- Original: Βαπτιστής - Transliteration: Baptistes - Phonetic: bap-tis-tace' - Definition: 1. a baptiser 2. one who administers the rite of baptism 3. the surname of John, the forerunner of christ - Origin: from G907 - TDNT entry: 10:05,9 - Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine - Strong's: From G907 ; a baptizer as an epithet of christ´s forerunner: - Baptist. Total KJV Occurrences: 10 • Baptist, 10 Mat 3:1; Mat 14:2; Mat 14:8; Mat 16:14; Mat 17:13; Mar 6:24; Mar 6:25; Mar 8:28; Luke 7:20; Luke 9:19