βαπτισμός
baptismos · washing
Greek word · Strong’s number G909 · appears 4 times in the Bible
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baptismos (βαπτισμός) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “washing”.
A ritual immersion.
How to say it
bap·tis·mos
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Washing by putting in water.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- immersions ×3
- immersion ×1
Related words
Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Mark 7:4
and when they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they immerse themselves; and there are many other things that they have received to hold to, immersions of cups and pitchers and copper pots and dining couches.)
- Colossians 2:12
having been buried with him in the immersion, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.
- Hebrews 6:2
teaching about immersions, and laying on of hands, and resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment.
- Hebrews 9:10
resting only on foods and drinks and various immersions, regulations for the flesh imposed until a time of reformation.