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Strong's G4991 σωτηρία (soteria)

Soteria means “salvation” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H4991 — mattath (“gift”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G4991
Language Greek
Linked Usages 181
Books 43

Strong's G4991 Quick Answer

Strong's G4991 σωτηρία (soteria) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. soteria (so-tay-ree'-ah) n. 1. rescue or safety (physically or morally) [feminine of a derivative of G4990 as (properly, abstract) noun] It has 181 linked Bible usages across 43 books. Visible English usage signals include deliver and health. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

Meaning
soteria (so-tay-ree'-ah) n. 1. rescue or safety (physically or morally) [feminine of a derivative of G4990 as (properly, abstract) noun]
Usage
181 linked usages
Books
43 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch
Usage Words
deliver and health

Meaning and Definition

soteria (so-tay-ree'-ah) n. 1. rescue or safety (physically or morally) [feminine of a derivative of G4990 as (properly, abstract) noun] KJV: deliver, health, salvation, save, saving Root(s): G4990

Original Word
σωτηρία
Transliteration
soteria
Derivation
Root: σωτήρ R1: 4990
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G4991. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

salvation

Usage: σωτηρία, -ας, ἡ (σωτήρ), [in LXX for יֶשַׁע, יְשׁוּעָה, תְּשׁוּעָה, פְּלֵיטָה, etc. ;] deliverance, preservation, salvation, safety (Lat. salus): Act.7:25 27:34, Heb.11:7; ἐξ ἐχθρῶν, Luk.1:71. In NT esp. of Messianic and spiritual salvation (see: σώζω): Luk.19:9, Jhn.4:22, Act.4:12 13:47, Rom.11:11, 2Th.2:13, 2Ti.3:15, Heb.2:3 6:9, 2Pe.3:15, Ju 3; opposite to ἀπηώλεια, Php.1:28; αἰώνιος-., Heb.5:9; ὁ λόγος (τὸ εὐαγγέλιον) τῆς σ., Act.13:26, Eph.1:13; ὁδὸς σωτηρίας, Act.16:17; κέρας σωτηρίας, Luk.1:69;

ἡμέρα σωτηρίας, 2Co.6:2 (LXX); κατεργάζεσθαι τὴν ἑαυτοῦ σ., Php.2:12; κληρονομεῖν σ., Heb.1:14; ὁ ἀρχηγὸς τῆς σ., Heb.2:10; εἰς σ., Rom.1:16 10:1, 10, 1Pe.2:2; σ. as a present possession (see: σώζω), Luk.1:77, 2Co.1:6 7:10, Php.1:19, 2Ti.2:10; as more fully realized in the future: Rom.13:11, 1Th.5:8-9, Heb.9:28, 1Pe.1:5 1:9-10, Rev.7:10 12:10 19:1.† (AS)

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How Strong's G4991 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render soteria, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

deliver Acts 7:25 health Acts 27:34

How Strong's G4991 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 100 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.
  • 1 Enoch rows are separated from the other corpora rather than being hidden inside a generic apocrypha bucket.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G4991 (σωτηρία) appears 142 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G4991 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G4991 in the New Testament

43 indexed usages in New Testament.

Luke 1:69 KJV

And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David;

Luke 1:71 KJV

That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us;

Luke 1:77 KJV

To give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the remission of their sins,

Strong's G4991 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

100 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 26:31 Septuagint / Brenton

And they arose in the morning, and swore each to his neighbor; and Isaac sent them forth, and they departed from him in safety.

Genesis 28:21 Septuagint / Brenton

and bring me back in safety to the house of my father, then shall the Lord be for a God to me.

Genesis 44:17 Septuagint / Brenton

And Joseph said, Far be it from me to do this thing; the man with whom the cup has been found, he shall be my servant; but do ye go up with safety to your father.

Strong's G4991 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

36 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Strong's G4991 in 1 Enoch

2 indexed usages in 1 Enoch.

Usage Excerpts

First 120 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G4991.

