Baptisma βάπτισμα

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Baptisma
βάπτισμα
Transliterationbaptisma
Strong's numberG908
LanguageGreek
Part of speechneuter noun
Glossbaptism
Occurrences21 in 21 verses
Most frequent inActs (6)

Baptisma (Greek βάπτισμα, Strong's G908) is a Greek neuter noun meaning “baptism”. It occurs 21 times in 21 verses of the New Testament.

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: Mrk.10:38, 39 Luk.12:50.
2. Of the religious rite of baptism;
(a) of John's baptism: Mat.3:7 21:25, Mrk.11:30, Luk.7:29 20:4, Act.1:22 10:37 18:25 19:3; β. μετανοίας, Mrk.1:4, Luk.3:3, Act.13:24 19:4;
(b) of Christian baptism; Rom.6:4, Eph.4:5, Col.2:12 (Tr., -μῷ, which see), 1Pe.3:21 (cf. Cremer, 130; Tr., Syn. §xcix).
† (AS)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVbaptism (22)
BSBbaptism (18)

Topics

Verses

Every verse with Baptisma, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Matthew

Mark

Luke

Acts

Romans

Ephesians

1 Peter

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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