Word

βάπτισμα

báptisma · G908 · Greek · 20 occurrences

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Meanings

to baptize, baptism

To employ water in a religious ceremony designed to symbolize purification and initiation on the basis of repentance

Examples
Matthew 21:25 “The baptism of John was from what source: from heaven or from men?” And they began considering the implications among themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will say to us, ‘Then why did you not believe him?’
Mark 1:4 John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.
Mark 10:38 But Jesus said to them, “You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, or to be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized?”

How it’s used In 6 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

10 occurrences in 3 groups

ἸωάννηςJohn 5
μετάνοιαrepentance 4
αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 1

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

1 occurrences in 1 groups

εἷςone 1

Named alongside itApposition

6 occurrences in 5 groups

ἸωάννηςJohn 2
βαπτίζωto baptize 2
κηρύσσωto preach, to proclaim 1
οὐnot 1
ἀντίτυπονcorrespondence 1

What is done to itIt is the object

6 occurrences in 5 groups

κηρύσσωto preach, to proclaim 2
βαπτίζωto baptize 2
ἐπίσταμαιto know 1
ἔχωto have 1
προκηρύσσωto preach beforehand 1

What it is said to bePredicate

3 occurrences in 2 groups

οὐρανόςheaven, sky 2
πόθενfrom where?, how? 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

5 occurrences in 5 groups

διάthrough 2
εἰςto 2
ἐπίon 2
μετάwith, after 2
ἀπόfrom 2

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 1 entry

To baptize, baptism53.41: Used of the rite of baptism itself, as of the baptism John proclaimed in Mark 1:4 and the baptism Jesus asks whether James and John are able to undergo in Mark 10:38-39.

Word family 6 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

βάπτω báptō · G911 · to dip in · 4×βαπτίζω baptízō · G907 · to wash, to purify, washing · 76×βάπτισμαbáptisma · G908Βαπτιστής Baptistḗs · G910 · baptizer · 12×βαπτισμός baptismós · G909 · to wash, to purify, washing · 3×ἐμβάπτω embáptō · G1686 · to dip in · 2×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon βαπτίσματος, τό (βαπτίζω), a word peculiar to N. T. and ecclesiastical writings,…

βαπτίσματος, τό (βαπτίζω), a word peculiar to N. T. and ecclesiastical writings, immersion, submersion;
1. used tropically of calamities and afflictions with which one is quite overwhelmed: Mt 20:22f Rec.; Mk 10:38; Lk 12:50 (see βαπτίζω, I. 3).
2. of John's baptism, that purificatory rite by which men on confessing their sins were bound to a spiritual reformation, obtained the pardon of their past sins and became qualified for the benefits of the Messiah's kingdom soon to be set up: Mt 3:7; Mt 21:25; Mk 11:30; Lk 7:29; Lk 20:4; Acts 1:22; Acts 10:37; Acts 18:25; (); βάπτισμα μετανοίας, binding to repentance (Winer's Grammar, 188 (177)), Mk 1:4; Lk 3:3; Acts 13:24; Acts 19:4.
3. of Christian baptism; this, according to the view of the apostles, is a rite of sacred immersion, commanded by Christ, by which men confessing their sins and professing their faith in Christ are born again by the Holy Spirit unto a new life, come into the fellowship of Christ and the church (1 Cor 12:13), and are made partakers of eternal salvation; (but see article in BB. DD., McClintock and Strong's Cyclopaedia, Schaff-Herzog): Eph 4:5; Col 2:12 (L marginal reading Tr βαπτισμῷ which see); 1 Pet 3:21; εἰς τόν θάνατον Rom 6:4 (see βαπτίζω, II.
b. aa. at the end). (Trench, § xcix.)

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Baptize19 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0