What does θεός · σωτήρ mean in the Bible?
θεός · σωτήρ is a Greek phrase meaning "God our Savior".
Greek · G2316, G4990
God our Savior
God · savior
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θεός G2316 God
Pronunciation theós
The definite article marks God as the one true God; anarthrous form emphasizes His divine nature or character.
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σωτήρ G4990 savior
Pronunciation sōtḗr
One who delivers from danger or destruction; applied to God and Christ as ultimate rescuer.
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What does God our Savior (theos sōtēr hēmōn) mean in the Bible?
θεός · σωτήρ is a Greek phrase meaning "God our Savior".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G2316, G4990?
G2316, G4990 is connected to 1,307 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. God our Savior
Source Gloss
God our Savior
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 9 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 9 Aligned forms 1307 Case pattern Genitive (687) Number pattern Singular (1299)
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Matt 1:23 · Matt 3:9 · Matt 6:30 · Matt 15:4 · Matt 19:6 · Matt 22:32 · Mark 2:7 · Mark 10:9 · Mark 10:18 · Mark 12:26 · Mark 12:27 · Mark 12:29 · Mark 13:19 · Mark 15:34 · Luke 1:32 · Luke 1:68 305×
Nominative · Plural · Masculine John 10:34 · Acts 14:11 · Acts 19:26 · 1 Cor 8:5 5×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine Matt 3:16 · Matt 4:3 · Matt 4:4 · Matt 4:6 · Matt 5:9 · Matt 5:34 · Matt 8:29 · Matt 12:4 · Matt 12:28 · Matt 14:33 · Matt 15:3 · Matt 15:6 · Matt 16:16 · Matt 16:23 · Matt 19:24 · Matt 21:31 687×
Dative · Singular · Masculine Matt 6:24 · Matt 19:26 · Matt 22:21 · Mark 10:27 · Mark 12:17 · Luke 1:30 · Luke 1:47 · Luke 2:14 · Luke 2:38 · Luke 2:52 · Luke 16:13 · Luke 17:18 · Luke 18:27 · Luke 18:43 · Luke 20:25 · John 3:21 157×
Dative · Plural · Masculine Gal 4:8 1×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Matt 4:7 · Matt 4:10 · Matt 5:8 · Matt 9:8 · Matt 15:31 · Matt 22:37 · Matt 27:43 · Mark 2:12 · Mark 5:7 · Mark 12:30 · Luke 1:16 · Luke 1:64 · Luke 2:13 · Luke 2:20 · Luke 2:28 · Luke 4:8 147×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine John 10:35 · Acts 7:40 2×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Acts 19:37 1×
Vocative · Singular · Masculine Matt 27:46 2×
Word Origins
God our Savior is of uncertain origin - no further derivation.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain