Textus Receptus Bibles

Variant: Read "for your consolation and salvation, or whether we be comforted, it is for your consolation, which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer. (7) And our hope of you is stedfast; knowing."

Greek-English Dictionary

Strongs: G4991

Greek: σωτηρία

Transliteration: sōtēria

Pronunciation: so-tay-ree'-ah

Part of Speech: Noun Feminine

Bible Usage: deliver health salvation save saving.

Definition:

Thayers Strongs

rescue or safety (physically or morally)

1. deliverance, preservation, safety, salvation

a. deliverance from the molestation of enemies

b. in an ethical sense, that which concludes to the souls safety or salvation

1. of Messianic salvation

2. salvation as the present possession of all true Christians

3. future salvation, the sum of benefits and blessings which the Christians, redeemed from all earthly ills, will enjoy after the visible return of Christ from heaven in the consummated and eternal kingdom of God. Fourfold salvation: saved from the penalty, power, presence and mostimportantly the pleasure of sin. A.W. Pink

Thayer's Greek–English Lexicon
of the New Testament 1889

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.