σωτήρ, -ῆρος, ὁ
(< σώζω), [in LXX for יֵשַׁע and cognate forms;]
saviour, deliverer, preserver, a freq. epithet of kings in the Ptolemaic and Rom. periods (Deiss., BS, 83; LAE, 368 f.; MM, xxiv), in NT,
(a) of God (as LXX: Ps 23 (24):5, Is 12:2, al.): Lk 1:47, I Ti 1:12:34:10, Tit 1:32:103:4, Ju 25;
(b) of Christ: Lk 2:11, Ac 5:3113:23, Phl 3:20; τ. κόσμου, Jo 4:42, I Jo 4:14 (for the general use of the word, v. Westc., in l.); ἡμῶν, II Ti 1:10, Tit 1:43:6; θεὸς (κύριος) καὶ σ. (v. Deiss., LAE, 3484; M, Pr., 84), Tit 2:13, II Pe 1:1, 112:203:2, 18; σ. τοῦ σώματος (i.e. of the Church; v.s. σῶμα, 5), Eph 5:23.†