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)

saviour, deliverer, preserver