2001 Translation

SŌTĒRIAN, sōtērian

Sounds Like: so-tay-REE-an

Translations: salvation, deliverance, preservation, safety, a salvation

From the root: ΣΩΤΗΡΙΑ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to salvation, deliverance, or preservation. It is often used in a spiritual sense to denote deliverance from sin and its consequences, but can also refer to physical safety or rescue. It is a feminine noun.

Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine

Strong’s number: G4991 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

1 Enoch Greek Collection

• 1 Enoch — 103:10

Aristeas

• Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:21

Barnabus

• Letter of Barnabas — 14:8, 17:1

Clement of Alexandria

• Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 1:6, 1:29, 1:31, 1:33, 1:34, 1:35, 3:8, 4:89, 7:11, 8:15, 9:3, 9:9, 9:21, 9:23, 9:28, 10:16, 10:19, 10:39, 10:67, 10:68, 12:22

Clement of Rome

• Clement’s First Letter — 6:4, 6:7, 7:4, 7:7, 45:1

Codex Sinaiticus

• 1 Chronicles — 11:14, 19:12
• 2 Esdras — 9:13
• Esther — 4:17d
• Judith — 8:17, 11:3
• Tobit — 8:4, 8:17
• 4 Maccabees — 15:8
• Psalms — 32:17, 70:15, 73:12, 117:14, 117:21, 117:28, 131:16, 143:10
• Proverbs — 2:7
• Isaiah — 12:2, 45:17, 46:13, 49:6, 52:7, 52:10, 63:8
• Jeremiah — 37:6, 38:22
• Habakkuk — 3:13
• Luke — 1:71
• Acts of the Apostles — 7:25, 13:47
• Romans — 1:16, 10:1
• 2 Corinthians — 7:10
• Philippians — 1:19, 2:12
• 2 Thessalonians — 2:13
• 2 Timothy — 3:15
• Hebrews — 1:14, 9:28, 11:7
• 1 Peter — 1:5, 1:9, 2:2
• 2 Peter — 3:15
• Epistle of Barnabas — 14:8, 14:9
• Shepherd of Hermas — 6:5, 14:1

Josephus' Against Apion

• Book One — 22:204, 17:159
• Book Two — 17:159

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 1 — 3:76, 12:211
• Book 2 — 6:140, 6:162, 9:219, 9:221, 15:327, 15:331, 15:332, 15:333, 16:339
• Book 3 — 1:23, 1:36
• Book 4 — 5:89, 8:261
• Book 5 — 5:201
• Book 6 — 4:66, 11:209, 11:211
• Book 7 — 8:183, 15:390
• Book 8 — 10:255, 14:385
• Book 10 — 7:123, 8:133, 9:167
• Book 11 — 6:227
• Book 14 — 13:355
• Book 15 — 7:264
• Book 16 — 8:238, 10:331
• Book 17 — 10:284
• Book 18 — 6:215, 9:338, 9:361, 9:362, 9:367
• Book 19 — 1:146, 3:222, 7:324
• Book 20 — 2:22, 2:48, 8:188, 11:255

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book One — 7:2, 8:10, 34:12
• Book Three — 7:62, 8:19, 8:48
• Book Four — 1:79, 3:22, 6:8, 9:88, 9:92
• Book Five — 9:46, 11:35, 12:9
• Book Six — 7:3, 7:8, 8:6
• Book Seven — 4:3, 6:41, 8:37, 8:80

Justin Martyr

• First Apology of Justin Martyr — 12:1
• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 13:2, 32:2, 55:3, 94:2, 102:6, 111:4, 121:4, 131:2, 142:3

Life of Flavius Josephus, The

• The Life of Flavius Josephus — 65:355

Pseudo Clement of Rome

• Clement’s Second Letter — 19:1

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Genesis — 49:18
• Exodus — 14:13, 15:2
• Judges — 15:18
• 1 Samuel — 11:13, 14:45, 19:5
• 2 Samuel — 10:11, 23:10, 23:12
• 2 Kings — 5:1, 13:5
• 1 Chronicles — 11:14, 16:23, 19:12
• 2 Chronicles — 6:41, 12:7, 20:17
• Ezra (Beta) — 9:8, 9:13
• Esther — 4:17
• Judith — 8:17, 11:3
• Tobit — 8:4, 8:17
• 2 Maccabees — 11:6
• 3 Maccabees — 6:13, 7:16
• 4 Maccabees — 12:6, 15:8, 15:27
• Psalms — 32:17, 70:15, 73:12, 117:14, 117:21, 117:28, 131:16, 143:10
• Psalms of Solomon — 15:8, 16:5
• Odes — 1:2, 5:10, 6:13, 13:71
• Proverbs — 2:7
• Job — 13:16
• Isaiah — 12:2, 45:17, 46:13, 49:6, 52:7, 52:10, 63:8
• Jeremiah — 37:6, 38:22
• Baruch — 4:22, 4:24
• Daniel (Theodotion) — 11:42
• Habakkuk — 3:13

The Shepherd of Hermas — Commandments

• Mandate 10 — 2:4
• Mandate 12 — 3:6

The Shepherd of Hermas — Visions

• Vision 2 — 2:5
• Vision 3 — 6:1

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Luke — 1:71
• Acts — 7:25, 13:47
• Romans — 1:16, 10:1, 10:10
• 2 Corinthians — 7:10
• Philippians — 1:19, 2:12
• 2 Thessalonians — 2:13
• 2 Timothy — 3:15
• Hebrews — 1:14, 9:28, 11:7
• 1 Peter — 1:5, 1:9, 2:2
• 2 Peter — 3:15

From the same root

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

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.

• ΕἸΣΣΩΤΗΡΙΑΝ — for salvation, into salvation, to salvation, for deliverance, into deliverance, to deliverance
• ΣΩΤΗΡΙΑ — salvation, a salvation, deliverance, preservation, safety
• ΣΩΤΗΡΙΑΣ — of salvation, of deliverance, of preservation, of safety
• ΣΩΤΗΡΙΟΥ — (of) salvation, (of) deliverance, (of) preservation, (of) safety, a salvation
• ΤΗΝΣΩΤΗΡΙΑΝ — salvation, deliverance, preservation, safety, a salvation
• ΤΗΡΙΑ — salvation, deliverance, preservation, safety, a salvation, a deliverance

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