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Definition and Concept
In the biblical context, "saving" refers to the act of deliverance from sin and its consequences, often associated with the salvation offered through Jesus Christ. It encompasses both the spiritual and eternal aspects of being rescued from the power of sin and death.

Old Testament Understanding
The concept of saving in the Old Testament is often linked with God's deliverance of His people from physical danger or oppression. For example, inExodus 14:13, Moses tells the Israelites, "Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the LORD will bring you today." Here, saving is depicted as God's intervention in human history to rescue His people.

The Hebrew word often translated as "save" is "yasha," which conveys the idea of being set free or delivered. This is evident in passages likePsalm 18:2, where David declares, "The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold."

New Testament Understanding
In the New Testament, the concept of saving takes on a more spiritual and eternal dimension. The Greek word "sōzō" is frequently used, meaning to save, deliver, or make whole. This is closely associated with the work of Jesus Christ, who is central to the New Testament's message of salvation.

Jesus' mission is described inLuke 19:10: "For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost." This highlights the purpose of Christ's incarnation and ministry—to bring salvation to those who are spiritually lost.

Salvation Through Faith
The New Testament emphasizes that saving is achieved through faith in Jesus Christ.Ephesians 2:8-9 states, "For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God, not by works, so that no one can boast." This passage underscores the belief that salvation is a gift from God, not something earned by human effort.

Role of Jesus Christ
Jesus is central to the concept of saving in the New Testament. His sacrificial death and resurrection are the means by which salvation is made available to humanity.Romans 5:9-10 explains, "Since we have now been justified by His blood, how much more shall we be saved from wrath through Him! For if, while we were God’s enemies, we were reconciled to Him through the death of His Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through His life!"

Eternal Perspective
The saving work of Christ is not only about deliverance from sin in this life but also concerns eternal life.John 3:16, one of the most well-known verses, affirms this: "For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life."

Practical Implications
The concept of saving has practical implications for believers. It calls for a response of faith, repentance, and a transformed life.Acts 16:31 instructs, "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved—you and your household." This indicates that saving is accessible to all who place their trust in Christ.

Conclusion
While the entry does not include a formal conclusion, it is evident that the biblical concept of saving is deeply rooted in the character and actions of God, culminating in the redemptive work of Jesus Christ. It is a central theme that offers hope and assurance of eternal life to believers.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Save.

2. (a.) Preserving; rescuing.

3. (a.) Avoiding unnecessary expense or waste; frugal; not lavish or wasteful; economical; as, a saving cook.

4. (a.) Bringing back in returns or in receipts the sum expended; incurring no loss, though not gainful; as, a saving bargain; the ship has made a saving voyage.

5. (a.) Making reservation or exception; as, a saving clause.

6. (participle) With the exception of; except; excepting; also, without disrespect to.

7. (n.) Something kept from being expended or lost; that which is saved or laid up; as, the savings of years of economy.

8. (n.) Exception; reservation.

Greek

4992. soterios --saving, bringing salvation
...saving, bringing salvation. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: soterios
Phonetic Spelling: (so-tay'-ree-on) Short Definition:saving, bringing salvation...

3924. parektos -- in addition, except
... except,saving, without. From para and ektos; near outside, ie Besides -- except,
saving, without. see GREEK para. see GREEK ektos. (parektos) -- 3 Occurrences....

1508. ei me -- if not
... but, except that, if not, save only. From ei and me; if not -- but, except (that),
if not, more than, save (only) that,saving, till. see GREEK ei. see GREEK me...

4991. soteria -- deliverance, salvation
... Feminine of a derivative of soter as (properly, abstract) noun; rescue or safety
(physically or morally) -- deliver, health, salvation, save,saving....

4982. sozo -- to save
... salvation (1), get (1), get well (2), made...well (6), made well (5), preserved
(1), recover (1), restore (1), save (36), saved (50), saves (1),saving (1)....

4047. peripoiesis -- preservation, acquisition
... From peripoieomai; acquisition (the act or the thing); by extension, preservation --
obtain(-ing), peculiar, purchased, possession,saving....

Strong's Hebrew

3469. Yishi -- "saving," four Israelites
... "saving," four Israelites. Transliteration: Yishi Phonetic Spelling: (yish-ee')
Short Definition: Ishi. Word Origin from yasha Definition "saving," four Isr....

4190. moshaah --saving acts
... 4189, 4190. moshaah. 4191 .saving acts. Transliteration: moshaah Phonetic
Spelling: (mo-shaw-aw') Short Definition: deliverances....

3444. yeshuah -- salvation
... yasha Definition salvation NASB Word Usage deeds of deliverance (1), deliverance
(6), help (4), prosperity (1), salvation (61), save (1),saving (1), security...

