σωτήριος: Difference between revisions

|txtha=[[σωτήριον]] ([[σωτήρ]]), from [[Aeschylus]], [[Euripides]], [[Thucydides]] down, [[saving]], [[bringing]] [[salvation]]: ἡ [[χάρις]] ἡ [[σωτήριος]], ἡ [[σωτήριος]] [[δίαιτα]], Clement of [[Alexandria]], Paedag., p. 48 edition Sylb.). Neuter τό [[σωτήριον]] (the Sept. [[often]] for יְשׁוּעָה, [[less]] [[frequently]] for יֶשַׁע), as [[often]] in Greek writings, substantively, [[safety]], in the N. T. (the Messianic) [[salvation]] ([[see]] [[σῴζω]], b. and in [[σωτηρία]]): [[with]] τοῦ Θεοῦ added, decreed by God, Clement of [[Rome]], 1 Corinthians 35,12 [ET]; he [[who]] embodies [[this]] [[salvation]], or [[through]] whom God is [[about]] to [[achieve]] it: of the Messiah, τό [[σωτήριον]] [[ἡμῶν]], [[Ἰησοῦς]] [[Χριστός]], Clement of [[Rome]], 1 Corinthians 36,1 [ET] ([[where]] [[see]] Harnack)); [[simply]], equivalent to the [[hope]] of ([[future]]) [[salvation]], Sept. τό [[σωτήριον]] is [[often]] used for שֶׁלֶם, a [[thank-offering]] (or '[[peace]]-[[offering]]'), and the plural occurs in the [[same]] [[sense]] in [[Xenophon]], [[Polybius]], Diodorus, [[Plutarch]], Lucian, Herodian.)