Strong G911βάπτω
to dip
- Transliteration
- baptō
- Pronunciation
- bap'-to
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
A primary verb; to whelm that is cover wholly with a fluid; in the New Testament only in a qualified or specific sense that is (literally) to moisten (a part of one´ s person) or (by implication) to stain (as with dye): - dip.
Detailed definition
βάπτω,
[in LXX chiefly for טבל;]
__(a) to dip: Luk.16:24, Jhn.13:26 (ἐμβ-, L);
__(b) to dip in dye, to dye: Rev.19:13 (Rec.; ῥεραντισμένον, WH; περιρεραμμένον, T; ῥεραμμένον, Swete, in l., which see).
† (AS)
[in LXX chiefly for טבל;]
__(a) to dip: Luk.16:24, Jhn.13:26 (ἐμβ-, L);
__(b) to dip in dye, to dye: Rev.19:13 (Rec.; ῥεραντισμένον, WH; περιρεραμμένον, T; ῥεραμμένον, Swete, in l., which see).
† (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G911 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- dip3
First verses
- Luke 16:24And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.
- John 13:26Jesus answered, He it is, to whom I shall give a sop, when I have dipped it. And when he had dipped the sop, he gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon.
- Revelation 19:13And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
βάπτω,
future βάψω (ἐμ-) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 959)]: aorist ἔβαψα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 95, etc.)]:— middle, future βάψομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 51)]: aorist ἐβαψάμην [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Aratus Epicus 951, “Anthologia Graeca” 9.326 (1st c.AD: Leonidas Alexandrinus Epigrammaticus))]:—passive, future βᾰφήσομαι [LXX+2nd c.AD+ (LXX.Lev.11.32, 2nd c.AD: Marcus Antoninus Imperator 8.51)]: aorist ἐβάφθην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 6.254 (Myrinus Epigrammaticus), (ἀπ-) 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 416)]; in Attic dialect generally ἐβάφην [ᾰ] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 429e, etc.)]: perfect βέβαμμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.67, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 1176.)]
I transitive, dip, ὡς δ᾽ ὅτ᾽ ἀνὴρ χαλκεὺς πέλεκυν.. εἰν ὕδατι ψυχρῷ βάπτῃ (so as to temper the red-hot steel) [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.392; β. εἰς ὕδωρ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 73e, compare 5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 100.11; τἄρια θερμῷ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 216)]; εἰς μέλι, εἰς κηρόν, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 605a29, “de An.” 435a2:)] —passive, βαπτόμενος σίδηρος iron in process of being tempered, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.136a)]; and of coral, become hard, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 5.121 (assuming variant).)]
I.b of slaughter in Trag, ἐν σφαγαῖσι βάψασα ξίφος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 863; ἔβαψας ἔγχος εὖ πρὸς Ἀργείων στρατ; 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 95; φάσγανον εἴσω σαρκὸς ἔβαψεν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1578 (Lyric poetry))]; in later Prose, εἰς τὰ πλευρὰ β. τὴν αἰχμήν [LXX+1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 5.15; β. τὸν δάκτυλον ἀπὸ τοῦ αἵματος LXX.Lev.4.17.)]
I.c also, dip in poison, ἔβαψεν ἰούς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 574; χιτῶνα τόνδ᾽ ἔβαψα [prev. work] 580.)]
I.2 dye, ἔβαψεν.. ξίφος the sword dyed [the robe] red, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 1011)]; β. τὰ κάλλη dye the beautiful cloths, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 333; β. ἔρια ὥστ᾽ εἶναι ἁλουργά 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 429d; εἵματα βεβαμμένα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.67; τρίχας βάπτειν “Anthologia Graeca” 11.68 (1st c.AD: Lucillius Epigrammaticus))]: absolutely in middle, dye the hair, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 363.4, 4th c.BC(?): Nicolaus Comicus 1.33)]; glaze earthen vessels, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 11.480e)]; of gilding and silvering, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Pseudo-Democritus Alchemista Alch. p.46 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus: Comedy texts, βάπτειν τινὰ βάμμα Σαρδιανικόν)] dye one in the [red] dye of Sardes, i. e. give him a bloody coxcomb, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 112)]; but βέβαπται β. Κυζικηνικόν he has been dyed in the dye of Cyzicus, i. e. is an arrant coward, [Refs ([prev. author] “Pax” 1176 (see. Scholia).)]
I.3 draw water by dipping a vessel, ἀνθ᾽ ὕδατος τᾷ κάλπιδι κηρία βάψαι [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 5.127)]; ἀρύταιναν.. ἐκ μέσου βάψασα τοῦ λέβητος ζέοντος ὕδατος draw water by dipping the bucket, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 25, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 9.8)]; βάψασα ποντίας ἁλός (i.e. τὸ τεῦχος) having dipped it so as to draw water from the sea, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 610.)]
I.4 baptize, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 2.9.20 (_passive_).)]
