Lexical Summary baptisma: (the result of) a dipping or sinking Original Word: βάπτισμαTransliteration: baptisma Phonetic Spelling: (bap'-tis-mah) Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Short Definition: (the result of) a dipping or sinking Meaning: baptism -- the result of a dipping or sinking Strong's Concordance baptism. From baptizo; baptism (technically or figuratively) -- baptism. see GREEK baptizo Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 908: βάπτισμαβάπτισμα, βαπτίσματος, 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; ( 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 b. aa. at the end). (Trench, § xcix.) |
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