σῴζω

σώζω (on the more accurate σῴζω, see WH, Intr., §410; Bl., §3, 1-3),

[in LXX chiefly for ישׁע hi., also for מלט ni., נצל ni., etc. ;]

to save from peril, injury or suffering: Matt 8,25, Mark 13,20, Luk 23,35, al.; τ. ψυχήν, Matt 16,25, al.; before ἐκ, Joh 12,27, Hebr 5,7, Jud 5; of healing, restoring to health: Matt 9,22, Mark 5,34, al. In NT, esp. of salvation from spiritual disease and death, in which sense it is "spoken of in Scripture as either (1) past, (2) present, or (3) future, according as redemption, grace, or glory is the point in view. Thus (1) Rom 8,24, Ef 2,5, 8 2 Tim 1,9, Tit 3,5; (2) ApG 2,47, 1Cor 1,18, 15:2, 2 Kor 2,15; (3) Matt 10,22, Rom 13,11, Fil 2,12, Hebr 9,28" (Vau. on Rom 5,9). Seq. ἀπό, Matt 1,21, ApG 2,40, Rom 5,9; ἐκ, Jak 5,20, Jud 23 (cf. Cremer, 532ff.).