Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon
βαπτίζω (G907)
77 βαπτίζω ( βάπτω ), [in LXX: IV Ki 5:14 ( טבל ), Is 21:4 , Jth 12:7 , Si 31 (34):30 *;] to dip , immerse , sink ; generally (in Polyb., iii, 72, of soldiers wading breast-deep; in i, 51, of the sinking of ships); metaph., to overwhelm ( Is 21:4 ; cf. MM, Exp. , x); c. cogn. acc., βάπτισμα β. , Mk 10:38 , 39 , Lk 12:50 . Mid., to perform ablutions , wash oneself , bathe ( IV Ki 5:14 , Jth 12:7 , Si 31 (34):30 ): Mk 7:4 ; aor. pass, in same sense, Lk 11:38 . Of ablution, immersion, as a religious rite, to baptize ; absol.; Mk 1:4 , Jo 1:25 , 26 , 28 3:22 , 23 , 26 4:2 10:40 , I Co 1:17 ; ὁ βαπτίζων (= ὁ βαπτιστής , M, Pr. , 127), Mk 6:14 , 24 ; c. acc., Jo 4:1 , Ac 8:38 , I Co 1:14 , 16 ; c. cogn. acc., τὸ βάπτισμα , Ac 19:4 (cf. Mk 10:38 , supr.); pass., to be baptized , receive baptism : Mt 3:13 , 14 , 16 , Mk 16:16 , Lk 3:7 , 12 , 21 7:29 ( τ. βάπτισμα ) ib. 30 , Ac 2:41 8:12 , 13 , 36 9:18 10:47 16:15 , 33 18:8 ; mid., 22:16 (M, Pr., 163); with prepositions: ἐν , of the element, Mt 3:6 , 11 , Mk 1:4 , 5 , 8 , Lk 3:16 , Jo 1:26 , 31 , 33 3:23 , Ac 1:5 2:38 10:48 11:16 , I Co 10:2 ; εἰς , of the element, purpose or result (Lft., Notes , 155), Mt 3:11 28:19 , Mk 1:9 , Ac 8:16 19:3 , 5 , Ro 6:3 , I Co 1:13 , 15 10:2 12:13 , Ga 3:27 ; c. dat., ὕδατι , Lk 3:16 , Ac 1:5 11:16 ; ὑπὲρ τῶν νεκρῶν , perh. to fulfil the wish of a dead friend, I Co 15:29 (v. ICC , in l.; cf. DB , i, 238 ff.; DCG , i, 169 a ; ii, 605 b ; Cremer, 126).†
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