Noun Strong's Number: 4991 Greek:
soteria
denotes "deliverance, preservation, salvation." "Salvation" is
used in the NT (a) of material and temporal deliverance from
danger and apprehension, (1) national, Luke 1:69,71; Acts 7:25,
RV marg., "salvation" (text, "deliverance"); (2) personal, as
from the sea, Acts 27:34; RV, "safety" (AV, "health"); prison,
Phil. 1:19; the flood, Heb. 11:7; (b) of the spiritual and
eternal deliverance granted immediately by God to those who
accept His conditions of repentance and faith in the Lord Jesus,
in whom alone it is to be obtained, Acts 4:12, and upon
confession of Him as Lord, Rom. 10:10; for this purpose the
gospel is the saving instrument, Rom. 1:16; Eph. 1:13 (see
further under SAVE); (c) of the present experience of God's power
to deliver from the bondage of sin, e.g., Phil. 2:12, where the
special, though not the entire, reference is to the maintenance
of peace and harmony; 1 Pet. 1:9; this present experience on the
part of believers is virtually equivalent to sanctification; for
this purpose, God is able to make them wise, 2 Tim. 3:15; they
are not to neglect it, Heb. 2:3; (d) of the future deliverance of
believers at the Parousia of Christ for His saints, a salvation
which is the object of their confident hope, e.g., Rom. 13:11; 1
Thess. 5:8, and 1 Thess. 5:9, where "salvation" is assured to
them, as being deliverance from the wrath of God destined to be
executed upon the ungodly at the end of this age (see 1 Thess.
1:10); 2 Thess. 2:13; Heb. 1:14; 9:28; 1 Pet. 1:5; 2 Pet. 3:15;
(e) of the deliverance of the nation of Israel at the second
advent of Christ at the time of "the epiphany (or shining forth)
of His Parousia" (2 Thess. 2:8); Luke 1:71; Rev. 12:10; (f)
inclusively, to sum up all the blessings bestowed by God on men
in Christ through the Holy Spirit, e.g., 2 Cor. 6:2; Heb. 5:9; 1
Pet. 1:9,10; Jude 1:3; (g) occasionally, as standing virtually
for the Savior, e.g., Luke 19:9; cp. John 4:22 (see SAVIOR); (h)
in ascriptions of praise to God, Rev. 7:10, and as that which it
is His prerogative to bestow, Rev. 19:1 (RV).
Noun Strong's Number: 4992 Greek:
soterion
the neuter of the adjective (see B), is used as a noun in Luke
2:30; 3:6, in each of which it virtually stands for the Savior,
as in No. 1 (g); in Acts 28:28, as in No. 1 (b); in Eph. 6:17,
where the hope of "salvation" [see No. 1 (d)] is metaphorically
described as "a helmet."
Adjective Strong's Number: 4992
Greek: soterios
"saving, bringing salvation," describes the grace of God, in
Titus 2:11