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baptizō G907

βαπτίζω (baptizō) means “to baptize” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

βαπτίζω Greek · G907 75 tagged occurrences in 62 verses

Pronunciation guide: bap-tid'-zo Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G0907

βαπτίζω · baptizō · to baptize

βαπτίζω (βάπτω), [in LXX: 4Ki.5:14 (טבל), Isa.21:4, Jdth.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., Mrk.10:38, 39 Luk.12:50. Mid., 2. to perform ablutions, wash oneself, bathe (Ki, Jth, Si, ll. with): Mrk.7:4; aor. pass, in same sense, Luk.11:38. 3 Of ablution, immersion, as a religious rite, to baptize; (a) (a) absol.; Mrk.1:4, Jhn.1:25, 26 28 3:22, 23, 26 4:2 10:40, 1Co.1:17; ὁ βαπτίζων (= ὁ βαπτιστής, M, Pr., 127), Mrk.6:14, 24; with accusative, Jhn.4:1, Act.8:38, I Co.1.14, 16; with cogn. accusative, τὸ βάπτισμα, Act.19:4 (cf. Mrk.10:38, supr.); pass., to be baptized, receive baptism: Mat.3:13, 14, 16, Mrk.16:16, Luk.3:7, 12 21 7:29 (τ. βάπτισμα) ib. 30, Act.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, Mat.3:6, 11 Mrk.1:4, 5 8, Luk.3:16, Jhn.1:26, 31 33 3:23, Act.1:5 2:38 10:48 11:16, 1Co.10:2; εἰς, of the element, purpose or result (Lft., Notes, 155), Mat.3:1 28:19, Mrk.1:9, Act.8:16 19:3, 5 Rom.6:3, 1Co.1:13, 15 10:2 12:13, Gal.3:27; with dative, ὕδατι, Luk.3:16, Act.1:5 11:16; ὑπὲρ τῶν νεκρῶν, perh. to fulfil the wish of a dead friend, 1Co.15:29 (see ICC, in l.; cf. DB, i, 238ff.; DCG, i, 169a; ii, 605b; Cremer, 126). † (AS)

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Dodson Greek Lexicon

lit: I dip, submerge, but specifically of ceremonial dipping; I baptize.

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How translators render G907

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
baptized 5
baptizing 5
to be baptized 5
baptize 4
they were baptized 4
were baptized 4
baptist 3
to baptize 3
was baptized 3
will baptize 3
be baptized 2
were you baptized 2
will be baptized 2
and was baptized 1
are baptized 1
are people baptized 1
baptism was 1
be baptized with 1
been baptized 1
been baptizing 1
do you baptize 1
for they had received the baptism 1
from being baptized 1
had been baptized 1
i also baptized 1
i baptized 1
i did not baptize any 1
i will undergo 1
is baptized 1
is baptizing 1
jesus did not first wash 1
jesus was baptized 1
philip baptized 1
they be baptized 1
they wash 1
they were all baptized 1
to undergo 1
undergo 1
us who were baptized 1
were all baptized 1
were being baptized 1
who will baptize 1
you were baptized 1
you who were baptized 1
you will be baptized with 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
baptized 14
to be baptized 7
were baptized 7
baptize 4
baptizing 4
am baptized with 3
be baptized 3
i baptized 3
shall baptize 3
being baptized 2
shall be baptized 2
they were baptized 2
to baptize 2
was baptized 2
were 2
were ye baptized 2
am baptized withal 1
and be baptized 1
and was baptized 1
are 1
are baptized 1
are they 1
baptizest thou 1
baptizeth 1
be baptized with 1
being 1
have baptized 1
have been baptized 1
he baptized 1
he had 1
i had baptized 1
is baptized 1
of you 1
shall ye be baptized 1
she was baptized 1
should 1
the baptist 1
they 1
they wash 1
to be baptized with 1
washed 1
when he was baptized 1
which baptizeth 1

Verses containing G907

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  1. Matthew 3:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River.

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  2. Matthew 3:11 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    I baptize you with water for repentance, but after me will come One more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.

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  3. Matthew 3:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    At that time Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to be baptized by John.

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  4. Matthew 3:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But John tried to prevent Him, saying, “I need to be baptized by You, and do You come to me?”

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  5. Matthew 3:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    As soon as Jesus was baptized, He went up out of the water. Suddenly the heavens were opened, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and resting on Him.

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  6. Matthew 28:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

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  7. Mark 1:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.

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  8. Mark 1:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    People went out to him from all of Jerusalem and the countryside of Judea. Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River.

