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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

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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

Page 2 of 2. 62 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. Acts 19:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Paul explained: “John’s baptism was a baptism of repentance. He told the people to believe in the One coming after him, that is, in Jesus.”

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  2. Acts 19:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    On hearing this, they were baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus.

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  3. Acts 22:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized, and wash your sins away, calling on His name.’

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  4. Romans 6:3 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Or aren’t you aware that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death?

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  5. 1 Corinthians 1:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Were you baptized into the name of Paul?

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  6. 1 Corinthians 1:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I thank God that I did not baptize any of you except Crispus and Gaius,

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  7. 1 Corinthians 1:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    so no one can say that you were baptized into my name.

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  8. 1 Corinthians 1:16 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Yes, I also baptized the household of Stephanas; beyond that I do not remember if I baptized anyone else.

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  9. 1 Corinthians 1:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, not with words of wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.

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  10. 1 Corinthians 12:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free, and we were all given one Spirit to drink.

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  11. 1 Corinthians 15:29 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    If these things are not so, what will those do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people baptized for them?

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  12. Galatians 3:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.

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