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βάπτισμα

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greekNew TestamentNoun · neuter19 occurrences7 books19 verses

Definition

βάπτισμα, -τος, τό (βαπτίζω), prop., the result of the act, τὸ βαπτίζειν, as distinct from βαπτισμός, the act itself,

immersion, baptism;

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

2. Of the religious rite of baptism;

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

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

Usage patterns

Old TestamentNew Testament

Occurrences

19 total
  1. Matthew 3:7βάπτισμα · baptism
    But when John saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his place of baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?
  2. Matthew 21:25βάπτισμα · baptism
    What was the source of John’s baptism? Was it from heaven or from men?” They deliberated among themselves and said, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will ask, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’
  3. Mark 1:4βάπτισμα · [a] baptism
    John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.
  4. Mark 10:38βάπτισμα · baptism
    “You do not know what you are asking,” Jesus replied. “Can you drink the cup I will drink, or be baptized with the baptism I will undergo?”
  5. Mark 10:39βάπτισμα · baptism
    “We can,” the brothers answered. “You will drink the cup that I drink,” Jesus said, “and you will be baptized with the baptism that I undergo.
  6. Mark 11:30βάπτισμα · baptism
    John’s baptism—was it from heaven or from men? Answer Me!”
  7. Luke 3:3βάπτισμα · a baptism
    He went into all the region around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins,
  8. Luke 7:29βάπτισμα
    All the people who heard this, even the tax collectors, acknowledged God’s justice. For they had received the baptism of John.
  9. Luke 12:50βάπτισμα · a baptism
    But I have a baptism to undergo, and how distressed I am until it is accomplished!
  10. Luke 20:4βάπτισμα · baptism
    John’s baptism—was it from heaven, or from men?”
  11. Acts 1:22βαπτίσματος · baptism
    …beginning from John’s baptism until the day Jesus was taken up from us. For one of these must become a witness with us of His resurrection.”
  12. Acts 10:37βάπτισμα · baptism
    You yourselves know what has happened throughout Judea, beginning in Galilee with the baptism that John proclaimed:
  13. Acts 13:24βάπτισμα · a baptism
    Before the arrival of Jesus, John preached a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.
  14. Acts 18:25βάπτισμα · baptism
    He had been instructed in the way of the Lord and was fervent in spirit. He spoke and taught accurately about Jesus, though he knew only the baptism of John.
  15. Acts 19:3βάπτισμα · baptism
    “Into what, then, were you baptized?” Paul asked. “The baptism of John,” they replied.
  16. Acts 19:4βάπτισμα · a baptism
    Paul explained: “John’s baptism was a baptism of repentance. He told the people to believe in the One coming after him, that is, in Jesus.”
  17. Romans 6:4βαπτίσματος · baptism
    We were therefore buried with Him through baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may walk in newness of life.
  18. Ephesians 4:5βάπτισμα · baptism
    …one Lord, one faith, one baptism;
  19. 1 Peter 3:21βάπτισμα · [the] baptism
    And this water symbolizes the baptism that now saves you also—not the removal of dirt from the body, but the pledge of a clear conscience toward God—through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,