σωτήρ

sōtēr · Savior

Greek word · Strong’s number G4990 · appears 24 times in the Bible

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What it means

sōtēr (σωτήρ) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “Savior”.

How to say it

sō·tēr

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

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Where it appears

  • Luke 1:47

    and my spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior,

  • Luke 2:11

    for today a Savior has been born to you who is the Messiah, the Lord, in the city of David.

  • John 4:42

    And they were saying to the woman, “It is no longer because of what you said that we believe, for we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this is truly the Savior of the world.”

  • Acts 5:31

    Him God exalted to his right hand as Leader and Savior, to give Israel a change of mind and forgiveness of sins.

  • Acts 13:23

    From this man’s offspring God, according to his promise, has brought to Israel a Savior, Jesus,

  • Ephesians 5:23

    because the husband is head of the wife as also the Messiah is head of the assembly, he himself being savior of the body.

  • Philippians 3:20

    For our citizenship is in heaven, from which also we eagerly await a Savior, the Lord Jesus the Messiah,

  • 1 Timothy 1:1

    Paul, an apostle of the Messiah Jesus by command of God our Savior and of the Messiah Jesus our hope,

  • 1 Timothy 2:3

    This is good and acceptable before God our Savior,

  • 1 Timothy 4:10

    For to this end we labor and are reproached, because we have set our hope on the living God, who is the Savior of all people, especially of believers.

  • 2 Timothy 1:10

    but now has been revealed through the appearing of our Savior Jesus the Messiah, who abolished death and brought to light life and incorruption through the good news,

  • Titus 1:3

    and at the proper time he revealed his word in the proclamation with which I was entrusted by command of God our Savior,

  • Titus 1:4

    to Titus, my genuine child in a common faith: grace and peace from God the Father and the Messiah Jesus our Savior.

  • Titus 2:10

    not pilfering, but showing all good faithfulness, so that they may adorn the teaching of God our Savior in all things.

  • Titus 2:13

    awaiting the happy hope and appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus the Messiah,

  • Titus 3:4

    But when the kindness and the love for humankind of God our Savior appeared,

  • Titus 3:6

    whom he poured out on us richly through Jesus the Messiah our Savior,

  • 2 Peter 1:1

    Simeon Peter, a slave and apostle of Jesus the Messiah, to those who have received a faith as precious as ours through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus the Messiah:

  • 2 Peter 1:11

    For so there will be richly provided for you the entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus the Messiah.

  • 2 Peter 2:20

    For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus the Messiah, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the last state has become for them worse than the first.

  • 2 Peter 3:2

    to remember the words spoken beforehand by the holy prophets and the commandment of your apostles from the Lord and Savior,

  • 2 Peter 3:18

    But grow in grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus the Messiah. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.

  • 1 John 4:14

    And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son as Savior of the world.

  • Jude 1:25

    to the only God our Savior, through Jesus the Messiah our Lord, be glory, majesty, power, and authority, before every age and now and for all the ages. Amen.