King James Bible Dictionary

This word is used of the deliverance of the Israelites from the Egyptians (Exodus 14:13), and of deliverance generally from evil or danger. In the New Testament it is specially used with reference to the great deliverance from the guilt and the pollution of sin wrought out by Jesus Christ, "the great salvation" (Hebrews 2:3). (See REDEMPTION; REGENERATION.)

Illustrated by:

A horn
Psalms 18:2; Luke 1:69

A tower
2 Samuel 22:51

A helmet
Isaiah 59:17; Ephesians 6:17

A shield
2 Samuel 22:36

A lamp
Isaiah 62:1

A cup
Psalms 116:13

Clothing
2 Chronicles 6:41; Psalms 132:16; Psalms 149:4; Isaiah 61:10

Wells
Isaiah 12:3

Walls and bulwarks
Isaiah 26:1; Isaiah 60:18

Chariots
Habakkuk 3:8

A victory
1 Corinthians 15:57

Typified by the brazen serpent
Numbers 21:4-9; John 3:14-15
Atonement

Unclassified scriptures relating to

General references
Genesis 12:1; Genesis 12:3; Exodus 15:2; Deuteronomy 30:19-20; Deuteronomy 32:15; Psalms 95:1; 2 Samuel 14:14; 1 Kings 8:41-43; 1 Chronicles 16:35; 2 Chronicles 6:41; Psalms 3:8; Psalms 37:39; Psalms 36:8-9; Psalms 46:4; Psalms 63:5-6; Psalms 65:4; Psalms 68:18-20; Psalms 86:13; Psalms 90:14; Psalms 91:16; Psalms 98:2-3; Psalms 106:8; Psalms 107:9; Psalms 121:1-8; Psalms 132:16; Proverbs 1:20-21; Proverbs 8:1-5; Proverbs 9:1-6; Isaiah 1:18; Isaiah 2:5; Isaiah 25:6-7; Isaiah 29:18-19; Isaiah 29:24; Isaiah 32:1-4; Isaiah 35:8; Isaiah 44:3; Isaiah 45:17; Isaiah 46:12-13; Isaiah 49:10-11; Isaiah 50:10; Isaiah 51:4-5; Isaiah 52:10; Isaiah 52:15; Isaiah 55:1-3; Isaiah 55:6-7; Isaiah 56:1; Isaiah 56:6-8; Isaiah 57:18-19; Isaiah 61:1-3; Isaiah 63:9; Jeremiah 3:23; Jeremiah 21:8; Ezekiel 18:32; Joel 2:32; Amos 5:4; Zech 14:8; Malachi 4:2; Matthew 1:21; Matthew 3:9; Matthew 11:28-30; Matthew 18:14; Matthew 21:31; Matthew 22:9-10; Matthew 22:14; Matthew 23:37; Matthew 24:14; Mark 2:17; Luke 5:31-32; Mark 16:15-16; Matthew 28:19; Luke 2:10; Luke 2:31-32; Luke 3:6; Luke 7:47; Luke 13:29-30; Luke 14:16-24; Luke 15:2; Luke 15:4-32; Luke 19:10; Luke 24:47; John 1:7; John 3:14-17; John 4:14; John 4:22; John 5:40; John 6:35; John 6:37; John 7:37-38; John 10:16; John 11:51-52; John 12:32; John 15:4-5; Acts 2:39; Acts 4:12; Acts 5:20; Acts 11:17-18; Acts 13:26; Acts 13:38-39; Acts 13:47; Acts 15:7-9; Acts 15:11; Acts 16:17; Acts 16:30-31; Acts 20:21; Acts 28:28; Romans 1:5; Romans 1:14; Romans 1:16-17; Romans 2:26; Romans 3:21-26; Romans 3:28-30; Romans 4:1-25; Romans 5:1-2; Romans 5:15-21; Romans 7:24-25; Romans 9:30-33; Romans 10:4; Romans 10:8-13; Romans 11:1-36; Romans 15:9; Romans 15:16; 1 Corinthians 1:18; 1 Corinthians 6:11; 2 Corinthians 5:17; 2 Corinthians 5:20; 2 Corinthians 6:1; 2 Corinthians 6:17-18; 2 Corinthians 7:10; Galatians 1:4; Galatians 2:16; Galatians 3:1-28; Ephesians 1:9-10; Ephesians 1:13; Ephesians 2:1; Ephesians 2:3-5; Ephesians 2:8-9; Ephesians 2:14-15; Ephesians 2:17; Ephesians 3:6; Ephesians 3:9; Ephesians 5:14; Philippians 2:12; Philippians 3:7-11; Colossians 1:5-6; Colossians 1:20-23; Colossians 1:26-27; Colossians 3:11; 1 Thessalonians 5:8-10; 2 Thessalonians 2:13-14; 1 Timothy 1:13; 1 Timothy 1:15-16; 1 Timothy 2:3-6; 1 Timothy 4:10; 2 Timothy 1:9-10; 2 Timothy 2:10; 2 Timothy 3:15; Titus 2:11; Titus 3:3-7; Hebrews 1:14; Hebrews 2:3; Hebrews 2:10; Hebrews 4:1-10; Hebrews 5:9; Hebrews 7:25; James 1:21; 1 Peter 1:5; 1 Peter 1:9-10; 2 Peter 3:9; 2 Peter 3:15; 1 John 2:25; 1 John 4:9-10; 1 John 5:11; Jude 1:3; Revelation 3:17-18; Revelation 3:20; Revelation 5:9; Revelation 7:9-10; Revelation 14:6; Revelation 21:6; Revelation 22:17
Adoption; Redemption; Regeneration; Sanctification

Conditions of

General references
Matthew 3:2; Matthew 18:3; Matthew 19:16-21; Luke 18:18-26; Matthew 24:13; Mark 1:4; Luke 3:8; Luke 14:25-33; John 3:3-12; John 3:14-18; John 5:24; John 6:28-29; John 6:47; John 9:35; John 11:25-26; John 12:36; John 20:31; Acts 2:38; Acts 3:19; Acts 3:23
Blessing, Contingent upon Obedience; Faith; Obedience; Repentance; Perseverance

Plan of

General references
Mark 4:11; John 6:44-45; John 6:37; John 6:65; John 17:4; John 18:11; John 19:28-30; Acts 3:18; Acts 17:3; Romans 1:16-17; Romans 10:3-9; Romans 16:25-26; 1 Corinthians 1:21-25; 1 Corinthians 2:7-9; 2 Corinthians 5:18-19; Galatians 4:4-5; Ephesians 1:3-23; Ephesians 2:4-10; Ephesians 3:1-11; Ephesians 6:19; Colossians 1:19-23; Colossians 1:26-27; 2 Thessalonians 2:13-14; 1 Timothy 3:16; 2 Timothy 1:9-10; Hebrews 2:9-10; Hebrews 2:14-18; Hebrews 6:17-20; Revelation 5:2-5; Revelation 10:7
Jesus, The Christ, Mission of; Redemption; Regeneration; Sanctification; Sin, Forgiveness of

SALVA'TION, noun [Latin salvo, to save.]

1. The act of saving; preservation from destruction, danger or great calamity.

2. Appropriately in theology, the redemption of man from the bondage of sin and liability to eternal death, and the conferring on him everlasting happiness. This is the great salvation

Godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation 2 Corinthians 7:10.

3. Deliverance from enemies; victory. Exodus 14:13.

4. Remission of sins, or saving graces. Luke 19:9.

5. The author of man's salvation Psalms 27:1.

6. A term of praise or benediction. Revelation 19:1.