Baptism
βαπτισμόςStrong’s G0909baptismos
Appears in 5 verses of the New Testament
In short
Baptismos is the Greek word usually translated “washings”, “baptism” and “about baptisms”. It appears in 5 verses of the New Testament.
“And when they come from the market, except they wash, they eat not. And many other things there be, which they have received to hold, as the washing of cups, and pots, brasen vessels, and of tables.”
Meaning
Usually translated “washings”, “baptism” and “about baptisms”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- washings 3
- baptism 1
- about baptisms 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Mark 2
- Hebrews 2
- Colossians 1
3 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Mark 7:8For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do.
- Colossians 2:12Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.
- Hebrews 6:2Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.
- Hebrews 9:10Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation.
Greek dictionary
βαπτισμός baptismos · baptism
βαπτισμός, -οῦ, ὁ (βαπτίζω), prop., the act of which βάπτισμα is the result; 1. a dipping, washing, lustration: Mrk.7:4; of Jewish ceremonial. Heb.9:10; in Heb.6:2, βαπτισμῶν διδαχήν (-ῆς), "the pl. and the peculiar form seem to be used to include Christian baptism with other lustral rites" (Westc, in l.). 2. baptism: FlJ, Ant., 18, 5, 2 (of John's baptism), and some Fathers (see Soph., see word). Not so in NT, unless ἐν τ. βαπτισμῷ, in the act of baptism, Col.2:12, be read with Tr. (Rec., WH, R, -ματι). † (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “baptism” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
BAP'TISM, noun
[Gr. to baptize.]
- The application of water to a person, as a sacrament or religious ceremony, by which he is initiated into the visible church of Christ.
- The sufferings of Christ.
- So much of the gospel as was preached by John, the Baptist. Acts 18:25
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.