Genesis 26:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they arose in the morning, and swore each to his neighbor; and Isaac sent them forth, and they departed from him in safety.
Genesis 28:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and bring me back in safety to the house of my father, then shall the Lord be for a God to me.
Genesis 44:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Joseph said, Far be it from me to do this thing; the man with whom the cup has been found, he shall be my servant; but do ye go up with safety to your father.
Genesis 49:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Waiting for the salvation of the Lord.
Exodus 14:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses said to the people, Be of good courage: stand and see the salvation which is from the Lord, which he will work for us this day; for as ye have seen the Egyptians today, ye shall see them again no more forever.
Exodus 15:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He was to me a helper and protector for salvation: This is my God, and I will glorify him; My father’s God, and I will exalt him.
Judges 15:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he was very thirsty, and wept before the Lord, and said, Thou hast been well pleased to grant this great deliverance by the hand of thy servant, and now shall I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised?
1 Kingdoms 2:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
My heart is established in the Lord, My horn is exalted in my God; My mouth is enlarged over my enemies, I have rejoiced in thy salvation.
1 Kingdoms 11:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said to the messengers that came, Thus shall ye say to the men of Jabesh, Tomorrow ye shall have deliverance when the sun is hot; and the messengers came to the city, and told the men of Jabesh, and they rejoiced.
1 Kingdoms 11:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Saul said, No man shall die this day, for today the Lord has wrought deliverance in Israel.
1 Kingdoms 14:45 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the people said to Saul, Shall he that has wrought this great salvation in Israel be put to death this day? As the Lord lives, there shall not fall to the ground one of the hairs of his head; for the people of God have wrought successfully this day. And the people prayed for Jonathan in that day, and he died not.
1 Kingdoms 19:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he put his life in his hand, and smote the Philistine, and the Lord wrought a great deliverance; and all Israel saw, and rejoiced: why then dost thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause?
2 Kingdoms 10:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said, If Syria be too strong for me, then shall ye help me: and if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then will we be ready to help thee.
2 Kingdoms 15:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And David said to all his servants who were with him in Jerusalem, Rise, and let us flee, for we have no refuge from Absalom: make haste and go, lest he overtake us speedily, and bring evil upon us, and smite the city with the edge of the sword.
2 Kingdoms 19:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the victory was turned that day into mourning to all the people, for the people heard say that day, The king grieves after his son.
2 Kingdoms 22:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
My God; he shall be to me my guard, I will trust in him: He is my protector, and the horn of my salvation, My helper, and my sure refuge; Thou shalt save me from the unjust man.
2 Kingdoms 22:36 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou hast given me the shield of my salvation, And thy propitious dealing has increased me,
2 Kingdoms 22:47 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The Lord lives, and blessed be my guardian, And my God, my strong keeper, shall be exalted.
2 Kingdoms 22:51 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He magnifies the salvation of his king, And works mercy for his anointed, Even for David and for his seed forever.
2 Kingdoms 23:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For my house is not so with the Mighty One: For he has made an everlasting covenant with me, Ready, guarded at every time; For all my salvation and all my desire is, That the wicked should not flourish.
2 Kingdoms 23:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He arose and smote the Philistines, until his hand was weary, and his hand clove to the sword: and the Lord wrought a great salvation in that day, and the people rested behind him only to strip the slain.
2 Kingdoms 23:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he stood firm in the midst of the portion, and rescued it, and smote the Philistines; and the Lord wrought a great deliverance.
4 Kingdoms 5:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Now Naaman, the captain of the host of Syria, was a great man before his master, and highly respected, because by him the Lord had given deliverance to Syria, and the man was mighty in strength, but a leper.
4 Kingdoms 13:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord gave deliverance to Israel, and they escaped from under the hand of Syria: and the children of Israel dwelt in their tents as heretofore.
4 Kingdoms 13:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said, Open the window eastward. And he opened it. And Elisha said, Shoot. And he shot. And Elisha said, The arrow of the Lord’s deliverance, and the arrow of deliverance from Syria; and thou shalt smite the Syrians in Aphek until thou have consumed them.
1 Chronicles 11:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he stood in the midst of the portion, and rescued it, and smote the Philistines; and the Lord wrought a great deliverance.
1 Chronicles 16:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Sing ye to the Lord, all the earth; Proclaim his salvation from day to day.
1 Chronicles 16:35 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And say ye, Save us, O God of our salvation, And gather us, and rescue us from among the heathen, That we may praise thy holy name, And glory in thy praises.
1 Chronicles 19:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said, If the Syrian should prevail against me, then shalt thou deliver me: and if the children of Ammon should prevail against thee, then will I deliver thee.
2 Chronicles 6:41 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And now, O Lord God, arise into thy resting place, Thou, and the ark of thy strength: Let thy priests, O Lord God, clothe themselves with salvation, And thy sons rejoice in prosperity.
2 Chronicles 12:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And when the Lord saw that they repented, then came the word of the Lord to Shemaiah, saying, They have repented; I will not destroy them, but I will set them in safety for a little while, and my wrath shall not be poured out on Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 20:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
It is not for you to fight: understand these things, and see the deliverance of the Lord with you, Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, neither be afraid to go forth tomorrow to meet them; and the Lord shall be with you.