3468. yesha -- deliverance, rescue, salvation, safety, welfare
... Word Origin from yasha Definition deliverance, rescue, salvation, safety, welfare
NASB Word Usage safety (3), salvation (31),saving (2)....

2421a. chayah -- to live
... alive (1), repaired (1), restored to life (4), revive (20), revived (6), save (2),
save his life (1), saved (1), saved our lives (1),saving (1), spare (3...

Library

Saved bySaving.
... The Pressing Emergency Saved bySaving. And then there's a yet graver peril
threatening. It's quite... gone. Thesaving part was saved. Only...

Saving the Life.
... May we Pray With Assurance for the Conversion of Our Loved OnesSaving
the Life. We cannot know a man's mental processes. This is...

The Work of Soul-Saving
... XXVIII The Work of Soul-Saving.... Scripture here twice uses the expression
of one man converting another, and once of hissaving him....

Saving Faith.
... CHAPTER II.SAVING FAITH. And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must
I do to be saved? And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus...

Faith the SoleSaving Act.
... SERMONS. FAITH THE SOLESAVING ACT. JOHN vi.28, 29.""Then said they unto
him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God?...

God's Method ofSaving.
... The Plan God's Method ofSaving. The method ofsaving is by winning. The
Father would not be content with anything else. Such a...

The Less of Life; and theSaving of It.
... Book XII. 26. The Less of Life; And theSaving of It. "For whosoever would
save his own life shall lose it." [5728] The first expression...

OSaving victim, Opening Wide
... III. SACRAMENTS AND RITES Holy Communion: The Communion 331. Osaving Victim, opening
wide. LM [1253]St.... Tr. Edward Caswall, 1849. Osaving Victim, opening wide....

Saving Faith
...Saving Faith. A Sermon (No.1162-3). Delivered on Lord's Day Morning, March 15, 1874,
by. CH SPURGEON,. At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington....

Saved andSaving.
... Saved andSaving. One day I saw a steel engraving that I liked very much. I thought
it was the finest thing I ever had seen, at the time, and I bought it....

Thesaurus

Saving (37 Occurrences)
... & vb. n.) of Save. 2. (a.) Preserving; rescuing. 3. (a.) Avoiding unnecessary expense
or waste; frugal; not lavish or wasteful; economical; as, asaving cook....

Faith (769 Occurrences)
...Saving faith is so called because it has eternal life inseparably connected with
it.... The object ofsaving faith is the whole revealed Word of God....

Save (375 Occurrences)
... 9. (a.) Except; excepting; not including; leaving out; deducting; reserving;saving.
10. (conj.) Except; unless. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. SAVE....

Savior (60 Occurrences)
... Hope in God! For I shall still praise him for thesaving help of his presence.... For
I shall still praise him, thesaving help of my countenance, and my God....

Unchangeableness (1 Occurrence)
... ethical nature or to His love, and, while it is true that these incommunicable
attributes are revealed with especial richness in God'ssaving activity, they...

Unchangeable (4 Occurrences)
... ethical nature or to His love, and, while it is true that these incommunicable
attributes are revealed with especial richness in God'ssaving activity, they...

Disturbed (30 Occurrences)
... Hope in God! For I shall still praise him for thesaving help of his presence.... For
I shall still praise him, thesaving help of my countenance, and my God....

Despair (23 Occurrences)
... Hope in God! For I shall still praise him for thesaving help of his presence.... For
I shall still praise him, thesaving help of my countenance, and my God....

Salvation (386 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) The act ofsaving; preservation or deliverance from destruction, danger,
or great calamity.... 3. (n.)Saving power; that which saves. Int....

Perdition (14 Occurrences)
... 1 Corinthians 1:18 For the Message of the Cross is foolishness to those who are
on the way to perdition, but it is the power of God to those whom He issaving....

Resources

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Concordance

Saving (37 Occurrences)

Matthew 5:32
But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife,saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.
(KJV ASV WBS)

Luke 4:27
And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet; and none of them was cleansed,saving Naaman the Syrian.
(KJV WBS)

Acts 2:47
praising God and being regarded with favour by all the people. Also, day by day, the Lord added to their number those whom He wassaving.
(WEY)

Acts 27:43
But the centurion, desirous ofsaving Paul, hindered them of their purpose, and commanded those who were able to swim, casting themselves first into the sea, to get out on land;
(DBY)

1 Corinthians 1:18
For the Message of the Cross is foolishness to those who are on the way to perdition, but it is the power of God to those whom He issaving.
(WEY)

1 Corinthians 16:2
On the first day of the week, let each one of you save, as he may prosper, that no collections be made when I come.
(See NIV)

2 Corinthians 2:15
For we are a fragrance of Christ grateful to God in those whom He issaving and in those who are perishing;
(WEY)

Titus 2:11
For thesaving grace of God was manifested to all men,
(YLT)

