Lexicon baptismos: (the act of) a dipping or washing Original Word: βαπτισμός, οῦ, ὁPart of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: baptismos Phonetic Spelling: (bap-tis-mos') Short Definition: dipping, washing Definition: dipping, washing (of a ceremonial character). HELPS word-Studies Cognate: 909 baptismós – properly, submergings (always in the plural in the NT); (figuratively) ceremonial washings (Mk 7:4; Heb 9:10) or the profound realities of spiritual and water baptism (Heb 6:2). See 907 (baptizō). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom baptizóDefinition(the act of) a dipping or washing NASB Translationwashing (1), washings (2).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 909: βαπτισμόςβαπτισμός, βαπτισμου, ὁ ( βαπτίζω), a washing, purification effected by means of water: Mark 7:4, 8 ( R G L Tr in brackets) ( ξεστῶν καί ποτηρίων); of the washings prescribed by the Mosaic law, Hebrews 9:10. βαπτισμῶν διδαχῆς equivalent to διδαχῆς περί βαπτισμῶν, Hebrews 6:2 (where L text, WH text, βαπτισμῶν διδαχῆς), which seems to mean an exposition of the difference between the washings prescribed by the Mosaic law and Christian baptism. (Among secular writings Josephus alone, Antiquities 18, 5, 2, uses the word, and of John's baptism; (respecting its interchange with βάπτισμα cf. examples in Sophocles Lexicon, under the word 2 and Lightfoot on Colossians 2:12, where L marginal reading Tr read βαπτισμός; cf. Trench, § xcix.).)
Strong's baptism, washing. From baptizo; ablution (ceremonial or Christian) -- baptism, washing. see GREEK baptizo |
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