Ezra 9:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And now for a little space grace hath been shewed from the LORD our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage.
Ezra 9:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our great trespass, seeing that thou our God hast punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and hast given us such deliverance as this;
Esther 4:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
All the nations of the empire know, that whoever, man or woman, shall go in to the king into the inner court uncalled, that person cannot live: only to whomsoever the king shall stretch out his golden scepter, he shall live: and I have not been called to go in to the king, for these thirty days.
Job 5:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Let their children be far from safety, And let them be crushed at the doors of vile men, and let there be no deliverer.
Job 11:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But safety shall fail them; For their hope is destruction, And the eyes of the ungodly shall waste away.
Job 13:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And this shall turn to me for salvation; For fraud shall have no entrance before him.
Job 20:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
There is no security to his possessions; He shall not be saved by his desire.
Job 30:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
My pains return upon me; My hope is gone like the wind, And my safety as a cloud.
Job 30:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou hast put me to grief, And hast cast me away from safety.
Psalms 3:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Many say concerning my soul, There is no deliverance for him in his God. Pause.
Psalms 3:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Deliverance is the Lord’s, And thy blessing is upon thy people.
Psalms 11:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Because of the misery of the poor, And because of the sighing of the needy, Now will I arise, saith the Lord, I will set them in safety; I will speak to them thereof openly.
Psalms 17:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The Lord is my firm support, and my refuge, and my deliverer; My God is my helper, I will hope in him; He is my defender, and the horn of my salvation, and my helper.
Psalms 17:36 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou hast made me secure in my salvation: And thy right hand has helped me, And thy correction has upheld me to the end; Yea, thy correction itself shall instruct me.
Psalms 17:47 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The Lord lives; and blessed be my God; And let the God of my salvation be exalted.
Psalms 17:51 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
God magnifies the deliverances of his king; And deals mercifully with David his anointed, And his seed, forever.
Psalms 19:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Now I know that the Lord has saved his Christ: He shall hear him from his holy heaven: The salvation of his right hand is mighty.
Psalms 21:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
O God, my God, attend to me: why hast thou forsaken me? The account of my transgressions is far from my salvation.
Psalms 32:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
A horse is vain for safety; Neither shall he be delivered by the greatness of his power.
Psalms 34:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Bring forth a sword, and stop the way against them that persecute me: Say to my soul, I am thy salvation.
Psalms 36:39 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But the salvation of the righteous is of the Lord; And he is their defender in the time of affliction.
Psalms 37:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Draw nigh to my help, O Lord of my salvation.
Psalms 41:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Wherefore art thou very sad, O my soul? and wherefore dost thou trouble me? Hope in God; for I will give thanks to him; He is the health of my countenance, and my God.
Psalms 43:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou art indeed my King and my God, Who commandest deliverances for Jacob.
Psalms 50:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, the God of my salvation: And my tongue shall joyfully declare thy righteousness.
Psalms 59:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Give us help from trouble: For vain is the deliverance of man.
Psalms 68:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But I will cry to thee, O Lord, in my prayer; O God, it is a propitious time: in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, In the truth of thy salvation.
Psalms 68:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I am poor and sorrowful; But the salvation of thy countenance has helped me.
Psalms 70:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
My mouth shall declare thy righteousness openly, And thy salvation all the day; For I am not acquainted with the affairs of men.
Psalms 73:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But God is our King of old; He has wrought salvation in the midst of the earth.
Psalms 87:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
O Lord God of my salvation, I have cried by day and in the night before thee.
Psalms 88:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He shall call upon me, saying, Thou art my Father, My God, and the helper of my salvation.
Psalms 107:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Give us help from tribulation: For vain is the help of man.
Psalms 117:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The Lord is my strength and my song, And is become my salvation.
Psalms 117:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The voice of exultation and salvation is in the tabernacles of the righteous: The right hand of the Lord has wrought mightily.
Psalms 117:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I will give thanks to thee; because thou hast heard me, And art become my salvation.
Psalms 117:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou art my God, and I will give thee thanks: Thou art my God, and I will exalt thee. I will give thanks to thee, for thou hast heard me, And art become my salvation.
Psalms 118:155 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Salvation is far from sinners: For they have not searched out thine ordinances.
Psalms 131:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I will clothe her priests with salvation; And her saints shall greatly exult.
Psalms 139:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
O Lord God, the strength of my salvation; Thou hast screened my head in the day of battle.
Psalms 143:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Even to him who gives salvation to kings: Who redeems his servant David from the hurtful sword.
Psalms 145:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Trust not in princes, Nor in the children of men, in whom there is no safety.
Psalms 149:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For the Lord takes pleasure in his people; And will exalt the meek with salvation.
Proverbs 2:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he treasures up salvation for them that walk uprightly: He will protect their way;
Proverbs 11:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
They that have no guidance fall like leaves: But in much counsel there is safety.
