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ὁδὸν σωτηρίας

Road · rescue or safety (physically or morally)

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ὁδός G3598 road
Pronunciation hodós
Metaphorically denotes a course of conduct or way of life, especially God's approved pathway or the Christian faith itself.
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σωτηρία G4991 rescue or safety (physically or morally)
Pronunciation sōtēría
Redemptive deliverance from sin and death, both present spiritual rescue and future eternal completion
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What does ὁδὸν σωτηρίας (hodon sōtērias) mean in the Bible?

ὁδός · σωτηρία is a Greek word meaning "Way of salvation".

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Meaning

Way of salvation
Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

Nominative · Singular · Feminine Matt 7:13 · Matt 7:14 · John 14:6 · 2 Pet 2:2 · Rev 16:12 5×
Nominative · Plural · Feminine Rom 11:33 · Rev 15:3 2×
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Matt 2:12 · Matt 8:28 · Matt 21:19 · Luke 11:6 · Acts 9:2 · Acts 19:23 · Acts 24:22 · Jas 5:20 8×
Genitive · Plural · Feminine Matt 22:9 1×
Dative · Singular · Feminine Matt 5:25 · Matt 15:32 · Matt 20:17 · Matt 21:8 · Matt 21:32 · Mark 8:3 · Mark 8:27 · Mark 9:33 · Mark 9:34 · Mark 10:32 · Mark 10:52 · Luke 9:57 · Luke 10:31 · Luke 12:58 · Luke 19:36 · Luke 24:32 23×
Dative · Plural · Feminine Acts 14:16 · Rom 3:16 · Jas 1:8 3×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Matt 3:3 · Matt 4:15 · Matt 10:5 · Matt 10:10 · Matt 11:10 · Matt 13:4 · Matt 13:19 · Matt 20:30 · Matt 22:16 · Mark 1:2 · Mark 1:3 · Mark 2:23 · Mark 4:4 · Mark 4:15 · Mark 6:8 · Mark 10:17 51×
Accusative · Plural · Feminine Matt 22:10 · Luke 1:76 · Luke 3:5 · Luke 14:23 · Acts 2:28 · Acts 13:10 · 1 Cor 4:17 · Heb 3:10 8×
101 total occurrences across all forms in the biblical text Morphology: MorphGNT SBLGNT — CC BY-SA 3.0
Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

Acts 13 — The Spirit Sends the Mission and the Word Turns to the Gentiles Acts 16 — The Gospel Enters Macedonia: Opened Hearts, Broken Chains, and Household Faith Acts 19 — The Word of the Lord Grows Mightily in Ephesus Acts 22 — Paul’s Defense: Christ Appears, Sends, and Preserves His Witness Acts 24 — Paul Before Felix: Resurrection Hope, Clear Conscience, and Coming Judgment Acts 4 — Christ Alone Saves and His Witnesses Speak Boldly Acts 9 — The Risen Christ Converts His Fiercest Persecutor John 14 — The Way, the Truth, and the Life, the Father Revealed in the Son, and the Promise of the Spirit Luke 1 — The Promised Savior Announced in the Fullness of Time Luke 19 — The Son of Man Seeks the Lost, Receives the Kingly Kingdom, and Weeps over Jerusalem Luke 3 — The Way Prepared, the Son Revealed, and the Lineage Traced Mark 10 — The Way of the Servant King: Marriage, Children, Wealth, Cross, Ransom, and Sight Mark 12 — The Rejected Son, the Greatest Commandment, the Lord of David, and the Widow’s Offering Matthew 10 — The Mission of the Twelve, Costly Witness, and Allegiance to Christ Matthew 11 — The Messiah Question, the Rejected Generation, and Rest for the Weary Matthew 13 — The Kingdom in Parables: Hearing, Hiddenness, Growth, Worth, and Judgment Matthew 20 — The First-Last Kingdom, the Ransom-Giving Son of Man, and Mercy for the Blind Matthew 21 — The King Enters Jerusalem, Judges Fruitless Religion, and Exposes Rejected-Son Leadership Matthew 22 — The Wedding Banquet, the King’s Invitation, and the Messiah Who Is David’s Lord Matthew 3 — The Forerunner, the Kingdom, and the Beloved Son Philippians 1 — Gospel Partnership and Joyful Witness in Christ Philippians 2 — The Mind of Christ and the Humility of Gospel Witness Romans 10 — Christ the End of the Law and the Righteousness Received by Faith Romans 11 — The Remnant, the Grafted Gentiles, and the Mercy of God Toward Israel Romans 13 — Submission to Governing Authorities, Love as the Fulfillment of the Law, and Life in the Light of the Coming Day

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

Sources

MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

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