βάπτ-ισμα G0908
Baptism; the rite of water immersion signifying repentance or union with Christ's death and resurrection.
The Greek noun for the distinctively Christian and Johannine rite of water immersion. It appears in two broad contexts: John's baptism of repentance (Matt 3:7; Mark 1:4; Luke 7:29) and the baptism Jesus speaks of metaphorically as his coming suffering (Matt 20:22-23; Mark 10:38-39; Luke 12:50). The apostolic letters then develop baptism as union with Christ's death and resurrection (Rom 6:4; Col 2:12). Every target language borrows or adapts the Greek root -- 'bautismo' (spa), 'baptême' (fra), 'Taufe' (deu) -- testifying to the word's cross-cultural centrality in Christian practice.
Senses
1. sense 1 — The rite or act of baptism -- immersion in water as a religious ceremony. In the Gospels it denotes both John's preparatory baptism of repentance (Matt 3:7; Mark 1:4; Acts 1:22) and the metaphorical 'baptism' of suffering that Jesus anticipated (Matt 20:22-23; Mark 10:38-39). In the Epistles it signifies the believer's identification with Christ's death, burial, and resurrection (Rom 6:4; Eph 4:5; Col 2:12; 1 Pet 3:21). Cross-lingual uniformity -- 'baptism' (eng), 'bautismo' (spa), 'baptême' (fra), 'Taufe' (deu) -- reflects the universality of the rite across Christian traditions. 21×
AR["المَعموديَّةَ", "المَعمودِيَّةِ", "بِمَعْمُودِيَّةِ", "مَعموديَّةَ", "مَعموديَّةُ", "مَعمودِيَّةَ", "مَعمودِيَّةُ", "مَعْمُودِيَّةٌ", "مَعْمُودِيَّةَ", "مَعْمُودِيَّةُ", "مَعْمُودِيَّةِ", "مَعْمُودِيَّتِهِ", "واحِدَةٌ"]·ben["-যোহনের", "বাপ্তিস্ম", "বাপ্তিস্মে", "বাপ্তিস্মের", "যোহনের"]·DE["Taufe"]·EN["a-baptism", "a-baptism-", "baptism"]·FR["baptême"]·heb["הַטְּבִילָה", "טְּבִילָה", "טְבִילַת", "טְבִילָה"]·HI["तक", "बपतिस्मा", "बपतिस्मा-से", "बप्तिस्म"]·ID["Baptisan", "baptisan", "baptisan;"]·IT["battesimo"]·jav["Baptisan", "baptis", "baptis;", "baptisan", "baptisanipun"]·KO["세례", "세례-를", "세례-부터", "세례;", "세례는", "세례로", "세례를", "세례만을", "침례를"]·PT["batismo", "batismo.", "batismo;", "o-batismo"]·RU["Крещение", "в-", "крещение", "крещение.", "крещение;", "крещением", "крещения"]·ES["bautismo", "un-bautismo"]·SW["-", "ambao", "mimi", "ubatizo"]·TR["vaftiz", "vaftizden", "vaftizi", "vaftiziine", "vaftizin", "vaftizinden", "vaftizini", "vaftiziyle"]·urd["بپتسمہ", "بپتسمے"]
Matt 3:7, Matt 20:22, Matt 20:23, Matt 21:25, Mark 1:4, Mark 10:38, Mark 10:39, Mark 11:30, Luke 3:3, Luke 7:29, Luke 12:50, Luke 20:4 (+9 more)
Related Senses
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
βάπτ-ισμα, ατος, τό, baptism, NT