Strong’s G4990 · Greek

σωτήρ
sōtḗr

Definition

a deliverer, i.e. God or Christ

Etymology

from G4982 (σώζω);

Word family

How the KJV renders it

  • saviour

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.