Isaiah 12:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Behold, my God is my Savior; I will trust in him, and not be afraid: for the Lord is my glory and my praise, and is become my salvation.
Isaiah 25:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And in that day they shall say, Behold our God in whom we have trusted, and he shall save us: this is the Lord; we have waited for him, and we have exulted, and will rejoice in our salvation.
Isaiah 26:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
We have conceived, O Lord, because of thy fear, and have been in pain, and have brought forth the breath of thy salvation, which we have wrought upon the earth: we shall not fall, but all that dwell upon the land shall fall.
Isaiah 33:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Lord, have mercy upon us; for we have trusted in thee: the seed of the rebellious is gone to destruction, but our deliverance was in a time of affliction.
Isaiah 33:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
They shall be delivered up to the law: our salvation is our treasure: there are wisdom and knowledge and piety toward the Lord; these are the treasures of righteousness.
Isaiah 38:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
O God of my salvation; and I will not cease blessing thee with the psaltery all the days of my life before the house of God.
Isaiah 45:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Israel is saved by the Lord with an everlasting salvation: they shall not be ashamed nor confounded for evermore.
Isaiah 46:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I have brought near my righteousness, and I will not be slow with the salvation that is from me: I have given salvation in Zion to Israel for glory.
Isaiah 47:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
these shall be thy help. Thou hast wearied thyself with traffic from thy youth: every man has wandered to his own home, but thou shalt have no deliverance.
Isaiah 49:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said to me, It is a great thing for thee to be called my servant, to establish the tribes of Jacob, and to recover the dispersion of Israel: behold, I have given thee for the covenant of a race, for a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation to the end of the earth.
Isaiah 49:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thus saith the Lord, In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I succored thee: and I have formed thee, and given thee for a covenant of the nations, to establish the earth, and to cause to inherit the desert heritages:
Isaiah 52:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
as a season of beauty upon the mountains, as the feet of one preaching glad tidings of peace, as one preaching good news: for I will publish thy salvation, saying, O Zion, thy God shall reign.
Isaiah 52:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord shall reveal his holy arm in the sight of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation that comes from our God.
Isaiah 59:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
They shall proceed together as a bear and as a dove: we have waited for judgment, and there is no salvation, it is gone far from us.
Isaiah 63:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said, Is it not my people? the children surely will not be rebellious: and he became to them deliverance
Jeremiah 3:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Truly the hills and the strength of the mountains were a lying refuge: but by the Lord our God is the salvation of Israel.
Jeremiah 32:35 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And flight shall perish from the shepherds, and safety from the rams of the flock.
Jeremiah 37:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Inquire, and see if a male has born a child? and ask concerning the fear, wherein they shall hold their loins, and look for safety: for I have seen every man, and his hands are on his loins; their faces are turned to paleness.
Jeremiah 38:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
How long, O disgraced daughter, wilt thou turn away? for the Lord has created safety for a new plantation: men shall go about in safety.
Daniel 11:42 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he shall stretch forth his hand over the land; and the land of Egypt shall not escape.
Obadiah 1:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But on Mount Zion there shall be deliverance, and there shall be a sanctuary; and the house of Jacob shall take for an inheritance those that took them for an inheritance.
Habakkuk 3:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Wast thou angry, O Lord, with the rivers? Or was thy wrath against the rivers, Or thine anger against the sea? For thou wilt mount on thy horses, And thy chariots are salvation.
Habakkuk 3:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, To save thine anointed: Thou shalt bring death on the heads of transgressors; Thou hast brought bands upon their neck. Pause.
Luke 1:69 New Testament, KJV
And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David;
Luke 1:71 New Testament, KJV
That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us;
Luke 1:77 New Testament, KJV
To give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the remission of their sins,
Luke 19:9 New Testament, KJV
And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation come to this house, forsomuch as he also is a son of Abraham.
John 4:22 New Testament, KJV
Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews.
Acts 4:12 New Testament, KJV
Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
Acts 7:25 New Testament, KJV
For he supposed his brethren would have understood how that God by his hand would deliver them: but they understood not.
Acts 13:26 New Testament, KJV
Men and brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and whosoever among you feareth God, to you is the word of this salvation sent.
Acts 13:47 New Testament, KJV
For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth.
Acts 16:17 New Testament, KJV
The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, which shew unto us the way of salvation.
Acts 27:34 New Testament, KJV
Wherefore I pray you to take some meat: for this is for your health: for there shall not an hair fall from the head of any of you.
Romans 1:16 New Testament, KJV
For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
Romans 10:1 New Testament, KJV
Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved.
Romans 10:10 New Testament, KJV
For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
Romans 11:11 New Testament, KJV
I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? God forbid: but rather through their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy.
Romans 13:11 New Testament, KJV
And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.
2 Corinthians 1:6 New Testament, KJV
And whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer: or whether we be comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation.
2 Corinthians 6:2 New Testament, KJV
(For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)
2 Corinthians 7:10 New Testament, KJV
For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
Ephesians 1:13 New Testament, KJV
In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G4991, grouped by book.

