swthriva swthriva, swthriva", hJ (swthvr), deliverance, preservation, safety, salvation: deliverance from the molestation of enemies, ; with ejx ejcqrw'n added, ; preservation (of physical life), safety, ; . in an ethical sense, that which conduces to the soul's safety or salvation: swthriva tivni ejgevneto, ; hJgei'sqai tiv swthrivan, ; in the technical biblical sense, the Messianic salvation (see swv/zw, b.), a. universally, ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; opposed to ajpwvleia, ; aijwvnio" swthriva, (for !ymil;/[ t['WvT], ); (add, WH in the (rejected) `Shorter Conclusion'); oJ lovgo" th'" swthriva" tauvth", instruction concerning that salvation which John the Baptist foretold (cf. Winer's Grammar, 237 (223)), ; tov eujaggevlion th'" swthriva" uJmw'n, ; oJdov" swterria", ; kevra" swthriva" (see kevra", b.), ; hJmevra swthriva", the time in which the offer of salvation is made, (from ); katergavzesqai thvn eJautou' swthrivan, ; klhronomei'n swthrivan, ; (oJ ajrchgov" th'" swthriva", ); ei[a swthrivan, unto (the attainment of) salvation, Rom. (1:16); 10:(1),10; (Rec. omits). b. salvation as the present possession of all true Christians (see swv/zw, b.): ; ; ; swthriva ejn ajfevsei aJmartiw'n, ; swthriva" tucei'n metav dovxh" aijwnivou, . c. future salvation, the sum of benefits and blessings which Christians, redeemed from all earthly ills, will enjoy after the visible return of Christ from heaven in the consummated and eternal kingdom of God: ; ; ; ,; ; ejlpiv" swthriva", ; komivzesqai swthrivan yucw'n, ; hJ swthriva tw'/ Qew'/ ejmw'n (dative of the possessor, namely, ejstin (cf. Buttmann, sec. 129, 22); cf. h[;WvyIh' hw:hy?l', ), the salvation which is bestowed on us belongs to God, ; hJ swthriva ... tou' Qeou' (genitive of the possessor (cf. Buttmann, sec. 132, 11, 1:a.), for Rec. tw'/ Qew'/) hJmw'n namely, ejstin, . (Tragg. (Herodotus), Thucydides, Xenophon, Plato, others. The Septuagint for [v'y<, h[;Wvy?, h[;WvT], hf;yleP], escape.)*