The Illustrated Bible Dictionary
SALVATION This
Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
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.)