Greek noun (neuter) · G908
βάπτισμα
baptismabap'-tis-mah
metaphorically, of affliction; Of the religious rite of baptism
19 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: báptisma
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G908is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 7 of 27New Testament books
- 3spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G908
baptism (technically or figuratively)
The King James renders it: baptism.
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
baptisma is rendered "metaphorically, of affliction; Of the religious rite of baptism". It stands 19 times in the Greek text, across seven books.
- Six of the uses stand in Acts, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "metaphorically, of affliction".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 3:7But when John saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his place of baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?
- The Greek text spells it three different ways.
The first use
But when John saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his place of baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?
Matthew 3:7βάπτισμα
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: metaphorically, of affliction, and Of the religious rite of baptism.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| metaphorically, of afflictionMrk.10:38, 39 Luk.12:50. | Tagged as
| WhereMark 10:38“You do not know what you are asking,” Jesus replied. “Can you drink the cup I will drink… |
| Of the religious rite of baptism__(a) of John's baptism | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 3:7But when John saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his place of baptism… |
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.
The words it stands beside
All 19, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
3 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
- βάπτισμα16
- βαπτίσματος2
- βάπτισμα.¶1
The grammar of each form
- noun · accusative (object) · neuter singular12N-ASN
- noun · nominative (subject) · neuter singular5N-NSN
- noun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singular2N-GSN
Matthew
two uses
But when John saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his place of baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?
- βάπτισμαbaptismanoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: baptism
What was the source of John’s baptism? Was it from heaven or from men?” They deliberated among themselves and said, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will ask, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’
- βάπτισμαbaptismanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: baptism
Mark
four uses
John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.
- βάπτισμαbaptismanoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: baptism
“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?”
- βάπτισμαbaptismanoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: baptism
“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.
- βάπτισμαbaptismanoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: baptism
John’s baptism—was it from heaven or from men? Answer Me!”
- βάπτισμαbaptismanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: baptism
Luke
four uses
He went into all the region around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins,
- βάπτισμαbaptismanoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: a baptism
All the people who heard this, even the tax collectors, acknowledged God’s justice. For they had received the baptism of John.
- βάπτισμαbaptismanoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: baptism
But I have a baptism to undergo, and how distressed I am until it is accomplished!
- βάπτισμαbaptismanoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: Baptism
John’s baptism—was it from heaven, or from men?”
- βάπτισμαbaptismanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: baptism
Acts
six uses
beginning from John’s baptism until the day Jesus was taken up from us. For one of these must become a witness with us of His resurrection.”
- βαπτίσματοςbaptismatosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: baptism
You yourselves know what has happened throughout Judea, beginning in Galilee with the baptism that John proclaimed:
- βάπτισμαbaptismanoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: baptism
Before the arrival of Jesus, John preached a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.
- βάπτισμαbaptismanoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: a baptism
He had been instructed in the way of the Lord and was fervent in spirit. He spoke and taught accurately about Jesus, though he knew only the baptism of John.
- βάπτισμαbaptismanoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: baptism
“Into what, then, were you baptized?” Paul asked. “The baptism of John,” they replied.
- βάπτισμα.¶baptismanoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: baptism
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.”
- βάπτισμαbaptismanoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: a baptism
Romans
one use
We were therefore buried with Him through baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may walk in newness of life.
- βαπτίσματοςbaptismatosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: baptism
Ephesians
one use
one Lord, one faith, one baptism;
- βάπτισμαbaptismanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: baptism
1 Peter
one use
And this water symbolizes the baptism that now saves you also—not the removal of dirt from the body, but the pledge of a clear conscience toward God—through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
- βάπτισμαbaptismanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: baptism
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.