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  9. Mark 1:8 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    I baptize you with water, but He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”

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  10. Mark 1:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    In those days Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan.

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  11. Mark 6:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now King Herod heard about this, for Jesus’ name had become well known, and people were saying, “John the Baptist has risen from the dead! That is why miraculous powers are at work in him.”

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  12. Mark 6:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then she went out and asked her mother, “What should I request?” And her mother answered, “The head of John the Baptist.”

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  13. Mark 7:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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  14. Mark 10:38 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    “You do not know what you are asking,” Jesus replied. “Can you drink the cup I will drink, or be baptized with the baptism I will undergo?”

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  15. Mark 10:39 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    “We can,” the brothers answered. “You will drink the cup that I drink,” Jesus said, “and you will be baptized with the baptism that I undergo.

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  16. Luke 3:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then John said to the crowds coming out to be baptized by him, “You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

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  17. Luke 3:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Even tax collectors came to be baptized. “Teacher,” they asked, “what should we do?”

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  18. Luke 3:16 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    John answered all of them: “I baptize you with water, but One more powerful than I will come, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.

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  19. Luke 3:21 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    When all the people were being baptized, Jesus was baptized too. And as He was praying, heaven was opened,

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  20. Luke 7:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    All the people who heard this, even the tax collectors, acknowledged God’s justice. For they had received the baptism of John.

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  21. Luke 7:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But the Pharisees and experts in the law rejected God’s purpose for themselves, because they had not been baptized by John.

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  22. Luke 11:38 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But the Pharisee was surprised to see that Jesus did not first wash before the meal.

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  23. Luke 12:50 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But I have a baptism to undergo, and how distressed I am until it is accomplished!

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  24. John 1:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    asked him, “Why then do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”

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  25. John 1:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “I baptize with water,” John replied, “but among you stands One you do not know.

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  26. John 1:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    All this happened at Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.

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  27. John 1:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I myself did not know Him, but the reason I came baptizing with water was that He might be revealed to Israel.”

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  28. John 1:33 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    I myself did not know Him, but the One who sent me to baptize with water told me, ‘The man on whom you see the Spirit descend and rest is He who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’

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  29. John 3:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    After this, Jesus and His disciples went into the Judean countryside, where He spent some time with them and baptized.

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  30. John 3:23 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Now John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because the water was plentiful there, and people kept coming to be baptized.

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  31. John 3:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So John’s disciples came to him and said, “Look, Rabbi, the One who was with you beyond the Jordan, the One you testified about—He is baptizing, and everyone is going to Him.”

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  32. John 4:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When Jesus realized that the Pharisees were aware He was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John

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  33. John 4:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    (although it was not Jesus who baptized, but His disciples),

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  34. John 10:40 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Jesus went back across the Jordan to the place where John had first been baptizing, and He stayed there.

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  35. Acts 1:5 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.”

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  36. Acts 2:38 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

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  37. Acts 2:41 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Those who embraced his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to the believers that day.

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  38. Acts 8:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But when they believed Philip as he preached the gospel of the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.

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  39. Acts 8:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Even Simon himself believed and was baptized. He followed Philip closely and was astounded by the great signs and miracles he observed.

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  40. Acts 8:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For the Holy Spirit had not yet fallen upon any of them; they had simply been baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus.

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  41. Acts 8:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    As they traveled along the road and came to some water, the eunuch said, “Look, here is water! What is there to prevent me from being baptized?”

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  42. Acts 8:38 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And he gave orders to stop the chariot. Then both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water, and Philip baptized him.

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  43. Acts 9:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    At that instant, something like scales fell from Saul’s eyes, and his sight was restored. He got up and was baptized,

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  44. Acts 10:47 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Can anyone withhold the water to baptize these people? They have received the Holy Spirit just as we have!”

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  45. Acts 10:48 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So he ordered that they be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to stay for a few days.

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  46. Acts 11:16 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Then I remembered the word of the Lord, how He said, ‘John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’

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  47. Acts 16:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And when she and her household had been baptized, she urged us, “If you consider me a believer in the Lord, come and stay at my house.” And she persuaded us.

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  48. Acts 16:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    At that hour of the night, the jailer took them and washed their wounds. And without delay, he and all his household were baptized.

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  49. Acts 18:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Crispus, the synagogue leader, and his whole household believed in the Lord. And many of the Corinthians who heard the message believed and were baptized.

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  50. Acts 19:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Into what, then, were you baptized?” Paul asked. “The baptism of John,” they replied.

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