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Greek verb · G907

βαπτίζω

baptizobap-tid'-zo

generally (in Polyb., iii, 72, of soldiers; to perform ablutions, wash oneself, bathe

76 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: baptízō

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G907is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 8 of 27
    New Testament books
  • 30
    spellings
  • 2
    meanings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · G907

to immerse, submerge; to make whelmed (i.e. fully wet); used only (in the New Testament) of ceremonial ablution, especially (technically) of the ordinance of Christian baptism

The King James renders it: Baptist, baptize, wash.

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

baptizo is rendered "generally (in Polyb., iii, 72, of soldiers; to perform ablutions, wash oneself, bathe". It stands 76 times in the Greek text, across eight books.

  • Twenty-one of the uses stand in Acts, more than in any other book.
  • The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "generally (in Polyb., iii, 72, of soldiers".
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 3:6Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River.
  • The Greek text spells it thirty different ways.

The first use

Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River.

Matthew 3:6ἐβαπτίζοντο

The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.

Where the word stands

Twenty-one of the word's seventy-six uses are in Acts.

The other 19 New Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

The word carries two meanings: generally (in Polyb., iii, 72, of soldiers, and to perform ablutions, wash oneself, bathe.

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

The English STEP Bible gives each use, word by word, and how many times.
generally (in Polyb., iii, 72, of soldierswading breast-deepTagged as
  • to be baptized8
  • were baptized6
  • baptized5
  • having been baptized5
  • baptize3
  • I baptized3
  • were being baptized3
  • will baptize3

and 16 more, 60 uses in all

WhereMark 10:38“You do not know what you are asking,” Jesus replied. “Can you drink the cup I will drink…
to perform ablutions, wash oneself, bathe(Ki, Jth, Si, ll. with): Mrk.7:4; aor. pass, in same sense, Luk.11:38. __3 Of ablution, immersion, as a religious rite, to baptizeTagged as
  • baptizing9
  • to baptize3
  • baptize you1
  • He washed1
  • is baptizing1
  • they shall wash1
WhereMark 1:4John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness…

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

βάπτισμαbaptismabaptismUses19
βάπτωbaptoto dipUses4
βαπτισμόςbaptismosbaptismUses4

The words it stands beside

All 76, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

30 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • βαπτισθῆναι10
  • βαπτίζων6
  • ἐβαπτίσθη5
  • ἐβαπτίζοντο4
  • ἐβάπτισα4
  • ἐβάπτισεν4
  • ἐβαπτίσθητε4
  • βαπτίζω3
  • βαπτίσει3
  • βαπτισθήσεσθε3
  • ἐβαπτίσθημεν3
  • ἐβαπτίσθησαν3

and 18 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • verb · aorist passive, infinitive (“to…”)10V-APN
  • verb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular7V-PAP-NSM
  • verb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singular5V-API-3S
  • verb · imperfect passive, indicative · 3rd person plural5V-IPI-3P
  • verb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singular4V-AAI-1S
  • verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singular4V-AAI-3S
  • verb · aorist passive, indicative · 2nd person plural4V-API-2P
  • verb · aorist passive, indicative · 1st person plural3V-API-1P
  • verb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person plural3V-API-3P
  • verb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singular3V-FAI-3S
  • verb · future passive, indicative · 2nd person plural3V-FPI-2P
  • verb · present active, indicative · 1st person singular3V-PAI-1S

Matthew

seven uses
  • Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River.

    Matthew 3:6

    • ἐβαπτίζοντοebaptizontoverb · imperfect passive, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: were being baptized
  • I baptize you with water for repentance, but after me will come One more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.

    Matthew 3:11

    • βαπτίζωbaptizoverb · present active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: baptize
    • βαπτίσειbaptiseiverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will baptize
  • At that time Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to be baptized by John.

    Matthew 3:13

    • βαπτισθῆναιbaptisthenaiverb · aorist passive, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to be baptized
  • But John tried to prevent Him, saying, “I need to be baptized by You, and do You come to me?”

    Matthew 3:14

    • βαπτισθῆναιbaptisthenaiverb · aorist passive, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to be baptized
  • As soon as Jesus was baptized, He went up out of the water. Suddenly the heavens were opened, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and resting on Him.

    Matthew 3:16

    • Βαπτισθεὶςbaptistheisverb · aorist passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: Having been baptized
  • Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,

    Matthew 28:19

    • βαπτίζοντεςbaptizontesverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: baptizing

Mark

twelve uses
  • John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.

    Mark 1:4

    • βαπτίζωνbaptizonverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: is baptizing
  • People went out to him from all of Jerusalem and the countryside of Judea. Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River.

    Mark 1:5

    • ἐβαπτίζοντοebaptizontoverb · imperfect passive, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: were being baptized
  • I baptize you with water, but He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”

    Mark 1:8

    • ἐβάπτισαebaptisaverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: baptized
    • βαπτίσειbaptiseiverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will baptize
  • In those days Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan.

    Mark 1:9

    • ἐβαπτίσθηebaptistheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was baptized
  • Now King Herod heard about this, for Jesus’ name had become well known, and people were saying, “John the Baptist has risen from the dead! That is why miraculous powers are at work in him.”

