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Strong G907βαπτίζω

to baptize

Transliteration
baptizō
Pronunciation
bap-tid'-zo
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

From a derivative of G911; to make whelmed (that is fully wet); used only (in the New Testament) of ceremonial ablution especially (technically) of the ordinance of Christian baptism: - baptist baptize wash.

Detailed definition

βαπτίζω
(βάπτω), [in LXX: 4Ki.5:14 (טבל), Isa.21:4, Jdth.12:7, Sir.31 (34)30 *;]
to dip, immerse, sink;
1. generally (in Polyb., iii, 72, of soldiers wading breast-deep; in i, 51, of the sinking of ships); metaphorically, to overwhelm (Is, l.with; cf. MM, Exp., x); with cogn. accusative, βάπτισμα β., Mrk.10:38, 39 Luk.12:50. Mid.,

2. to perform ablutions, wash oneself, bathe (Ki, Jth, Si, ll. with): Mrk.7:4; aor. pass, in same sense, Luk.11:38.

3 Of ablution, immersion, as a religious rite, to baptize;
__(a) (a) absol.; Mrk.1:4, Jhn.1:25, 26 28 3:22, 23, 26 4:2 10:40, 1Co.1:17; ὁ βαπτίζων (= ὁ βαπτιστής, M, Pr., 127), Mrk.6:14, 24; with accusative, Jhn.4:1, Act.8:38, I Co.1.14, 16; with cogn. accusative, τὸ βάπτισμα, Act.19:4 (cf. Mrk.10:38, supr.); pass., to be baptized, receive baptism: Mat.3:13, 14, 16, Mrk.16:16, Luk.3:7, 12 21 7:29 (τ. βάπτισμα) ib. 30, Act.2:41 8:12, 13 36 9:18 10:47 16:15, 33 18:8; mid., 22:16 (M, Pr., 163);
__(b) with prepositions: ἐν, of the element, Mat.3:6, 11 Mrk.1:4, 5 8, Luk.3:16, Jhn.1:26, 31 33 3:23, Act.1:5 2:38 10:48 11:16, 1Co.10:2; εἰς, of the element, purpose or result (Lft., Notes, 155), Mat.3:1 28:19, Mrk.1:9, Act.8:16 19:3, 5 Rom.6:3, 1Co.1:13, 15 10:2 12:13, Gal.3:27; with dative, ὕδατι, Luk.3:16, Act.1:5 11:16; ὑπὲρ τῶν νεκρῶν, perh. to fulfil the wish of a dead friend, 1Co.15:29 (see ICC, in l.; cf. DB, i, 238ff.; DCG, i, 169a; ii, 605b; Cremer, 126).
† (AS)

In the Bible

Strong G907 appears in 65 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • baptize60
  • be4
  • baptizeth2
  • wash2
  • baptist1
  • being1
  • have1
  • should1
  • they1
  • thou1
  • you1

First verses

  1. Matthew 3:6
    And were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins.
  2. Matthew 3:11
    I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:
  3. Matthew 3:13
    Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him.
  4. Matthew 3:14
    But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?
  5. Matthew 3:16
    And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:
  6. Matthew 20:22
    But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? They say unto him, We are able.
  7. Matthew 20:23
    And he saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with: but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father.
  8. Matthew 28:19
    Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
  9. Mark 1:4
    John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.
  10. Mark 1:5
    And there went out unto him all the land of Judea, and they of Jerusalem, and were all baptized of him in the river of Jordan, confessing their sins.
  11. Mark 1:8
    I indeed have baptized you with water: but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost.
  12. Mark 1:9
    And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized of John in Jordan.
  13. Mark 6:14
    And king Herod heard of him; (for his name was spread abroad:) and he said, That John the Baptist was risen from the dead, and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him.
  14. Mark 7:4
    And when they come from the market, except they wash, they eat not. And many other things there be, which they have received to hold, as the washing of cups, and pots, brasen vessels, and of tables.
  15. Mark 10:38
    But Jesus said unto them, Ye know not what ye ask: can ye drink of the cup that I drink of? and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?
  16. Mark 10:39
    And they said unto him, We can. And Jesus said unto them, Ye shall indeed drink of the cup that I drink of; and with the baptism that I am baptized withal shall ye be baptized:
  17. Mark 16:16
    He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.
  18. Luke 3:7
    Then said he to the multitude that came forth to be baptized of him, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
  19. Luke 3:12
    Then came also publicans to be baptized, and said unto him, Master, what shall we do?
  20. Luke 3:16
    John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire:
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Detailed Greek dictionary
βαπτ-ίζω,
dip, plunge, ξίφος εἰς σφαγήν [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Bellum Judaicum” 2.18.4; σπάθιον εἰς τὸ ἔμβρυον 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 2.63)]:—passive, of a trephine, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 10.447; βάπτισον σεαυτὸν εἰς θάλασσαν 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.166a; β. Διόνυσον πρὸς τὴν θάλασσαν [prev. work] 914d:)] — in passive, to be drowned, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Epictetus Philosophus “Gnomologium” 47)]; of ships, sink or disable them, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.51.6, 16.6.2 (_passive_))]; ἐβάπτισαν τὴν πόλιν flooded the city, metaphorically, of the crowds who flocked into Jerusalem at the time of the siege, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Bellum Judaicum” 4.3.3; β. τινὰ εἰσφοραῖς 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 1.73; β. τινὰ ὕπνῳ “Anthologia Graeca” 11.49 (5th c.BC: Evenus Elegiacus); ὕπνῳ βεβαπτισμένος 2nd c.AD: Archigenes Medicus and 2nd-1st c.BC: Posidonius Historicus cited in 6th c.AD: Aëtius Medicus 6.3)]:—passive, ὡς ἐκ τοῦ βεβαπτίσθαι ἀναπνέουσι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 5.63)]; to be drenched, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Eubulus Comicus 68: _metaphorically_, βεβαπτισμένοι)]soaked in wine, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 176b)]; ὀφλήμασι βεβ. over head and ears in debt, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Galba” 21)]; γνοὺς βαπτιζόμενον τὸ μειράκιον seeing that he was getting into deep water, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 277d; β. εἰς ἀναισθησίαν καὶ ὕπνον 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 10.9.4; ὁ τῷ θυμῷ βεβαπτισμένος καταδύεται 3rd c.AD(?): Achilles Tatius Astronomus 6.19; ψυχή βεβαπτισμένη λύπῃ 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 64.115.)]
2 draw wine by dipping the cup in the bowl, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristopho Comicus 14.5; φιάλαις β. ἐκ.. κρατήρων 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Alexander” 67.)]
3 baptize, τινά [NT (NT.Mark.1.4; ἐν ὕδατι εἰς μετάνοιαν NT.Matt.3.11)]:—passive, βαπτισθήτω ἕκαστος εἰς ἄφεσιν ἁμαρτιῶν [NT (NT.Act.2.38; εἰς Χριστόν NT.Rom.6.3, etc.)]:—middle, dip oneself, [LXX (LXX.4Ki.5.14)]; get oneself baptized, [NT (NT.Acts.22.16, NT.1Cor.10.2)]:—passive, perform ablutions, [NT (NT.Luke.11.38.)]