Genesis 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Exodus 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Judges 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Kingdoms 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Kingdoms 10 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
4 Kingdoms 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Chronicles 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezra 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Esther 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 6 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 34 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 15 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Daniel 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Obadiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Habakkuk 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Luke 4 usages, New Testament
John 1 usage, New Testament
Acts 6 usages, New Testament
Romans 5 usages, New Testament
2 Corinthians 3 usages, New Testament
Ephesians 1 usage, New Testament
Philippians 3 usages, New Testament
1 Thessalonians 2 usages, New Testament
2 Thessalonians 1 usage, New Testament
2 Timothy 2 usages, New Testament
Hebrews 7 usages, New Testament
1 Peter 3 usages, New Testament
2 Peter 1 usage, New Testament
Jude 1 usage, New Testament
Revelation 3 usages, New Testament
Judith 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Tobit 6 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Maccabees 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
2 Maccabees 7 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
3 Maccabees 6 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
4 Maccabees 4 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Solomon 4 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Baruch 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Enoch 2 usages, 1 Enoch

Strong's G4991 FAQ

What does soteria (σωτηρία) mean?

Soteria (Strong's G4991) is a Greek word most simply glossed "salvation". soteria (so-tay-ree'-ah) n. 1. rescue or safety (physically or morally) [feminine of a derivative of G4990 as (properly, abstract) noun]

How many times is soteria (σωτηρία) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 181 linked usages for Strong's G4991 across 43 books.

Where can I study soteria (σωτηρία) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G4991 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

What English words translate soteria (σωτηρία)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as deliver and health. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G4991 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 100 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, 36 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 2 in 1 Enoch for Strong's G4991, with linked reader references where each row is available.