to save
diasozo describes bringing people safely through danger and, in healing scenes, being made well.
The predominant use concerns coming safely through immediate danger: people are brought to land, saved from the sea, or preserved through water. In two healing contexts, the term occurs with a request for a slave’s healing and with those who touched Jesus’ garment being made well.
Senses in use
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bringing safely through danger · dominant
The aorist forms occur where persons are preserved from peril or brought to safety: in Acts 27:44 the APB renders the outcome that all were “brought safely to land,” and Acts 28:4 speaks of a man “saved from the sea.” Acts 23:24 concerns bringing Paul safely to Felix; 1 Peter 3:20 places the passive form in the account of eight souls saved through water.
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restoration from illness · common
In Luke 7:3 the active subjunctive occurs in the request that Jesus come and heal the slave. In Matthew 14:36 the passive form follows the touching of Jesus’ garment, where the APB renders that those who touched it “were made well.”
In the Anselm Project Bible: Across these verses, the APB presents the term with expressions such as “saved,” “bring Paul safely,” “brought safely to land,” and “made well.” These are renderings of the surrounding clauses rather than fixed equivalents in every occurrence.