II intransitive, ναῦς ἔβαψεν the ship dipped, sank, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 707)]; β. εἰς ψυχρὸν [αἱ ἐγχέλυς] [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 592a18)]; εἰ δ᾽ ὁ μὲν (i.e. ἠέλιος) ἀνέφελος βάπτοι ῥόου ἑσπερίοιο [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Aratus Epicus 858 (ῥόον Scholia): with _accusative_, νῆα.. βάπτουσαν ἤδη κῦμα κυρτόν)] dipping into.., [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Babrius Fabularum Scriptor 71.2)]:—also middle, ποταμοῖο ἐβάψατο [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Aratus Epicus 951.)]
II.2 βάψας (i.e. τὴν κώπην) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 225)]. (Cf. O Norse kuefia 'dip'.)
future βάψω (ἐμ-) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 959)]: aorist ἔβαψα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 95, etc.)]:— middle, future βάψομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 51)]: aorist ἐβαψάμην [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Aratus Epicus 951, “Anthologia Graeca” 9.326 (1st c.AD: Leonidas Alexandrinus Epigrammaticus))]:—passive, future βᾰφήσομαι [LXX+2nd c.AD+ (LXX.Lev.11.32, 2nd c.AD: Marcus Antoninus Imperator 8.51)]: aorist ἐβάφθην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 6.254 (Myrinus Epigrammaticus), (ἀπ-) 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 416)]; in Attic dialect generally ἐβάφην [ᾰ] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 429e, etc.)]: perfect βέβαμμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.67, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 1176.)]
I transitive, dip, ὡς δ᾽ ὅτ᾽ ἀνὴρ χαλκεὺς πέλεκυν.. εἰν ὕδατι ψυχρῷ βάπτῃ (so as to temper the red-hot steel) [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.392; β. εἰς ὕδωρ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 73e, compare 5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 100.11; τἄρια θερμῷ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 216)]; εἰς μέλι, εἰς κηρόν, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 605a29, “de An.” 435a2:)] —passive, βαπτόμενος σίδηρος iron in process of being tempered, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.136a)]; and of coral, become hard, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 5.121 (assuming variant).)]
I.b of slaughter in Trag, ἐν σφαγαῖσι βάψασα ξίφος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 863; ἔβαψας ἔγχος εὖ πρὸς Ἀργείων στρατ; 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 95; φάσγανον εἴσω σαρκὸς ἔβαψεν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1578 (Lyric poetry))]; in later Prose, εἰς τὰ πλευρὰ β. τὴν αἰχμήν [LXX+1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 5.15; β. τὸν δάκτυλον ἀπὸ τοῦ αἵματος LXX.Lev.4.17.)]
I.c also, dip in poison, ἔβαψεν ἰούς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 574; χιτῶνα τόνδ᾽ ἔβαψα [prev. work] 580.)]
I.2 dye, ἔβαψεν.. ξίφος the sword dyed [the robe] red, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 1011)]; β. τὰ κάλλη dye the beautiful cloths, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 333; β. ἔρια ὥστ᾽ εἶναι ἁλουργά 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 429d; εἵματα βεβαμμένα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.67; τρίχας βάπτειν “Anthologia Graeca” 11.68 (1st c.AD: Lucillius Epigrammaticus))]: absolutely in middle, dye the hair, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 363.4, 4th c.BC(?): Nicolaus Comicus 1.33)]; glaze earthen vessels, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 11.480e)]; of gilding and silvering, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Pseudo-Democritus Alchemista Alch. p.46 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus: Comedy texts, βάπτειν τινὰ βάμμα Σαρδιανικόν)] dye one in the [red] dye of Sardes, i. e. give him a bloody coxcomb, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 112)]; but βέβαπται β. Κυζικηνικόν he has been dyed in the dye of Cyzicus, i. e. is an arrant coward, [Refs ([prev. author] “Pax” 1176 (see. Scholia).)]
I.3 draw water by dipping a vessel, ἀνθ᾽ ὕδατος τᾷ κάλπιδι κηρία βάψαι [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 5.127)]; ἀρύταιναν.. ἐκ μέσου βάψασα τοῦ λέβητος ζέοντος ὕδατος draw water by dipping the bucket, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 25, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 9.8)]; βάψασα ποντίας ἁλός (i.e. τὸ τεῦχος) having dipped it so as to draw water from the sea, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 610.)]
I.4 baptize, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 2.9.20 (_passive_).)]
II intransitive, ναῦς ἔβαψεν the ship dipped, sank, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 707)]; β. εἰς ψυχρὸν [αἱ ἐγχέλυς] [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 592a18)]; εἰ δ᾽ ὁ μὲν (i.e. ἠέλιος) ἀνέφελος βάπτοι ῥόου ἑσπερίοιο [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Aratus Epicus 858 (ῥόον Scholia): with _accusative_, νῆα.. βάπτουσαν ἤδη κῦμα κυρτόν)] dipping into.., [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Babrius Fabularum Scriptor 71.2)]:—also middle, ποταμοῖο ἐβάψατο [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Aratus Epicus 951.)]
II.2 βάψας (i.e. τὴν κώπην) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 225)]. (Cf. O Norse kuefia 'dip'.)