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Lexicon :: Strong's G908 - baptisma

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βάπτισμα
Transliteration
baptisma (Key)
Pronunciation
bap'-tis-mah
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
19x in 2 unique form(s) TR
22x in 3 unique form(s) LXX
0x in 0 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 1:545,92

Trench's Synonyms: xcix. βαπτισμός, βάπτισμα.

Strong’s Definitions

βάπτισμα báptisma, bap'-tis-mah; from G907; baptism (technically or figuratively):—baptism.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x

The KJV translates Strong's G908 in the following manner: baptism (22x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x
The KJV translates Strong's G908 in the following manner: baptism (22x).

  1. immersion, submersion

    1. of calamities and afflictions with which one is quite overwhelmed

    2. of John's baptism, that purification rite by which men on confessing their sins were bound to spiritual reformation, obtained the pardon of their past sins and became qualified for the benefits of the Messiah's kingdom soon to be set up. This was valid Christian baptism, as this was the only baptism the apostles received and it is not recorded anywhere that they were ever rebaptised after Pentecost.

    3. of Christian baptism; a rite of immersion in water as commanded by Christ, by which one after confessing his sins and professing his faith in Christ, having been born again by the Holy Spirit unto a new life, identifies publicly with the fellowship of Christ and the church.

      In Rom 6:3, Paul states we are "baptised unto death" meaning that we are not only dead to our former ways, but they are buried. To return to them is as unthinkable for a Christian as for one to dig up a dead corpse! See also discussion of baptism under the previous Strong's number (907).
Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
βάπτισμα báptisma, bap'-tis-mah; from G907; baptism (technically or figuratively):—baptism.
STRONGS G908:
βάπτισμα, -τος, τό, (βαπτίζω), a word peculiar to N. T. and ecclesiastical writings, immersion, submersion;
1. used tropically of calamities and afflictions with which one is quite overwhelmed: Matthew 20:22f Rec.; Mark 10:38; Luke 12:50 (see βαπτίζω, I. 3).
2. of John's baptism, that purificatory rite by which men on confessing their sins were bound to a spiritual reformation, obtained the pardon of their past sins and became qualified for the benefits of the Messiah's kingdom soon to be set up: Matthew 3:7; Matthew 21:25; Mark 11:30; Luke 7:29; Luke 20:4; Acts 1:22; Acts 10:37; Acts 18:25; [Acts 19:3]; βάπτ. μετανοίας, binding to repentance [Winer's Grammar, 188 (177)], Mark 1:4; Luke 3:3; Acts 13:24; Acts 19:4.
3. of Christian baptism; this, according to the view of the apostles, is a rite of sacred immersion, commanded by Christ, by which men confessing their sins and professing their faith in Christ are born again by the Holy Spirit unto a new life, come into the fellowship of Christ and the church (1 Corinthians 12:13), and are made partakers of eternal salvation; [but see article "Baptism" in BB. DD., McClintock and Strong's Cyclopaedia, Schaff-Herzog]: Ephesians 4:5; Colossians 2:12 [L marginal reading Tr -μῷ which see]; 1 Peter 3:21; εἰς τὸν θάνατον, Romans 6:4 (see βαπτίζω, II. b. aa. at the end). [Trench, § xcix.]
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
3:7; 20:22; 21:25
Mark
1:4; 10:38; 11:30
Luke
3:3; 7:29; 12:50; 20:4
Acts
1:22; 10:37; 13:24; 18:25; 19:3; 19:4
Romans
6:4
1 Corinthians
12:13
Ephesians
4:5
Colossians
2:12
1 Peter
3:21

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G908 matches the Greek βάπτισμα (baptisma),
which occurs 22 times in 22 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 3:7 - And having seen many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming about his baptism, he said to them, 'Brood of vipers! who did shew you to flee from the coming wrath?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 20:22

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:22 - And Jesus answering said, 'Ye have not known what ye ask for yourselves; are ye able to drink of the cup that I am about to drink? and with the baptism that I am baptized with, to be baptized?' They say to him, 'We are able.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 20:23

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:23 - And he saith to them, 'Of my cup indeed ye shall drink, and with the baptism that I am baptized with ye shall be baptized; but to sit on my right hand and on my left is not mine to give, but -- to those for whom it hath been prepared by my father.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 21:25

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:25 - the baptism of John, whence was it? -- from heaven, or from men? ' And they were reasoning with themselves, saying, 'If we should say, From heaven; he will say to us, Wherefore, then, did ye not believe him?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:4 - John came baptizing in the wilderness, and proclaiming a baptism of reformation -- to remission of sins,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 10:38

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:38 - and Jesus said to them, 'Ye have not known what ye ask; are ye able to drink of the cup that I drink of, and with the baptism that I am baptized with -- to be baptized?'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 10:39

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:39 - And they said to him, 'We are able;' and Jesus said to them, 'Of the cup indeed that I drink of, ye shall drink, and with the baptism that I am baptized with, ye shall be baptized;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 11:30

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 11:30 - the baptism of John -- from heaven was it? or from men? answer me.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:3 - and he came to all the region round the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of reformation -- to remission of sins,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 7:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:29 - And all the people having heard, and the tax-gatherers, declared God righteous, having been baptized with the baptism of John,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:50

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:50 - but I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how am I pressed till it may be completed!

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 20:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:4 - the baptism of John, from heaven was it, or from men?'

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 1:22

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:22 - beginning from the baptism of John, unto the day in which he was received up from us, one of these to become with us a witness of his rising again.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 10:37

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:37 - ye -- ye have known; -- the word that came throughout all Judea, having begun from Galilee, after the baptism that John preached;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:24

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:24 - John having first preached, before his coming, a baptism of reformation to all the people of Israel;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 18:25

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:25 - this one was instructed in the way of the Lord, and being fervent in the Spirit, was speaking and teaching exactly the things about the Lord, knowing only the baptism of John;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 19:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:3 - and he said unto them, 'To what, then, were ye baptized?' and they said, 'To John's baptism.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 19:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:4 - And Paul said, 'John, indeed, did baptize with a baptism of reformation, saying to the people that in him who is coming after him they should believe -- that is, in the Christ -- Jesus;'

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 6:4

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 6:4 - we were buried together, then, with him through the baptism to the death, that even as Christ was raised up out of the dead through the glory of the Father, so also we in newness of life might walk.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:5 - one Lord, one faith, one baptism,

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 2:12 - being buried with him in the baptism, in which also ye rose with him through the faith of the working of God, who did raise him out of the dead.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 3:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:21 - also to which an antitype doth now save us -- baptism, (not a putting away of the filth of flesh, but the question of a good conscience in regard to God,) through the rising again of Jesus Christ,
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