΡ‾ — Savior, a Savior, Deliverer, a Deliverer, Preserver, a Preserver

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