    Mark 6:14

    • βαπτίζωνbaptizonverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: baptizing
  • Then she went out and asked her mother, “What should I request?” And her mother answered, “The head of John the Baptist.”

    Mark 6:24

    • βαπτίζοντοςbaptizontosverb · present active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: baptizing
  • And on returning from the market, they do not eat unless they wash. And there are many other traditions for them to observe, including the washing of cups, pitchers, kettles, and couches for dining.

    Mark 7:4

    • βαπτίσωνταιbaptisontaiverb · aorist middle, subjunctive · 3rd person pluraltagged: they shall wash
  • “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?”

    Mark 10:38

    • βαπτίζομαιbaptizomaiverb · present passive, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: am baptized
    • βαπτισθῆναιbaptisthenaiverb · aorist passive, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to be baptized
  • “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.

    Mark 10:39

    • βαπτίζομαιbaptizomaiverb · present passive, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: am baptized
    • βαπτισθήσεσθεbaptisthesestheverb · future passive, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you will be baptized

Luke

ten uses
  • Then John said to the crowds coming out to be baptized by him, “You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

    Luke 3:7

    • βαπτισθῆναιbaptisthenaiverb · aorist passive, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to be baptized
  • Even tax collectors came to be baptized. “Teacher,” they asked, “what should we do?”

    Luke 3:12

    • βαπτισθῆναιbaptisthenaiverb · aorist passive, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to be baptized
  • John answered all of them: “I baptize you with water, but One more powerful than I will come, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.

    Luke 3:16

    • βαπτίζωbaptizoverb · present active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: baptize
    • βαπτίσειbaptiseiverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will baptize
  • When all the people were being baptized, Jesus was baptized too. And as He was praying, heaven was opened,

    Luke 3:21

    • βαπτισθῆναιbaptisthenaiverb · aorist passive, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: baptizing
    • βαπτισθέντοςbaptisthentosverb · aorist passive, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: having been baptized
  • All the people who heard this, even the tax collectors, acknowledged God’s justice. For they had received the baptism of John.

    Luke 7:29

    • βαπτισθέντεςbaptisthentesverb · aorist passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: having been baptized
  • But the Pharisees and experts in the law rejected God’s purpose for themselves, because they had not been baptized by John.

    Luke 7:30

    • βαπτισθέντεςbaptisthentesverb · aorist passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: having been baptized
  • But the Pharisee was surprised to see that Jesus did not first wash before the meal.

    Luke 11:38

    • ἐβαπτίσθηebaptistheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He washed
  • But I have a baptism to undergo, and how distressed I am until it is accomplished!

    Luke 12:50

    • βαπτισθῆναιbaptisthenaiverb · aorist passive, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to be baptized

John

thirteen uses
  • asked him, “Why then do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”

    John 1:25

    • βαπτίζειςbaptizeisverb · present active, indicative · 2nd person singulartagged: baptize you
  • “I baptize with water,” John replied, “but among you stands One you do not know.

    John 1:26

    • βαπτίζωbaptizoverb · present active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: baptize
  • All this happened at Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.

    John 1:28

    • βαπτίζων.¶baptizonverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: baptizing
  • I myself did not know Him, but the reason I came baptizing with water was that He might be revealed to Israel.”

    John 1:31

    • βαπτίζωνbaptizonverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: baptizing
  • I myself did not know Him, but the One who sent me to baptize with water told me, ‘The man on whom you see the Spirit descend and rest is He who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’

    John 1:33

    • βαπτίζεινbaptizeinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to baptize
    • βαπτίζωνbaptizonverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: baptizing
  • After this, Jesus and His disciples went into the Judean countryside, where He spent some time with them and baptized.

    John 3:22

    • ἐβάπτιζενebaptizenverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was baptizing
  • Now John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because the water was plentiful there, and people kept coming to be baptized.

    John 3:23

    • βαπτίζωνbaptizonverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: baptizing
    • ἐβαπτίζοντοebaptizontoverb · imperfect passive, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: were being baptized
  • So John’s disciples came to him and said, “Look, Rabbi, the One who was with you beyond the Jordan, the One you testified about—He is baptizing, and everyone is going to Him.”

    John 3:26

    • βαπτίζειbaptizeiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: baptizes
  • When Jesus realized that the Pharisees were aware He was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John

    John 4:1

    • βαπτίζειbaptizeiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: baptizes
  • (although it was not Jesus who baptized, but His disciples),

    John 4:2

    • ἐβάπτιζενebaptizenverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was baptizing
  • Then Jesus went back across the Jordan to the place where John had first been baptizing, and He stayed there.

    John 10:40

    • βαπτίζωνbaptizonverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: baptizing

Acts

twenty-one uses
  • For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.”

    Acts 1:5

    • ἐβάπτισενebaptisenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: baptized
    • βαπτισθήσεσθεbaptisthesestheverb · future passive, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: will be baptized
  • Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

    Acts 2:38

    • βαπτισθήτωbaptisthetoverb · aorist passive, command · 3rd person singulartagged: should be baptized
  • Those who embraced his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to the believers that day.

