βαπτίζω

βαπτίζω

(βάπτω), [in LXX: 2 Kong 5,14 (טבל), Es 21,4, Jdt 12,7, Sir.31 (34)30 * ;]

to dip, immerse, sink;

1. generally (in Polyb., iii, 72, of soldiers wading breast-deep; in i, 51, of the sinking of ships); metaphorically, to overwhelm (Is, l.with; cf. MM, Exp., x); with cogn. accusative, βάπτισμα β., Mark 10,38, 39 Luk 12,50. Mid.,

2. to perform ablutions, wash oneself, bathe (Ki, Jth, Si, ll. with): Mark 7,4 aor. pass, in same sense, Luk 11,38,

3 Of ablution, immersion, as a religious rite, to baptize;

(a) absol.; Mark 1,4, Joh 1,25, 26, 28; 3,22, 23, 26; 4,2; 10,40, 1 Kor 1,17; ὁ βαπτίζων (= ὁ βαπτιστής, M, Pr., 127), Mark 6,14, 24; with accusative, Joh 4,1, ApG 8,38, 1 Kor 1,14, 16; with cogn. accusative, τὸ βάπτισμα, ApG 19,4 (cf. Mark 10,38, supr.); pass., to be baptized, receive baptism: Matt 3,13, 14, 16, Mark 16,16, Luk 3,7, 12, 21; 7,29 (τ. βάπτισμα) ib. 30, ApG 2,41; 8,12, 13, 36; 9,18; 10,47; 16,15, 33; 18,8; mid., 22:16 (M, Pr., 163);

(b) with prepositions: ἐν, of the element, Matt 3,6, 11 Mark 1,4, 5, 8, Luk 3,16, Joh 1,26, 31, 33; 3,23, ApG 1,5; 2,38; 10,48; 11,16, 1 Kor 10,2; εἰς, of the element, purpose or result (Lft., Notes, 155), Matt 3,1; 28,19, Mark 1,9, ApG 8,16; 19,3, 5 Rom 6,3, 1Cor 1,13 15 10:2 12:13, Gal 3,27; with dative, ὕδατι, Luk 3,16, ApG 1,5; 11,16; ὑπὲρ τῶν νεκρῶν, perh. to fulfil the wish of a dead friend, 1 Kor 15,29 (see ICC, in l.; cf. DB, i, 238ff.; DCG, i, 169a; ii, 605b; Cremer, 126).

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