Greek verb · G4982
σώζω
sozosode'-zo
to save
105 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: sṓzō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G4982is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 18 of 27New Testament books
- 38spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G4982
to save, i.e. deliver or protect (literally or figuratively)
The King James renders it: heal, preserve, save (self), do well, be (make) whole.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
sozo is rendered "to save". It stands 105 times in the Greek text, across eighteen books.
- Seventeen of the uses stand in Luke, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 1:21She will give birth to a Son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus, because He will save His people from their sins.”
- The Greek text spells it thirty-eight different ways.
The first use
She will give birth to a Son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus, because He will save His people from their sins.”
Matthew 1:21σώσει
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
The word stands in eighteen of the 27 New Testament books.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- to save15
- to be saved9
- will be saved9
- do save8
- will save5
- being saved4
- has healed4
- He saved4
- may be saved3
- they may be saved3
- you will save3
- has cured2
and 31 more, 105 uses in all
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
The words it stands beside
All 105, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
38 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- σῶσαι13
- σωθῆναι10
- σωθήσεται9
- σέσωκέν7
- σώσει6
- σῶσον5
- ἐσώθη4
- ἔσωσεν4
- σωθῇ3
- σωθήσεται.¶3
- σωθήσῃ3
- σώσεις3
and 26 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)13V-AAN
- verb · future passive, indicative · 3rd person singular12V-FPI-3S
- verb · aorist passive, infinitive (“to…”)10V-APN
- verb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singular7V-AAM-2S
- verb · perfect active, indicative · 3rd person singular7V-RAI-3S
- verb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singular6V-FAI-3S
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singular4V-AAI-3S
- verb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singular4V-API-3S
- verb · aorist passive, subjunctive · 3rd person plural3V-APS-3P
- verb · aorist passive, subjunctive · 3rd person singular3V-APS-3S
- verb · future active, indicative · 2nd person singular3V-FAI-2S
- verb · future passive, indicative · 2nd person singular3V-FPI-2S
Matthew
fifteen uses
She will give birth to a Son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus, because He will save His people from their sins.”
- σώσειsoseiverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will save
The disciples went and woke Him, saying, “Lord, save us! We are perishing!”
- σῶσονsosonverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do save
She said to herself, “If only I touch His cloak, I will be healed.”
- σωθήσομαι.¶sothesomaiverb · future passive, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I will be healed
Jesus turned and saw her. “Take courage, daughter,” He said, “your faith has healed you.” And the woman was cured from that very hour.
- σέσωκένsesokenverb · perfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has cured
- ἐσώθηesotheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was cured
You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.
- σωθήσεται.¶sothesetaiverb · future passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will be saved
But when he saw the strength of the wind, he was afraid, and beginning to sink, cried out, “Lord, save me!”
- σῶσόνsosonverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do save
For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.
- σῶσαιsosaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to save
When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astonished and asked, “Who then can be saved?”
- σωθῆναιsothenaiverb · aorist passive, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to be saved
But the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.
- σωθήσεταιsothesetaiverb · future passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will be saved
If those days had not been cut short, nobody would be saved. But for the sake of the elect, those days will be cut short.
- ἐσώθηesotheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: there have been saved
and saying, “You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save Yourself! If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross!”
- σῶσονsosonverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do save
“He saved others, but He cannot save Himself. He is the King of Israel! Let Him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in Him.
- ἔσωσενesosenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He saved
- σῶσαιsosaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to save
But the others said, “Leave Him alone. Let us see if Elijah comes to save Him.”
- σώσωνsosonverb · future active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: to then save
Mark
fourteen uses
And He asked them, “Which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to destroy it?” But they were silent.
- σῶσαιsosaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to save
and pleaded with Him urgently, “My little daughter is near death. Please come and place Your hands on her, so that she will be healed and live.”
- σωθῇsotheaverb · aorist passive, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: she may be cured
For she kept saying, “If only I touch His garments, I will be healed.”
- σωθήσομαι.¶sothesomaiverb · future passive, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I will be healed
“Daughter,” said Jesus, “your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be free of your affliction.”
- σέσωκένsesokenverb · perfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has healed
And wherever He went—villages and towns and countrysides—they laid the sick in the marketplaces and begged Him just to let them touch the fringe of His cloak. And all who touched Him were healed.
- ἐσῴζοντο.¶esozontoverb · imperfect passive, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: were being healed
For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and for the gospel will save it.
- σῶσαιsosaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to save
- σώσειsoseiverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he will save
They were even more astonished and said to one another, “Who then can be saved?”
- σωθῆναιsothenaiverb · aorist passive, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to be saved
“Go,” said Jesus, “your faith has healed you.” And immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus along the road.
- σέσωκένsesokenverb · perfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has healed
You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.
- σωθήσεταιsothesetaiverb · future passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will be saved
If the Lord had not cut short those days, nobody would be saved. But for the sake of the elect, whom He has chosen, He has cut them short.
- ἐσώθηesotheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: there have been saved
come down from the cross and save Yourself!”
- σῶσονsosonverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do save
In the same way, the chief priests and scribes mocked Him among themselves, saying, “He saved others, but He cannot save Himself!
- ἔσωσενesosenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He saved
- σῶσαιsosaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to save
Luke
seventeen uses
Then Jesus said to them, “I ask you, which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to destroy it?”
- σῶσαιsosaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to save
And Jesus told the woman, “Your faith has saved you; go in peace.”
- σέσωκένsesokenverb · perfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has saved
The seeds along the path are those who hear, but the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved.
- σωθῶσινsothosinverb · aorist passive, subjunctive · 3rd person pluraltagged: they may be saved
Meanwhile, those who had seen it reported how the demon-possessed man had been healed.
- ἐσώθηesotheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was healed
“Daughter,” said Jesus, “your faith has healed you. Go in peace.”
- σέσωκένsesokenverb · perfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has healed
But Jesus overheard them and said to Jairus, “Do not be afraid; just believe, and she will be healed.”
- σωθήσεταιsothesetaiverb · future passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: she will be saved
For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will save it.
- σῶσαιsosaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to save
- σώσειsoseiverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will save
“Lord,” someone asked Him, “will only a few people be saved?” Jesus answered,
- σῳζόμενοιsozomenoiverb · present passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: being saved
Then Jesus said to him, “Rise and go; your faith has made you well!”
- σέσωκένsesokenverb · perfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has cured
Those who heard this asked, “Who then can be saved?”
- σωθῆναιsothenaiverb · aorist passive, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to be saved
“Receive your sight!” Jesus replied. “Your faith has healed you.”
- σέσωκένsesokenverb · perfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has healed
For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
- σῶσαιsosaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to save
The people stood watching, and the rulers sneered at Him, saying, “He saved others; let Him save Himself if He is the Christ of God, the Chosen One.”
- ἔσωσενesosenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He saved
- σωσάτωsosatoverb · aorist active, command · 3rd person singulartagged: he should save
“If You are the King of the Jews,” they said, “save Yourself!”
- σῶσονsosonverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do save
One of the criminals who hung there heaped abuse on Him. “Are You not the Christ?” he said. “Save Yourself and us!”
- σῶσονsosonverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do save
John
six uses
For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.
- σωθῇsotheaverb · aorist passive, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: may be saved
Even though I do not accept human testimony, I say these things so that you may be saved.
- σωθῆτεsotheteverb · aorist passive, subjunctive · 2nd person pluraltagged: may be saved
I am the gate. If anyone enters through Me, he will be saved. He will come in and go out and find pasture.
- σωθήσεταιsothesetaiverb · future passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he will be saved
His disciples replied, “Lord, if he is sleeping, he will get better.”
- σωθήσεταιsothesetaiverb · future passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he will get well
Now My soul is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save Me from this hour’? No, it is for this purpose that I have come to this hour.
- σῶσόνsosonverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do save
As for anyone who hears My words and does not keep them, I do not judge him. For I have not come to judge the world, but to save the world.
- σώσωsosoverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 1st person singulartagged: I may save
Acts
thirteen uses
And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.’
- σωθήσεται.¶sothesetaiverb · future passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will be saved.’
With many other words he testified, and he urged them, “Be saved from this corrupt generation.”
- σώθητεsotheteverb · aorist passive, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do be saved
praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.
- σῳζομένουςsozomenousverb · present passive, participle · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: were being saved
If we are being examined today about a kind service to a man who was lame, to determine how he was healed,
- σέσωταιsesotaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has been healed
Salvation exists in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.”
- σωθῆναιsothenaiverb · aorist passive, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to be saved
He will convey to you a message by which you and all your household will be saved.’
- σωθήσῃsotheseverb · future passive, indicative · 2nd person singulartagged: will be saved
This man was listening to the words of Paul, who looked intently at him and saw that he had faith to be healed.
- σωθῆναιsothenaiverb · aorist passive, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to be healed
Then some men came down from Judea and were teaching the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.”
- σωθῆναιsothenaiverb · aorist passive, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to be saved
On the contrary, we believe it is through the grace of the Lord Jesus that we are saved, just as they are.”
- σωθῆναιsothenaiverb · aorist passive, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to be saved
Then he brought them out and asked, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”
- σωθῶsothoverb · aorist passive, subjunctive · 1st person singulartagged: I may be saved
They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved, you and your household.”
- σωθήσῃsotheseverb · future passive, indicative · 2nd person singulartagged: will be saved
When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days and the great storm continued to batter us, we abandoned all hope of being saved.
- σῴζεσθαιsozesthaiverb · present passive, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: being saved
But Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, “Unless these men remain with the ship, you cannot be saved.”
- σωθῆναιsothenaiverb · aorist passive, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to be saved
Romans
eight uses
Therefore, since we have now been justified by His blood, how much more shall we be saved from wrath through Him!
- σωθησόμεθαsothesomethaverb · future passive, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: we will be saved
For if, when we were enemies of God, we were reconciled to Him through the death of His Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through His life!
- σωθησόμεθαsothesomethaverb · future passive, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: will we be saved
For in this hope we were saved; but hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what he can already see?
