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βάπτω
Transliteration
bapto;
Pronunciation
bap'-to
Parts of Speech
v
Root Word (Etymology)
a primary word
Dictionary Aids
TWOT Reference: TDNT 1:529
KJV Translation Count — 3x
The KJV translates Strongs H1 in the following manner: dip (3)
Outline of Biblical Usage
1. to dip, dip in, immerse
2. to dip into dye, to dye, colour
Not to be confused with 907, baptizo. The clearest example that shows the meaning of baptizo is a text from the Greek poet and physician Nicander, who lived about 200 B.C. It is a recipe for making pickles and is helpful because it uses both words. Nicander says that in order to make a pickle, the vegetable should first be 'dipped' (bapto) into boiling water and then 'baptised' (baptize) in the vinegar solution. Both verbs concern the immersing of vegetables in a solution. But the first is temporary. The second, the act of baptising the vegetable, produces a permanent change.
Strong's Definitions
bap'-to; a primary verb; to whelm, i.e. cover wholly with a fluid; in the N.T. only in a qualified or special sense, i.e. (literal) to moisten (a part of one's person), or (by implication) to stain (as with dye): — dip.
Concordance Results Using KJV
And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may G911 the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.
Jesus answered, He it is, to whom I shall give a sop, when I have G911ped it. And when he had G911ped the sop, he gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon.
And he was clothed with a vesture G911ped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.