- Original: βαπτίζω - Transliteration: Baptizo - Phonetic: bap-tid'-zo - Definition: 1. to dip repeatedly, to immerse, to submerge (of vessels sunk) 2. to cleanse by dipping or submerging, to wash, to make clean with water, to wash one's self, bathe 3. to overwhelm Not to be confused with 911, bapto. The clearest example that showsthe meaning of baptizo is a text from the Greek poet and physicianNicander, who lived about 200 B.C. It is a recipe for making picklesand is helpful because it uses both words. Nicander says that inorder to make a pickle, the vegetable should first be 'dipped'(bapto) into boiling water and then 'baptised' (baptizo) in thevinegar solution. Both verbs concern the immersing of vegetables in asolution. But the first is temporary. The second, the act ofbaptising the vegetable, produces a permanent change. When used in the New Testament, this word more often refers to ourunion and identification with christ than to our water baptism. e.g.Mar 16:16. 'He that believes and is baptised shall be saved'.christ is saying that mere intellectual assent is not enough. Theremust be a union with him, a real change, like the vegetable to thepickle! Bible Study Magazine, James Montgomery Boice, May 1989. - Origin: from a derivative of G911 - TDNT entry: 09:49,9 - Part(s) of speech: - Strong's: From a derivative of G911 ; to make whelmed (that is fully wet); used only (in the New Testament) of ceremonial ablution especially (technically) of the ordinance of Christian baptism: - baptist baptize wash. Total KJV Occurrences: 65 • any, 1 1 Corinthians 1:16 • Baptist, 1 Mar 6:14 • baptize, 9 Mat 3:11(2); Mar 1:4; Mar 1:8; Luke 3:16(2); Joh 1:26; Joh 1:33; 1 Corinthians 1:17 • baptized, 46 Mat 3:6; Mat 3:13; Mat 3:14; Mat 3:16; Mar 1:5; Mar 1:8; Mar 1:9; Luke 3:7; Luke 3:12; Luke 3:21(2); Luke 7:29; Luke 7:30; Joh 3:22; Joh 3:23; Joh 4:1; Joh 4:2; Joh 10:40; Act 2:38; Act 2:41; Act 8:12; Act 8:13; Act 8:16; Act 8:36; Act 8:38; Act 9:18; Act 10:47; Act 10:48; Act 16:15; Act 16:33; Act 18:8; Act 19:3; Act 19:4; Act 19:5; Act 22:16; Romans 6:3(2); 1 Corinthians 1:13; 1 Corinthians 1:14; 1 Corinthians 1:15; 1 Corinthians 1:16; 1 Corinthians 10:2; 1 Corinthians 12:13; 1 Corinthians 15:29(2); Galatians 3:27 • baptizest, 1 Joh 1:25 • baptizeth, 2 Joh 1:33; Joh 3:26 • baptizing, 3 Joh 1:28; Joh 1:31; Joh 3:23 • wash, 1 Mar 7:4 • washed, 1 Luke 11:38