σωτηρία
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- σωτηρίη (sōtēríē) — Ionic
Etymology
From σωτήρ (sōtḗr, “saviour”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /sɔː.tɛː.rí.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /so.te̝ˈri.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /so.tiˈri.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /so.tiˈri.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /so.tiˈri.a/
Noun
σωτηρῐ́ᾱ • (sōtērĭ́ā) f (genitive σωτηρῐ́ᾱς); first declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ σωτηρῐ́ᾱ hē sōtērĭ́ā |
τὼ σωτηρῐ́ᾱ tṑ sōtērĭ́ā |
αἱ σωτηρῐ́αι hai sōtērĭ́ai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς σωτηρῐ́ᾱς tês sōtērĭ́ās |
τοῖν σωτηρῐ́αιν toîn sōtērĭ́ain |
τῶν σωτηρῐῶν tôn sōtērĭôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ σωτηρῐ́ᾳ tēî sōtērĭ́āi |
τοῖν σωτηρῐ́αιν toîn sōtērĭ́ain |
ταῖς σωτηρῐ́αις taîs sōtērĭ́ais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν σωτηρῐ́ᾱν tḕn sōtērĭ́ān |
τὼ σωτηρῐ́ᾱ tṑ sōtērĭ́ā |
τᾱ̀ς σωτηρῐ́ᾱς tā̀s sōtērĭ́ās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | σωτηρῐ́ᾱ sōtērĭ́ā |
σωτηρῐ́ᾱ sōtērĭ́ā |
σωτηρῐ́αι sōtērĭ́ai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ὑπὲρ σωτηρίας Αὐτοκράτορος (hupèr sōtērías Autokrátoros)
Further reading
- “σωτηρία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- σωτηρία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- G4991 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- defence idem, page 204.
- deliverance idem, page 208.
- integrity idem, page 448.
- maintenance idem, page 508.
- preservation idem, page 637.
- protection idem, page 653.
- redemption idem, page 684.
- regeneration idem, page 687.
- release idem, page 690.
- safety idem, page 730.
- salvation idem, page 732.
- saving idem, page 735.
- security idem, page 747.
- shelter idem, page 764.
- stability idem, page 808.
- support idem, page 841.
- vindication idem, page 952.