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Strong's #1295 - διασώζω
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- to preserve through danger, to bring safely through
- to save, i.e. cure one who is sick, bring him through
- to save, keep from perishing
- to save out of danger, rescue
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διασῴζω,
I preserve through a danger, of persons, Ἀπόλλωνα δ. κατακρύψασα Hdt. 2.156; δ. πόλιν E. Ph. 783; δ. τινὰ ἐκ κινδύνων Isoc. 1.23: — Med., save for oneself, τὰ πλείστου ἄξια X. Cyr. 4.2.28: — Pass., Pl. Ti. 22d; come safe through, τοὺς διασωθέντας Id. R. 540a, cf. 1 Peter 3:20, etc.; διασῴζεσθαι ἐς.. or πρός.. to come safe to a place, Th. 4.113, X. An. 5.4.5, etc.; recover from illness, Id. Mem. 2.10.2.
II of things, preserve, maintain, ἀνδρὶ τἀμὰ δ. λέχη.. E. Hel. 65; keep in memory, X. Mem. 3.5.22; δ. πίστιν τινί Id. HG 7.2.17; δ. τὸν πρῶτον λόγον Pl. R. 395b, cf. Arist. Ph. 189b1; τὰ παλαιά Isoc. 10.63: — Med., preserve for oneself, retain, εὐδαιμονίαν, εὐτυχίαν, Th. 3.39, 5.16; δόξαν Lys. 2.69; τὴν τῶν Μήδων μαλακίαν X. Cyr. 8.8.15.
διασῴζω: 1 aorist διέσωσα; 1 aorist passive διεσώθην; in Greek writings from Herodotus down; often in the Sept., especially for מִלַּט and הושִׁיעַ ; to preserve through danger, to bring safe through; to save, i. e. cure one who is sick (cf. our colloquial, bring him through): Luke 7:3; passive Matthew 14:36; to save i. e. keep safe, keep from perishing: Acts 27:43; to save out of danger, rescue: Acts 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, Acts 23:24; ἐπί τήν γῆν, Acts 27:44; εἰς τί, 1 Peter 3:20.
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δια -σώζω ,
[in LXX for H4422, H3467, etc.;]
to bring safely through a danger: Luke 7:3, Acts 27:43; seq. πρός , Acts 23:24. Pass., to come safe through: Acts 28:1; ἐπὶ τ . γῆν , Acts 27:44; ἐκ τ . θαλάσσης , Acts 28:4; δι᾽ ὕδατος , 1 Peter 3:20; of sickness, to recover: Matthew 14:36.†
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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.) ἐ ̣χ ̣άρην κομισαμένη γράμματα, ὅτι καλῶς διεσώθητε, ib. 341.13 (ii/A.D.) (as restored in Preisigke p. 40) ὅσοι μὲν τελέω ]ς δ [ι ]α ̣σ ̣ωθησόμενοι 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 1 Peter 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.
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