baptismos

Strong’sG909

dipping, washing

stem baptism-4 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books4 of 10 forms occur

What it means

What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.

*† βαπτισμός, -οῦ, ὁ

(< βαπτίζω), prop., the act of which βάπτισμα is the result;

1. a dipping, washing, lustration: Mk 7:4; of Jewish ceremonial, He 9:10; in He 6:2, βαπτισμῶν διδαχήν (-ῆς), "the pl. and the peculiar form seem to be used to include Christian baptism with other lustral rites" (Westc, in l.).

2. baptism: FlJ, Ant., 18, 5, 2 (of John's baptism), and some Fathers (v. Soph., s.v.). Not so in NT, unless ἐν τ. βαπτισμῷ, in the act of baptism, Col 2:12, be read with Tr. (Rec., WH, R, -ματι).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G909 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidbap-tis-mos'

ablution (ceremonial or Christian)

Fromfrom G907;

King Jamesbaptism, washing.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in

βαπτ-ισμός, ὁ,
dipping in water, immersion, NT+2nd c.AD+
2 metaphorically, εἰς κακίας β. οἰχήσεται Refs
3 lethargic sleep, Archig.and Refs 2nd c.BC+
4 baptism, Refs 1st c.AD+

H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.

Translated as

Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.

baptism1×baptisms1×washing1×washings1×

Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.

Biblang forms

Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	baptismos	baptismois
object accusative	baptismon	baptismoin1×βαπτισμοὺς
direct address vocative	baptismor	baptismoir
of, belonging to genitive	baptismou	baptismoiu1×βαπτισμῶν
to, for dative	baptismo1×βαπτισμῷ	baptismoi1×βαπτισμοῖς

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

baptismstem+ogender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

baptismo is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Words built on the same stem

Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.

baptismem — βάπτισμα, the rite or ceremony of baptism

Where it appears

Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.

4 occurrences, every one of them listed

baptismo“baptism”to, fordative singular1×

Colossians 2:12sunthaptirantois auto en to baptismo, en ho kai sunegeriva dia tau …… having been buried with Him in baptism, you were raised with Him through …

baptismoin“washing”objectaccusative plural1×

Mark 7:4… alloseim polleim atō heim paralabala kratarō, baptismoin potērieiu kai xestoiu kai chalkieiu kai …… for them to observe, including the washing of cups, pitchers, kettles, and couches …

baptismoiu“baptisms”of, belonging togenitive plural1×

Hebrews 6:2baptismoiu didachan epithesiau tē cheiraiu, anastasiau tē …instruction about baptisms, the laying on of hands, the …

baptismoi“washings”to, fordative plural1×

Hebrews 9:10… epi brōmei kai pomei kai diaforoi baptismoi, dikaiōmeim sarkau mechris kairou diorthōsiau epikeiorōnteim.… in food and drink and special washings — external regulations imposed until the time …