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the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33

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Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #908 - βάπτισμα

Transliteration

báptisma

Phonetics

bap'-tis-mah

Origin

from (G907)

Parts of Speech

neuter noun

TDNT

1:545,92

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

immersion, submersion
1. of calamities and afflictions with which one is quite overwhelmed
2. of John's baptism, that purification rite by which men on confessing their sins were bound to 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. This was valid Christian baptism, as this was the only baptism the apostles received and it is not recorded anywhere that they were ever rebaptised after Pentecost.
3. of Christian baptism; a rite of immersion in water as commanded by Christ, by which one after confessing his sins and professing his faith in Christ, having been born again by the Holy Spirit unto a new life, identifies publicly with the fellowship of Christ and the church.

In Rom. 6:3 Paul states we are "baptised unto death" meaning that weare not only dead to our former ways, but they are buried. To return to them is as unthinkable for a Christian as for one to dig up a dead corpse!

In Moslem countries a new believer has little trouble with Moslems until he is publicly baptised. It is then, that the Moslems' know he means business and the persecution starts. See also the discussion of baptism under No. 907.

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (20)

Matthew 2

Mark 4

Luke 4

Acts 6

Romans 1

Ephesians 1

Colossians 1

1 Peter 1

BSB (18)

Matthew 2

Mark 4

Luke 4

Acts 6

Romans 1

Ephesians 1

1 Peter 1

CSB (19)

Matthew 2

Mark 4

Luke 4

Acts 6

Romans 1

Ephesians 1

1 Peter 1

ESV (20)

Matthew 2

Mark 4

Luke 4

Acts 6

Romans 1

Ephesians 1

Colossians 1

1 Peter 1

KJV (22)

Matthew 4

Mark 4

Luke 4

Acts 6

Romans 1

Ephesians 1

Colossians 1

1 Peter 1

LEB (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (19)

Matthew 2

Mark 4

Luke 4

Acts 6

Romans 1

Ephesians 1

1 Peter 1

N95 (20)

Matthew 2

Mark 4

Luke 4

Acts 6

Romans 1

Ephesians 1

Colossians 1

1 Peter 1

NAS (19)

Matthew 2

Mark 4

Luke 4

Acts 6

Romans 1

Ephesians 1

Colossians 1

1 Peter 1

NLT (19)

Matthew 3

Mark 8

Luke 8

Acts 8

Romans 1

Ephesians 1

1 Peter 1

WEB (22)

Matthew 4

Mark 4

Luke 4

Acts 6

Romans 1

Ephesians 1

Colossians 1

1 Peter 1

YLT (17)

Matthew 1

Mark 3

Luke 4

Acts 6

Romans 1

Ephesians 1

1 Peter 1

ASV (20)

a baptism 1

baptism 6

the baptism 10

with the baptism 3

BSB (18)

a baptism 5

baptism 12

the baptism 1

CSB (19)

baptism 14

the baptism 5

ESV (20)

baptism 20

KJV (22)

baptism 22

LEB (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (19)

baptism 19

N95 (20)

baptism 20

NAS (19)

baptism 19

NLT (19)

baptism 10

baptize 4

baptized 5

WEB (22)

a baptism 1

baptism 6

of baptism 1

the baptism 10

with the baptism 4

YLT (17)

a baptism 4

baptism 11

us - baptism 1

with a baptism 1

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

N-ASN 15

N-DSN 1

N-GSN 2

N-NSN 4

ANT

N-ASN 14

N-DSN 1

N-GSN 2

N-NSN 5

BEZ

N-ASN 12

N-GSN 2

N-NSN 7

BGB

N-ASN 14

N-DSN 1

N-GSN 2

N-NSN 5

BMT

N-ASN 14

N-DSN 1

N-GSN 2

N-NSN 5

BYZ

N-ASN 14

N-DSN 1

N-GSN 2

N-NSN 5

ELZ

N-ASN 12

N-GSN 2

N-NSN 5

NA26

N-ASN 12

N-GSN 2

N-NSN 5

SBL

N-ASN 14

N-DSN 1

N-GSN 2

N-NSN 5

SCV

N-ASN 14

N-DSN 1

N-GSN 2

N-NSN 5

STV

N-ASN 12

N-DSN 1

N-GSN 2

N-NSN 5

TIS

N-ASN 14

N-DSN 1

N-GSN 2

N-NSN 5

N-ASN 12

N-DSN 1

N-GSN 2

N-NSN 5

TRG

N-ASN 12

N-GSN 2

N-NSN 5

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

βάπτ-ισμα, ατος, τό,

baptism, Matthew 3:7, etc.; β. εἰς τὸν θάνατον Romans 6:4.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

βάπτισμα, 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: Matthew 20:22f Rec.; Mark 10:38; Luke 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: Matthew 3:7; Matthew 21:25; Mark 11:30; Luke 7:29; Luke 20:4; Acts 1:22; Acts 10:37; Acts 18:25; (); βάπτισμα μετανοίας, binding to repentance (Winer's Grammar, 188 (177)), Mark 1:4; Luke 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 Corinthians 12:13), and are made partakers of eternal salvation; (but see article in BB. DD., McClintock and Strong's Cyclopaedia, Schaff-Herzog): Ephesians 4:5; Colossians 2:12 (L marginal reading Tr βαπτισμῷ which see); 1 Peter 3:21; εἰς τόν θάνατον Romans 6:4 (see βαπτίζω, II.

b. aa. at the end). (Trench, § xcix.)

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

† βάπτισμα , -τος , τό

(< βαπτίζω ),

prop., the result of the act, τὸ βαπτίζειν , as distinct from βαπτισμός , the act itself, immersion, baptism;

1. metaph., of affliction: Mark 10:38-39, Luke 12:50.

2. Of the religious rite of baptism;

(a) of John's baptism: Matthew 3:7; Matthew 21:25, Mark 11:30, Luke 7:29; Luke 20:4, Acts 1:22; Acts 10:37; Acts 18:25; Acts 19:3; β . μετανοίας , Mark 1:4, Luke 3:3, Acts 13:24; Acts 19:4;

(b) of Christian baptism; Romans 6:4, Ephesians 4:5, Colossians 2:12 (Tr., -μῷ , q.v.), 1 Peter 3:21 (cf. Cremer, 130; Tr., Syn. § xcix).†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

The word is restored by the editor in the new fragment of an uncanonical Gospel, P Oxy X.1224, Fr. 2 verso i. 4 (iv/A.D.) τί β ]ά [πτισμ ]α καινὸν [κηρύσσειν (sc. φασὶν ) ";what is the new baptism that they say thou dost preach?";—where for β . κηρύσσειν he compares Mark 1:4, and for the likelihood of questions concerning a ";new baptism,"; John 4:1 f.. That the noun is ";peculiar to NT and eccl. writ."; (Grimm) is of course natural : the new use to which the verb was put as a term. techn. demanded a corresponding noun. The same may be said of βαπτισμός and βαπτιστής , which only occur certainly in Josephus’s account of John the Baptist : see further s.v. βαπτισμός .

List of Word Forms

βαπτισμα βάπτισμα βαπτισματι βαπτίσματι βαπτισματος βαπτίσματος βαπτισμῷ baptisma báptisma baptismatos baptísmatos baptismo baptismō baptismôi baptismō̂i