σωτηρία, -ας, ἡ
(< σωτήρ), [in LXX for יֶשַׁע, יְשׁוּעָה, תְּשׁוּעָה, פְּלֵיטָה, etc.;]
deliverance, preservation, salvation, safety (Lat. salus): Ac 7:2527:34, He 11:7; ἐξ ἐχθρῶν, Lk 1:71. In NT esp. of Messianic and spiritual salvation (v.s. σώζω): Lk 19:9, Jo 4:22, Ac 4:1213:47, Ro 11:11, II Th 2:13, II Ti 3:15, He 2:36:9, II Pe 3:15, Ju 3; opp. to ἀπηώλεια, Phl 1:28; αἰώνιος-., He 5:9; ὁ λόγος (τὸ εὐαγγέλιον) τῆς σ., Ac 13:26, Eph 1:13; ὁδὸς σωτηρίας, Ac 16:17; κέρας σωτηρίας, Lk 1:69; ἡμέρα σωτηρίας, II Co 6:2(LXX); κατεργάζεσθαι τὴν ἑαυτοῦ σ., Phl 2:12; κληρονομεῖν σ., He 1:14; ὁ ἀρχηγὸς τῆς σ., He 2:10; εἰς σ., Ro 1:1610:1, 10, I Pe 2:2; σ. as a present possession (v.s. σώζω), Lk 1:77, II Co 1:67:10, Phl 1:19, II Ti 2:10; as more fully realized in the future: Ro 13:11, I Th 5:8, 9, He 9:28, I Pe 1:5, 9, 10, Re 7:1012:1019:1.†