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σωτηρία

Transliteration sōtēria		Pronunciation sō-tā-rē'-ä (Key)
Part of Speech feminine noun		Root Word (Etymology) Feminine of a derivative of σωτήρ (G4990) as (properly, abstract) noun
TDNT Reference 7:965,1132	Vines View Entry

1) deliverance, preservation, safety, salvation

a) deliverance from the molestation of enemies

b) in an ethical sense, that which concludes to the soul's safety or salvation

(1) of Messianic salvation

2) salvation as the present possession of all true Christians

3) future salvation, the sum of benefits and blessings which the Christians, redeemed from all earthly ills, will enjoy after the visible return of Christ from heaven in the consummated and eternal kingdom of God.

Scripture describes a fourfold salvation: saved from the penalty, power, presence and the pleasure of sin. (cf. Arthur W. Pink, A Fourfold Salvation)

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Strong's Number G4991 matches the Greek σωτηρία (sōtēria), which occurs 5 times in 3 verses in 2Cr of the Greek concordance of the KJV
Page 1 / 1 (2Cr 1:6 - 2Cr 7:10)
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2Cr 1:6	And ¹¹⁶¹ whether ¹⁵³⁵ we be afflicted ²³⁴⁶ , [it is] for ⁵²²⁸ your ⁵²¹⁶ consolation ³⁸⁷⁴ and ²⁵³² salvation⁴⁹⁹¹, which ³⁵⁸⁸ is effectual ¹⁷⁵⁴ in ¹⁷²² the enduring ⁵²⁸¹ of the same ⁸⁴⁶ sufferings ³⁸⁰⁴ which ³⁷³⁹ we ²²⁴⁹ also ²⁵³² suffer ³⁹⁵⁸ : or whether ¹⁵³⁵ we be comforted ³⁸⁷⁰ , [it is] for ⁵²²⁸ your ⁵²¹⁶ consolation ³⁸⁷⁴ and ²⁵³² salvation⁴⁹⁹¹.
2Cr 6:2	(For ¹⁰⁶³ he saith ³⁰⁰⁴ , I have heard ¹⁸⁷³ thee ⁴⁶⁷⁵ in a time ²⁵⁴⁰ accepted ¹¹⁸⁴, and ²⁵³² in ¹⁷²² the day ²²⁵⁰ of salvation⁴⁹⁹¹ have I succoured ⁹⁹⁷ thee ⁴⁶⁷¹: behold ²⁴⁰⁰ , now ³⁵⁶⁸ [is] the accepted ²¹⁴⁴ time ²⁵⁴⁰; behold ²⁴⁰⁰ , now ³⁵⁶⁸ [is] the day ²²⁵⁰ of salvation⁴⁹⁹¹.)
2Cr 7:10	For ¹⁰⁶³ godly ²³¹⁶ ²⁵⁹⁶ sorrow ³⁰⁷⁷ worketh ²⁷¹⁶ repentance ³³⁴¹ to ¹⁵¹⁹ salvation⁴⁹⁹¹ not to be repented of ²⁷⁸: but ¹¹⁶¹ the sorrow ³⁰⁷⁷ of the world ²⁸⁸⁹ worketh ²⁷¹⁶ death ²²⁸⁸.

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