Salvation
According to the Strong's Concordance the Greek word sótéria (σωτηρία) has a short deffinition of "deliverance, salvation". But it also means "welfare, prosperity, deliverance, preservation, salvation, safety." http://biblehub.com/greek/4991.htm
According to Thayers σωτηρία, as a nound is first defined as "deliverance, preservation, safety," and then as "salvation". He further defines it as "deliverance from the molestation of enemies", Acts 7:25; and in the context of Luke 1:71 as "preservation (of physical life)" and as "safety, in an ethical sense, that which conduces to the soul's safety..." and translated health in Acts 27:34 [1] And in Hebrews 11:7 the author describes the saving of Noah and of his family by the word of God as given to Noah in preparation.
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Then he specifically quotes David in Romans 11:9 [2] speaking of tables being a snare and a trap. The quote is from Psalms 69:22 [3] where David talks about what should have been for our welfare being a trap.
Today in the world what we call welfare is generally provided by Benefactors who exercise authority one over the other. Those Benefactors of the people provide the "deliverance, preservation, safety," including "deliverance from the molestation of enemies"
== Footnotes ==
- ↑ Wherefore I pray you to take [some] meat: for this is for your health: for there shall not an hair fall from the head of any of you." Acts 27:34
- ↑ And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them:
- ↑ "Let their table become a snare before them: and [that which should have been] for [their] welfare, [let it become] a trap."