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Strong's #911 - βάπτω
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βάπτω,
fut. βάψω (ἐμ-) Ar. Pax 959: aor. ἔβαψα S. Aj. 95, etc.: — Med., fut. βάψομαι Ar. Lys. 51: aor. ἐβαψάμην Arat. 951, AP 9.326 (Leon.): — Pass., fut. βᾰφήσομαι LXX Leviticus 11:32, M.Ant. 8.51: aor. ἐβάφθην AP 6.254 (Myrin.), (ἀπ-) Ar. Fr. 416; in Att. generally ἐβάφην [ᾰ ] Pl. R. 429e, etc.: pf. βέβαμμαι Hdt. 7.67, Ar. Pax 1176.
I trans.,
1. dip, ὡς δ' ὅτ' ἀνὴρ χαλκεὺς πέλεκυν.. εἰν ὕδατι ψυχρῷ βάπτῃ (so as to temper the red-hot steel) Od. 9.392; β. εἰς ὕδωρ Pl. Ti. 73e, cf. Emp. 100.11; τἄρια θερμῷ Ar. Ec. 216; εἰς μέλι, εἰς κηρόν, Arist. HA 605a29, de An. 435a2: — Pass., βαπτόμενος σίδηρος iron in process of being tempered, Plu. 2.136a; and of coral, become hard, Dsc. 5.121 (s. v. l.). of slaughter in Trag, ἐν σφαγαῖσι βάψασα ξίφος A. Pr. 863; ἔβαψας ἔγχος εὖ πρὸς Ἀργείων στρατῷ; S. Aj. 95; φάσγανον εἴσω σαρκὸς ἔβαψεν E. Ph. 1578 (lyr.); in later Prose, εἰς τὰ πλευρὰ β. τὴν αἰχμήν D.H. 5.15; β. τὸν δάκτυλον ἀπὸ τοῦ αἵματος LXX Leviticus 4:17. also, dip in poison, ἔβαψεν ἰούς S. Tr. 574; χιτῶνα τόνδ' ἔβαψα ib. 580.
2. dye, ἔβαψεν.. ξίφος the sword dyed [the robe] red, A. Ch. 1011; β. τὰ κάλλη dye the beautiful cloths, Eup. 333; β. ἔρια ὥστ' εἶναι ἁλουργά Pl. R. 429d; εἵματα βεβαμμένα Hdt. 7.67; τρίχας βάπτειν AP 11.68 (Lucill.): abs. in Med., dye the hair, Men. 363.4, Nicol.Com. 1.33; glaze earthen vessels, Ath. 11.480e; of gilding and silvering, Ps.-Democr. Alch. p.46 B.: Com., βάπτειν τινὰ βάμμα Σαρδιανικόν dye one in the [red] dye of Sardes, i. e. give him a bloody coxcomb, Ar. Ach. 112; but βέβαπται β. Κυζικηνικόν he has been dyed in the dye of Cyzicus, i. e. is an arrant coward, Id. Pax 1176 (v. Sch.).
3. draw water by dipping a vessel, ἀνθ' ὕδατος τᾷ κάλπιδι κηρία βάψαι Theoc. 5.127; ἀρύταιναν.. ἐκ μέσου βάψασα τοῦ λέβητος ζέοντος ὕδατος draw water by dipping the bucket, Antiph. 25, cf. Thphr. Char. 9.8; βάψασα ποντίας ἁλός (sc. τὸ τεῦχος) having dipped it so as to draw water from the sea, E. Hec. 610.
4. baptize, Arr. Epict. 2.9.20 (Pass.).
II intr.,
1. ναῦς ἔβαψεν the ship dipped, sank, E. Or. 707; β. εἰς ψυχρὸν [αἱ ἐγχέλυς ] Arist. HA 592a18; εἰ δ' ὁ μὲν (sc. ἠέλιος) ἀνέφελος βάπτοι ῥόου ἑσπερίοιο Arat. 858 (ῥόον Sch.): c. acc., νῆα.. βάπτουσαν ἤδη κῦμα κυρτόν dipping into.., Babr. 71.2: — also Med., ποταμοῖο ἐβάψατο Arat. 951.
2. βάψας (sc. τὴν κώπην) Ar. Fr. 225. (Cf. O Norse kuefia 'dip'.)
βάπτω ,
[in LXX chiefly for H2881;]
(a) to dip: Luke 16:24, John 13:26 (ἐμβ -, L);
(b) to dip in dye, to dye: Revelation 19:13 (Rec.; ῥεραντισμένον , WH; περιρεραμμένον , T; ῥεραμμένον , Swete, in l, q.v.).†
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In P Tebt II. 287.8 (A.D. 161–9) the fullers and dyers of the Arsinoite nome appeal against a tax that had been imposed upon their trades—οἱ μέ ]ν ̣ ε ̣ι ̣̔̓[σι ]γναφεῖς ο [ἱ δὲ ]βαφεῖς τ ̣ῂν ̣ ἐργασίαν , δίδονται δὲ ὑπὲρ τέλους κτλ . For the τέλος βαφέων see also Ostr 700, 1068 (both ii/A.D.), and 1516 (ii/B.C.). In P Par 52.10, 53.5 (B.C. 163–2) βαπτά = ";coloured garments"; : cf. P Oxy X. 1293.24 (A.D. 117–38) εἰς βαφὴν ἐρ [ί ]δια , ";wool to be dyed."; A late instance of the verb in this sense may be cited from P Iand 17.7 (vi/vii A.D.).
The verb is restored by the editors in the uncanonical Gospel fragment, P Oxy V. 840.43 ἐγὼ δὲ καὶ οἱ [μαθηταί μου ] οὓς λέγεις μὴ βεβα [πτίσθαι βεβά ]μμεθα ἐν ὕδασι ζω [ῆς αἰωνίου : cf. Epict. ii. 9. 20 ὅταν δ᾽ ἀναλάβῃ τὸ πάθος τὸ τοῦ βεβαμμένου καὶ ᾑρημένου , τότε καὶ ἔστι τῷ ὄντι καὶ καλεῖται Ἰουδαῖος , where βεβαμμένου seems to refer to baptism and ᾑρημένου to circumcision (see Sharp Epictetus and the NT, p. 134 f.).
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