Definition

to save thoroughly, i.e. (by implication or analogy) to cure, preserve, rescue, etc.

Etymology

from G1223 (διά) and G4982 (σώζω);

Where the KJV renders it

• bring safe
• escape (safe)
• heal
• make perfectly whole
• save

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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