Quick Definition
I save, bring safely to
Strong's Definition
to save thoroughly, i.e. (by implication or analogy) to cure, preserve, rescue, etc.
Derivation: from G1223 (διά) and G4982 (σώζω);
KJV Usage: bring safe, escape (safe), heal, make perfectly whole, save
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
διασῴζω: 1 aorist διέσωσα; 1 aorist passive διεσώθην; in Greek writings from Herodotus down; often in the Sept., especially for ξΔμΗΜθ and δεωΔΡιςΗ ; to preserve through danger, to bring safe through; to save, i. e. cure one who is sick (cf. our colloquial, bring him through): Luk_7:3; passive Mat_14:36; to save i. e. keep safe, keep from perishing: Act_27:43; to save out of danger, rescue: Act_28:1; ἐκ τῆς θαλάσσης, ibid. 4; as very often in Greek writings (see examples in Winer's De verb. comp. etc. Part v., p. 9f) with specification of the person to whom or of the place to which one is brought safe through: πρός Φήλικα, Act_23:24; ἐπί τήν γῆν, Act_27:44; εἰς τί, 1Pe_3:20.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
διασῴζω diasōzō 8x
to bring safely through; to convey in safety, Act_23:24 ;
pass.
to reach a place or state of safety, Act_27:43-44 ; Act_28:1 ; Act_28:4 ; 1Pe_3:20 ;
to heal, to restore to health, Mat_14:36 ; Luk_7:3
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
δια -σώζω ,
[in LXX for H4422 , H3467 , etc.;]
to bring safely through a danger: Luk_7:3 , Act_27:43 ; seq . πρός , Act_23:24 . Pass ., to come safe through: Act_28:1 ; ἐπὶ τ . γῆν , Act_27:44 ; ἐκ τ . θαλάσσης , Act_28:4 ; δι᾽ ὕδατος , 1Pe_3:20 ; of sickness, to recover: Mat_14:36 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
διασώζω [page 154]
P Lille I. 17 .18 (iii/B.C.) ἀ ]πόστιλον αὐτῶι τινά , ἵνα διασωθῇ ὁ σῖτος ὁ παρ᾽ ὑμᾶς , P Vat A .6 (B.C. 168) (= Witkowski .2 , p. 65) κομισάμενος τὴν παρὰ σοῦ ἐπιστολήν , ἐν ἧι διεσάφεις διασεσῶσθαι ἐγ μεγάλων κινδύνων , P Par 29 .4 (B.C. 161 0) διασωθεὶς κατὰ τὸ δίκαιον ἐκ τῶν ἔξωθεν τόπων , BGU I. 332 .7 (ii/iii A.D.) ἐ̣χ̣άρην κομισαμένη γράμματα , ὅτι καλῶς διεσώθητε , ib. 341 .13 (ii/A.D.) (as restored in Preisigke p. 40) ὅσοι μὲν τελέω ]ς δ [ι ]α̣σ̣ωθησόμενοι πρὸς τοὺς ϊδί [ους κατέφυγον . See also the iv/A.D. Christian letter, P Oxy VI. 939 .8 ἡμῖν ἵλεως ἐγένετο [καὶ ταῖς εὐ ]χαῖς ἡμῶν ἐπένευσεν διασώσας ἡμῖν [τὴν ἡμῶν ] κυρίαν , He was gracious to us and inclined His ear to our prayers by preserving for us our mistress. Add from inscrr. Syll 490 .15 (iii/B.C.) ἀλλ᾽ ὁμοίως περὶ πάντα [ς τὸ ]ς πολί [τ ]ας [σπουδ ]άζων διέσωισε πολλούς . In connexion with 1Pe_3:20 , where it describes Noah s being safely brought into the Ark, it is worth noting that Josephus uses the verb about Noah, in c. Apion. i. 130 περὶ τῆς λάρνακος , ἐν ᾗ Νῶχος . . διεσώθη .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
διασώζω fut. -σώσω "to preserve through" a danger, Hdt. , Eur. :—Pass. "to come safe through, arrive in safety", Thuc. , Xen. : "to recover" from illness, id=Xen. of things, "to preserve, maintain", Eur. , Xen. : "to keep in mind", id=Xen. :—Mid. "to retain", Thuc.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
δια-σώζω
[in LXX for מָלַט, יָשַׁע, etc. ;]
to bring safely through a danger: Luk.7:3, Act.27:43; before πρός, Act.23:24. Pass., to come safe through: Act.28:1; ἐπὶ τ. γῆν, Act.27:44; ἐκ τ. θαλάσσης, Act.28:4; δι᾽ ὕδατος, 1Pe.3:20; of sickness, to recover: Mat.14:36.†
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