# save, saves, saved, safe #

## Definition: ##

The term "save" refers to keeping someone from experiencing something bad or harmful. To "be safe" means to be protected from harm or danger.

* In a physical sense, people can be saved or rescued from harm, danger, or death.
* In a spiritual sense, if a person has been "saved," then God, through Jesus' death on the cross, has forgiven him and rescued him from being punished in hell for his sin.
* People can save or rescue people from danger, but only God can save people from being punished eternally for their sins.

## Translation Suggestions: ##

* Ways to translate "save" could include "deliver" or "keep from harm" or "take out of harm's way" or "keep from dying."
* In the expression "whoever would save his life," the term "save" could also be translated as "preserve" or "protect."
* The term "safe" could be translated as "protected from danger" or "in a place where nothing can harm."

(See also: [cross](../kt/cross.md), [deliver](../kt/deliverer.md), [punish](../other/punish.md), [salvation](../kt/salvation.md), [sin](../kt/sin.md))

## Bible References: ##

* [1 Timothy 01:15-17](rc://en/tn/help/1ti/01/15)
* [Acts 02:20-21](rc://en/tn/help/act/02/20)
* [Genesis 47:25-26](rc://en/tn/help/gen/47/25)
* [Jeremiah 16:19-21](rc://en/tn/help/jer/16/19)
* [Luke 08:36-37](rc://en/tn/help/luk/08/36)
* [Micah 06:3-5](rc://en/tn/help/mic/06/03)
* [Psalm 080:1-3](rc://en/tn/help/psa/080/001)
* [Romans 10:8-10](rc://en/tn/help/rom/10/08)

## Examples from the Bible stories: ##

* __[09:08](rc://en/tn/help/obs/09/08)__ Moses tried to __save__  his fellow Israelite.
* __[11:02](rc://en/tn/help/obs/11/02)__ God provided a way to __save__  the firstborn son of anyone who believed in him.
* __[12:05](rc://en/tn/help/obs/12/05)__ Moses told the Israelites, "Stop being afraid! God will fight for you today and __save__  you."
* __[12:13](rc://en/tn/help/obs/12/13)__ The Israelites sang many songs to celebrate their new freedom and to praise God because he __saved__  them from the Egyptian army.
* __[16:17](rc://en/tn/help/obs/16/17)__ This pattern repeated many times: the Israelites would sin, God would punish them, they would repent, and God would send a deliverer to __save__  them.
* __[44:08](rc://en/tn/help/obs/44/08)__ "You crucified Jesus, but God raised him to life again! You rejected him, but there is no other way to be __saved__  except through the power of Jesus!"
* __[47:11](rc://en/tn/help/obs/47/11)__ The jailer trembled as he came to Paul and Silas and asked, "What must I do to be __saved__?" Paul answered, "Believe in Jesus, the Master, and you and your family will be __saved__."
* __[49:12](rc://en/tn/help/obs/49/12)__ Good works cannot __save__  you.
* __[49:13](rc://en/tn/help/obs/49/13)__ God will __save__  everyone who believes in Jesus and receives him as their Master. But he will not __save__  anyone who does not believe in him.


## Word Data:##

* Strong's: H983, H2421, H3444, H3467, H3468, H4422, H4931, H6403, H7682, H7951, H7965, H8104, H8668, G803, G804, G806, G1295, G1508, G4982, G4991, G5198

