Strong's Number 4982

The Linked Word Project

Transliteration:

sozo {sode'-zo}

Word Origin:

from a primary sos (contraction for obsolete saoz, "safe")

TDNT:

7:965,1132

Part of Speech:

verb

Usage in the KJV:

save 93, make whole 9, heal 3, be whole 2, misc 3

Total: 110

Definition:

to save, keep safe and sound, to rescue from danger or destruction
1. one (from injury or peril)
  1. to save a suffering one (from perishing), i.e. one suffering from disease, to make well, heal, restore to health
  2. to preserve one who is in danger of destruction, to save or rescue
2. to save in the technical biblical sense
  1. negatively
    1. to deliver from the penalties of the Messianic judgment
    2. to save from the evils which obstruct the reception of the Messianic deliverance