Greek noun (masculine) · G909
βαπτισμός
baptismosbap-tis-mos'
a dipping, washing, lustration; baptism
4 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: baptismós
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G909is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 27New Testament books
- 4spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G909
ablution (ceremonial or Christian)
The King James renders it: baptism, washing.
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
baptismos is rendered "a dipping, washing, lustration; baptism". It stands 4 times in the Greek text, across three books.
- Two of the uses stand in Hebrews, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "a dipping, washing, lustration".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Mark 7:4And 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.
- The Greek text spells it four different ways.
The first use
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 7:4βαπτισμοὺς
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Two of the word's four uses are in Hebrews.
What the word means
The lexicons give this word two senses, and a verse uses one of them at a time: a dipping, washing, lustration, and baptism.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| a dipping, washing, lustration | Tagged as
| WhereMark 7:4And on returning from the market, they do not eat unless they wash… |
| baptismFlJ, Ant., 18, 5, 2 (of John's baptism), and some Fathers (see Soph., see word). Not so in NT, unless ἐν τ. βαπτισμῷ, in the act of... | Tagged as
| WhereColossians 2:12And having been buried with Him in 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.
All 4, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
4 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
- βαπτισμοῖς1
- βαπτισμοὺς1
- βαπτισμῷ1
- βαπτισμῶν1
The grammar of each form
- noun · accusative (object) · masculine plural1N-APM
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine plural1N-DPM
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singular1N-DSM
- noun · genitive (“of”) · masculine plural1N-GPM
Mark
one use
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.
- βαπτισμοὺςbaptismousnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: washings
Colossians
one use
And having been buried with Him in baptism, you were raised with Him through your faith in the power of God, who raised Him from the dead.
- βαπτισμῷbaptismonoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: baptism
Hebrews
two uses
instruction about baptisms, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment.
- βαπτισμῶνbaptismonnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: about baptisms
They consist only in food and drink and special washings—external regulations imposed until the time of reform.
- βαπτισμοῖςbaptismoisnoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluraltagged: washings
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 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.