Hebrews 10:39
But we are not of those who shrink back to destruction, but of those who have faith to thesaving of the soul.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS)

Hebrews 11:7
By faith, Noah, being warned about things not yet seen, moved with godly fear, prepared a ship for thesaving of his house, through which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS RSV)

Jude 1:5
and to remind you I intend, you knowing once this, that the Lord, a people out of the land of Egypt having saved, again those who did not believe did destroy;
(See NAS)

Revelation 2:17
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knowethsaving he that receiveth it.
(KJV)

Genesis 19:19
See now, your servant has found favor in your sight, and you have magnified your loving kindness, which you have shown to me insaving my life. I can't escape to the mountain, lest evil overtake me, and I die.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Genesis 50:20
And as for you, ye meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.
(See NIV)

1 Samuel 11:3
And the elders of Jabesh say to him, 'Let us alone seven days, and we send messengers into all the border of Israel: and if there is nonesaving us -- then we have come out unto thee.'
(YLT)

1 Samuel 12:7
Now therefore stand still, that I may plead with you before Yahweh concerning all the righteous acts of Yahweh, which he did to you and to your fathers.
(See RSV)

1 Samuel 14:6
And Jonathan said to the young man that bore his armour: 'Come and let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised; it may be that the LORD will work for us; for there is no restraint to the LORD to save by many or by few.'
(See RSV NIV)

1 Samuel 14:39
for, Jehovah liveth, who issaving Israel: surely if it be in Jonathan my son, surely he doth certainly die;' and none is answering him out of all the people.
(YLT)

Nehemiah 4:23
So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard which followed me, none of us put off our clothes,saving that every one put them off for washing.
(KJV WBS)

Psalms 20:6
Now I know that Yahweh saves his anointed. He will answer him from his holy heaven, with thesaving strength of his right hand.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Psalms 22:1
For the Chief Musician; set to "The Doe of the Morning." A Psalm by David. My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning?
(See NIV)

Psalms 28:8
The LORD is their strength, and he is thesaving strength of his anointed.
(KJV WBS NAS RSV)

Psalms 40:10
I have not hidden your righteousness within my heart. I have declared your faithfulness and your salvation. I have not concealed your loving kindness and your truth from the great assembly.
(See RSV)

Psalms 42:5
Why are you in despair, my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God! For I shall still praise him for thesaving help of his presence.
(WEB)

Psalms 42:11
Why are you in despair, my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God! For I shall still praise him, thesaving help of my countenance, and my God.
(WEB)

Psalms 67:2
That thy way may be known upon earth, thysaving health among all nations.
(KJV WBS RSV)

Psalms 69:13
But as for me, my prayer is to you, Yahweh, in an acceptable time. God, in the abundance of your loving kindness, answer me in the truth of your salvation.
(See NAS)

Psalms 78:22
because they didn't believe in God, and didn't trust in his salvation.
(See RSV)

Psalms 88:12
Are your wonders made known in the dark? Or your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
(See RSV)

Ecclesiastes 5:11
When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof,saving the beholding of them with their eyes?
(KJV JPS WBS)

Isaiah 45:21
Declare ye, and bring near, Yea, they take counsel together, Who hath proclaimed this from of old? From that time hath declared it? Is it not I -- Jehovah? And there is no other god besides Me, A God righteous andsaving, there is none save Me.
(YLT)

Isaiah 59:1
Lo, the hand of Jehovah Hath not been shortened fromsaving, Nor heavy his ear from hearing.
(YLT)

Jeremiah 30:10
And thou, be not afraid, My servant Jacob, An affirmation of Jehovah, Nor be affrighted, O Israel, For, lo, I amsaving thee from afar, And thy seed from the land of their captivity, And Jacob hath turned back and rested, And is quiet, and there is none troubling.
(YLT)

Jeremiah 46:27
And thou, thou dost not fear, my servant Jacob, Nor 'art' thou dismayed, O Israel, For lo, I amsaving thee from afar, And thy seed from the land of their captivity, And Jacob hath turned back, And hath been at rest, and been at ease, And there is none disturbing.
(YLT)

Amos 9:8
Behold, the eyes of the Lord GOD are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the face of the earth;saving that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, saith the LORD.
(KJV JPS WBS)

Micah 6:5
My people, remember now what Balak king of Moab devised, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim to Gilgal, that you may know the righteous acts of Yahweh."
(See RSV)

Zechariah 8:7
Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Lo, I amsaving My people from the land of the rising, And from the land of the going in, of the sun,
(YLT)

Subtopics

Saving

Saving Money

Saving Souls

Related Terms

Faith (769 Occurrences)

Save (375 Occurrences)

Savior (60 Occurrences)

Unchangeableness (1 Occurrence)

Unchangeable (4 Occurrences)

Disturbed (30 Occurrences)