Bible word study

Sozo (Strong’s G4982): Meaning in the Bible

Sozo (σώζω) is the Greek word numbered G4982 in Strong’s concordance of the Bible. Strong’s defines it as to save, i.e. deliver or protect (literally or figuratively). In the King James Bible it is translated heal, preserve, save (self), do well, be (make) whole..

• Original wordσώζω
• Transliterationsṓzō
• Pronunciationsode'-zo
• Strong’s numberG4982
• LanguageGreek

The full Strong’s definition

Derivation. from a primary (contraction for obsolete , "safe");

How the King James Bible translates it

Where Sozo appears in the Bible

In the King James Bible’s text tagged with Strong’s numbers, Sozo (G4982) stands behind 119 English renderings in 103 verses across 19 of the 66 books. It is most frequent in Luke (21), Matthew (18), Mark (17).

How the King James Bible renders Sozo, by count

• saved41 of 119 (34 percent)
• save32 of 119 (27 percent)
• whole10 of 119 (8 percent)
• to save6 of 119 (5 percent)
• hath made5 of 119 (4 percent)
• shall be saved4 of 119 (3 percent)

Three places to read Sozo

• Matthew 1:21 And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.
• Luke 9:56 For the Son of man is not come to destroy men’s lives, but to save them. And they went to another village.
• Romans 10:13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

Counts are made at build time from the King James text tagged with Strong’s numbers (eBible.org, public domain). Verses are read from the stored King James text, never typed.

And Christ

The verb reaches past danger and sickness to the whole person made well. The name Jesus means the LORD saves, and the Gospels present him as the one who came to seek and to save what was lost.

The lexical data on this page comes from the public-domain Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890), a Hebrew and Greek dictionary keyed to the King James Bible. It is a reference tool, not a settled verdict: no single word decides a doctrine, and meaning is finally shaped by how a word is used in its sentences. Read the passages themselves, prayerfully, and in full.

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