Greek noun (masculine) · G4990
σωτήρ
soterso-tare'
savior
24 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: sōtḗr
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G4990is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 11 of 27New Testament books
- 5spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G4990
a deliverer, i.e. God or Christ
The King James renders it: saviour.
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
soter is rendered "savior". It stands 24 times in the Greek text, across eleven books.
- Six of the uses stand in Titus, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Luke 1:47and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior!
- The Greek text spells it five different ways.
The first use
and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior!
Luke 1:47σωτῆρί
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Six of the word's twenty-four uses are in Titus.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- Savior22
- a Savior2
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.
All 24, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
5 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
- σωτῆρος14
- σωτὴρ4
- σωτῆρα4
- σωτῆρι1
- σωτῆρί1
The grammar of each form
- noun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singular14N-GSM
- noun · accusative (object) · masculine singular4N-ASM
- noun · nominative (subject) · masculine singular4N-NSM
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singular2N-DSM
Luke
two uses
John
one use
They said to the woman, “We now believe not only because of your words; we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this man truly is the Savior of the world.”
- σωτὴρsoternoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: Savior
Acts
two uses
God exalted Him to His right hand as Prince and Savior, in order to grant repentance and forgiveness of sins to Israel.
- σωτῆραsoteranoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: Savior
From the descendants of this man, God has brought to Israel the Savior Jesus, as He promised.
- σωτῆραsoteranoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: Savior
Ephesians
one use
For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, His body, of which He is the Savior.
- σωτὴρsoternoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: Savior
Philippians
one use
But our citizenship is in heaven, and we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,
- σωτῆραsoteranoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: a Savior
1 Timothy
three uses
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus our hope,
- σωτῆροςsoterosnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: Savior
This is good and pleasing in the sight of God our Savior,
- σωτῆροςsoterosnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: Savior
To this end we labor and strive, because we have set our hope on the living God, who is the Savior of everyone, and especially of those who believe.
- σωτὴρsoternoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: Savior
2 Timothy
one use
And now He has revealed this grace through the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who has abolished death and illuminated the way to life and immortality through the gospel,
- σωτῆροςsoterosnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: Savior
Titus
six uses
In His own time He has made His word evident in the proclamation entrusted to me by the command of God our Savior.
- σωτῆροςsoterosnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: Savior
To Titus, my true child in our common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.
- σωτῆροςsoterosnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: Savior
not stealing from them, but showing all good faith, so that in every respect they will adorn the teaching about God our Savior.
- σωτῆροςsoterosnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: Savior
as we await the blessed hope and glorious appearance of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ.
- σωτῆροςsoterosnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: Savior
But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared,
- σωτῆροςsoterosnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: Savior
This is the Spirit He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior,
- σωτῆροςsoterosnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: Savior
2 Peter
five uses
Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ have received a faith as precious as ours:
- σωτῆροςsoterosnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: Savior
and you will receive a lavish reception into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
- σωτῆροςsoterosnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: Savior
If indeed they have escaped the corruption of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, only to be entangled and overcome by it again, their final condition is worse than it was at first.
- σωτῆροςsoterosnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: Savior
by recalling what was foretold by the holy prophets and commanded by our Lord and Savior through your apostles.
- σωτῆροςsoterosnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: Savior
But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.
- σωτῆροςsoterosnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: Savior
1 John
one use
And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent His Son to be the Savior of the world.
- σωτῆραsoteranoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: Savior
Jude
one use
to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority through Jesus Christ our Lord before all time, and now, and for all eternity. Amen.
- σωτῆριsoterinoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: Savior
Where it leads
Studies that open this word2
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.