    Acts 2:41

    • ἐβαπτίσθησανebaptisthesanverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: were baptized
  • But when they believed Philip as he preached the gospel of the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.

    Acts 8:12

    • ἐβαπτίζοντοebaptizontoverb · imperfect passive, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they were baptized
  • Even Simon himself believed and was baptized. He followed Philip closely and was astounded by the great signs and miracles he observed.

    Acts 8:13

    • βαπτισθεὶςbaptistheisverb · aorist passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having been baptized
  • For the Holy Spirit had not yet fallen upon any of them; they had simply been baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus.

    Acts 8:16

    • βεβαπτισμένοιbebaptismenoiverb · perfect passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: baptized
  • As they traveled along the road and came to some water, the eunuch said, “Look, here is water! What is there to prevent me from being baptized?”

    Acts 8:36

    • βαπτισθῆναιbaptisthenaiverb · aorist passive, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to be baptized
  • And he gave orders to stop the chariot. Then both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water, and Philip baptized him.

    Acts 8:38

    • ἐβάπτισενebaptisenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he baptized
  • At that instant, something like scales fell from Saul’s eyes, and his sight was restored. He got up and was baptized,

    Acts 9:18

    • ἐβαπτίσθηebaptistheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he was baptized
  • “Can anyone withhold the water to baptize these people? They have received the Holy Spirit just as we have!”

    Acts 10:47

    • βαπτισθῆναιbaptisthenaiverb · aorist passive, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to baptize
  • So he ordered that they be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to stay for a few days.

    Acts 10:48

    • βαπτισθῆναιbaptisthenaiverb · aorist passive, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to be baptized
  • Then I remembered the word of the Lord, as He used to say, ‘John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’

    Acts 11:16

    • ἐβάπτισενebaptisenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: baptized
    • βαπτισθήσεσθεbaptisthesestheverb · future passive, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: will be baptized
  • And when she and her household had been baptized, she urged us, “If you consider me a believer in the Lord, come and stay at my house.” And she persuaded us.

    Acts 16:15

    • ἐβαπτίσθηebaptistheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: she was baptized
  • At that hour of the night, the jailer took them and washed their wounds. And without delay, he and all his household were baptized.

    Acts 16:33

    • ἐβαπτίσθηebaptistheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he was baptized
  • Crispus, the synagogue leader, and his whole household believed in the Lord. And many of the Corinthians who heard the message believed and were baptized.

    Acts 18:8

    • ἐβαπτίζοντο.¶ebaptizontoverb · imperfect passive, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: were baptized
  • “Into what, then, were you baptized?” Paul asked. “The baptism of John,” they replied.

    Acts 19:3

    • ἐβαπτίσθητεebaptistheteverb · aorist passive, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: were you baptized
  • 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.”

    Acts 19:4

    • ἐβάπτισενebaptisenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: baptized
  • On hearing this, they were baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus.

    Acts 19:5

    • ἐβαπτίσθησανebaptisthesanverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they were baptized
  • And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized, and wash your sins away, calling on His name.’

    Acts 22:16

    • βάπτισαιbaptisaiverb · aorist middle, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do yourself be baptized

Romans

two uses
  • Or aren’t you aware that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death?

    Romans 6:3

    • ἐβαπτίσθημενebaptisthemenverb · aorist passive, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: were baptized
    • ἐβαπτίσθημενebaptisthemenverb · aorist passive, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: were baptized

1 Corinthians

ten uses
  • Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Were you baptized into the name of Paul?

    1 Corinthians 1:13

    • ἐβαπτίσθητεebaptistheteverb · aorist passive, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: were you baptized
  • I thank God that I did not baptize any of you except Crispus and Gaius,

    1 Corinthians 1:14

    • ἐβάπτισαebaptisaverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I baptized
  • so no one can say that you were baptized into my name.

    1 Corinthians 1:15

    • ἐβαπτίσθητεebaptistheteverb · aorist passive, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you were baptized
  • Yes, I also baptized the household of Stephanas; beyond that I do not remember if I baptized anyone else.

    1 Corinthians 1:16

    • ἐβάπτισαebaptisaverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I baptized
    • ἐβάπτισαebaptisaverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I baptized
  • For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, not with words of wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.

    1 Corinthians 1:17

    • βαπτίζεινbaptizeinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to baptize
  • They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea.

    1 Corinthians 10:2

    • ἐβαπτίσθησανebaptisthesanverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: were baptized
  • For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free, and we were all given one Spirit to drink.

    1 Corinthians 12:13

    • ἐβαπτίσθημενebaptisthemenverb · aorist passive, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: were baptized
  • If these things are not so, what will those do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people baptized for them?

    1 Corinthians 15:29

    • βαπτιζόμενοιbaptizomenoiverb · present passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: are baptized
    • βαπτίζονταιbaptizontaiverb · present passive, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: are they baptized

Galatians

one use
  • For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.

    Galatians 3:27

    • ἐβαπτίσθητεebaptistheteverb · aorist passive, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you were baptized

Where it leads

How the numbers are counted

Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.

The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.

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Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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