- ἐσώθημενesothemenverb · aorist passive, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: we were saved
Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: “Though the number of the Israelites is like the sand of the sea, only the remnant will be saved.
- σωθήσεταιsothesetaiverb · future passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will be saved
that if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.
- σωθήσῃsotheseverb · future passive, indicative · 2nd person singulartagged: you will be saved
for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
- σωθήσεται.¶sothesetaiverb · future passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will be saved
in the hope that I may provoke my own people to jealousy and save some of them.
- σώσωsosoverb · future active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: will save
And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: “The Deliverer will come from Zion; He will remove godlessness from Jacob.
- σωθήσεταιsothesetaiverb · future passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will be saved
1 Corinthians
nine uses
For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
- σῳζομένοιςsozomenoisverb · present passive, participle · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluraltagged: being saved
For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know Him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe.
- σῶσαιsosaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to save
If it is burned up, he will suffer loss. He himself will be saved, but only as if through the flames.
- σωθήσεταιsothesetaiverb · future passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will be saved
hand this man over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved on the Day of the Lord.
- σωθῇsotheaverb · aorist passive, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: may be saved
How do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?
- σώσειςsoseisverb · future active, indicative · 2nd person singulartagged: you will save
- σώσειςsoseisverb · future active, indicative · 2nd person singulartagged: you will save
To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all people so that by all possible means I might save some.
- σώσωsosoverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 1st person singulartagged: I may save
as I also try to please everyone in all I do. For I am not seeking my own good, but the good of many, that they may be saved.
- σωθῶσιν.¶sothosinverb · aorist passive, subjunctive · 3rd person pluraltagged: they may be saved
By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.
- σῴζεσθεsozestheverb · present passive, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you are being saved
2 Corinthians
one use
For we are to God the sweet aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing.
- σῳζομένοιςsozomenoisverb · present passive, participle · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluraltagged: being saved
Ephesians
two uses
made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in our trespasses. It is by grace you have been saved!
- σεσῳσμένοιsesosmenoiverb · perfect passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: saved —
For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God,
- σεσῳσμένοιsesosmenoiverb · perfect passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: saved
1 Thessalonians
one use
hindering us from telling the Gentiles how they may be saved. As a result, they continue to heap up their sins to full capacity; the utmost wrath has come upon them.
- σωθῶσινsothosinverb · aorist passive, subjunctive · 3rd person pluraltagged: they may be saved
2 Thessalonians
one use
and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them.
- σωθῆναιsothenaiverb · aorist passive, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to be saved
1 Timothy
four uses
This is a trustworthy saying, worthy of full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the worst.
- σῶσαιsosaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to save
who wants everyone to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
- σωθῆναιsothenaiverb · aorist passive, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to be saved
Women, however, will be saved through childbearing, if they continue in faith, love, and holiness, with self-control.
- σωθήσεταιsothesetaiverb · future passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: She will be saved
Pay close attention to your life and to your teaching. Persevere in these things, for by so doing you will save both yourself and those who hear you.
- σώσειςsoseisverb · future active, indicative · 2nd person singulartagged: you will save
2 Timothy
two uses
He has saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works, but by His own purpose and by the grace He granted us in Christ Jesus before time began.
- σώσαντοςsosantosverb · aorist active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: having saved
And the Lord will rescue me from every evil action and bring me safely into His heavenly kingdom. To Him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
- σώσειsoseiverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will bring safely
Titus
one use
He saved us, not by the righteous deeds we had done, but according to His mercy, through the washing of new birth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.
- ἔσωσενesosenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He saved
Hebrews
two uses
During the days of Jesus’ earthly life, He offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the One who could save Him from death, and He was heard because of His reverence.
- σῴζεινsozeinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to save
Therefore He is able to save completely those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to intercede for them.
- σῴζεινsozeinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to save
James
five uses
Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and every expression of evil, and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save your souls.
- σῶσαιsosaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to save
What good is it, my brothers, if someone claims to have faith, but has no deeds? Can such faith save him?
- σῶσαιsosaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to save
There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the One who is able to save and destroy. But who are you to judge your neighbor?
- σῶσαιsosaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to save
And the prayer offered in faith will restore the one who is sick. The Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven.
- σώσειsoseiverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will save
consider this: Whoever turns a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death and cover over a multitude of sins.
- σώσειsoseiverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will save
1 Peter
two uses
And this water symbolizes the baptism that now saves you also—not the removal of dirt from the body, but the pledge of a clear conscience toward God—through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
- σῴζειsozeiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: saving
And, “If it is hard for the righteous to be saved, what will become of the ungodly and the sinner?”
- σῴζεταιsozetaiverb · present passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: is saved
Jude
two uses
Although you are fully aware of this, I want to remind you that after Jesus had delivered His people out of the land of Egypt, He destroyed those who did not believe.
- σώσαςsosasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having saved
save others by snatching them from the fire; and to still others show mercy tempered with fear, hating even the clothing stained by the flesh.
- σῴζετεsozeteverb · present active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do save
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