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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..

σώζω
sṓzō · Greek
Strong’s G4982 · sode'-zo

The full Strong’s definition

to save, i.e. deliver or protect (literally or figuratively)

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

How the King James Bible translates it

heal, preserve, save (self), do well, be (make) whole.

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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