4990 soter {so-tare'}
from 4982; TDNT - 7:1003,1132; n m
AV - Saviour 24; 24
1) saviour, deliverer, preserver
The name was given by the ancients to deities, esp. tutelary deities,
to princes, kings, and in general to men who had conferred signal
benefits upon their country, and in more degenerate days by the way
of flattery to personages of influence