σωτήρ

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savior

σωτήρ , -ῆρος, ὁ (σώζω), [in LXX for יָשַׁע and cognate forms ;] saviour, deliverer, preserver, a frequently epithet of kings in the Ptolemaic and Rom. periods (Deiss., BS, 83; LAE , 368 f.; MM, xxiv), in NT, __(a) of God (as LXX: Psa.24:5 , Isa.12:2 , al.): Luk.1:47 , 1Ti.1:1 2:3 4:10 , Tit.1:3 2:10 3:4 , Ju 25 ; __(b) of Christ : Luk.2:11 , Act.5:31 13:23 , Php.3:20 ; τ. κόσμου, Jhn.4:42 , 1Jn.4:14 (for the general use of the word, see Westc., in l); ἡμῶν, 2Ti.1:10 , Tit.1:4 3:6 ; θεὸς (κύριος) καὶ σ. (see Deiss., LAE , 348.4; M, Pr. , 84), Tit.2:13 , 2Pe.1:1 1:11 2:20 3:2 3:18 ; σ. τοῦ σώματος (i.e. of the Church; see: σῶμα, 5), Eph.5:23. † (AS)