σωτήρ

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: Sl 24,5, Es 12,2, al.): Luk 1,47, 1 Tim 1,1; 2,3; 4,10, Tit 1,3; 2,10; 3,4, Jud 25;

(b) of Christ: Luk 2,11, ApG 5,31; 13,23, Fil 3,20; τ. κόσμου, Joh 4,42, 1 Joh 4,14 (for the general use of the word, see Westc., in l); ἡμῶν, 2 Tim 1,10, Tit 1,4; 3,6; θεὸς (κύριος) καὶ σ. (see Deiss., LAE, 348.4; M, Pr., 84), Tit 2,13, 2 Pet 1,1; 1,11; 2,20; 3,2; 3,18; σ. τοῦ σώματος (i.e. of the Church; see: σῶμα, 5), Ef 5,23,†