σῴζω sōzō

Greek word for “to save” · Strong’s G4982 · used 106 times in 99 verses

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Meaning

σώζω (on the more accurate σῴζω, see WH, Intr., §410;

How it is translated

Glosses given for sōzō in context, with how often each is used:

• save 16
• will be saved 15
• saved 13
• do save 8
• will save 7
• may be saved 6
• being saved 5
• has healed 4
• saved? 3
• will be healed 2
• has cured 2
• there have been saved 2

Where it is used

Also in 6 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Luke 8 (4), Matthew 27 (3), Mark 5 (3), Luke 23 (3), Acts 2 (3), Matthew 9 (2), Matthew 24 (2), Mark 10 (2), Mark 13 (2), Mark 15 (2)

Forms

• σωθήσεται 13
• σῶσαι 13
• σωθῆναι 10
• σέσωκέν 7
• σώσει 6
• σῶσον 5
• ἐσώθη 4
• ἔσωσεν 4
• σωθῇ 3
• σωθῶσιν 3

Words used with it

Words that share verses with sōzō more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• ἀπολλύω apolluō “to destroy” 11
• εἰ ei “if” 16
• δύναμαι dunamai “be able” 12
• πίστις pistis “faith” 12
• ἐάν ean “if” 12
• πιστεύω pisteuō “to trust (in)” 10
• ψυχή psuchē “soul” 8
• ἄν an “if” 8
• σάρξ sarx “flesh” 7
• σταυρός stauros “cross” 4
• ὄνομα onoma “name” 6
• ἡμέρα hēmera “day” 7

Key verses

The verses using sōzō that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 1:21 — And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.
• Mark 16:16 — He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.
• Ephesians 2:8 — For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
• 1 Thessalonians 2:16 — Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.
• 2 Thessalonians 2:10 — And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
• 1 Timothy 1:15 — This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.
• 2 Timothy 1:9 — Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ…
• Titus 3:5 — Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;
• Hebrews 5:7 — Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and…
• Hebrews 7:25 — Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.
• James 1:21 — Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
• 1 Peter 3:21 — The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,)…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.