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The Lxx translates it with the Greek verb sozo, which means to rescue one from peril, danger or suffering, to protect from loss or destruction, to heal, to make whole, to keep alive, to preserve life (physical but especially spiritual - compare Ps 6:4, Ps 86:2).
It's not Plato's theory but most of Ancient Greeks's view in general.They use the word psyche (which means soul in greek), which was considered to be immortal even after the body (soma in greek) was dead. They had separated words because they already thought humans are separated into body and soul.