σωτήρ
soter (sōtḗr)
/so-tare'/
“saviour, deliverer, preserver”
Primary meaning: saviour, deliverer, preserver. Strong's: a deliverer, i.e. God or Christ. Lexical nuances: saviour, deliverer, preserver , a freq. epithet of kings in the Ptolemaic and Rom. periods (Deiss., BS , 83; LAE , 368 f.; MM, xxiv), in NT,
Lexical & Etymological Analysis
Root & Derivation
from G4982 (σώζω);
Traditional English Renderings (KJV/AV)
saviour
Septuagint (LXX) & New Testament Conceptual Bridges
Cross-Testament BridgeHow this lemma bridges Old Testament Hebrew and New Testament Koine Greek through the Septuagint (LXX) translation tradition.
LXX conceptual translation: יָשַׁע (to save, deliver, liberate, give victory) -> σωτήρ (saviour, deliverer, preserver)
Key Biblical Occurrences (8)
Foundational passages where σωτήρ (soter) carries significant theological or narrative weight.