Lexical Summary baptistēs: a baptizer Original Word: βαπτιστήςTransliteration: baptistēs Phonetic Spelling: (bap-tis-tace') Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Short Definition: a baptizer Meaning: Baptist -- a baptizer Strong's Concordance Baptist. From baptizo; a baptizer, as an epithet of Christ's forerunner -- Baptist. see GREEK baptizo Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 910: βαπτιστήςβαπτιστής, βαπτιστοῦ, ὁ (βαπτίζω), a baptizer; one who administers the rite of baptism; the surname of John, the forerunner of Christ: Matthew 3:1; Matthew 11:11f; (Matthew 14:2, 8; Matthew 16:14; Matthew 17:13); Mark 6:24 (T Tr WH τοῦ βαπτίζοντος), Mark 6:25; Mark 8:28; Luke 7:20, 28 (T Tr WH omit), Luke 7:38; Luke 9:19; also given him by Josephus, Antiquities 18, 5, 2, and found in no other secular writings (Joh. d. Täufer by Breest (1881), Köhler (1884).) |
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