WATER BAPTISM – BAPTIZE in WATER
Webster Dictionary 1828 Definition:
BAP'TISM, noun [Gr. to baptize.]
1. The application of water to a person, as a sacrament or religious ceremony, by which he is initiated into the visible church of Christ. This is usually performed by sprinkling or immersion.
2. The sufferings of Christ. Matt.20:22-23.
3. So much of the gospel as was preached by John, the Baptist. Acts 18:25.
Words as they appear in the KJV Bible and the corresponding Strongs # for meaning:
Baptize - #907
Baptized - #907
Baptizest (only appears in John 1:25) - #907
Baptizeth (only appears in John 1:33; 3:26) - #907
Baptizing (only appears in Matthew and John) – #907
Baptism - #908
Baptisms (only appears in Hebrews 6:2) - #909
STRONG’S CONCORDANCE MEANING
#911 “bapto” pronounced “bap’-to” – verb
Meaning: To whelm, i.e. cover wholly with fluid
#907 “baptizo” pronounced “bap-tid’-zo” – derived from #911
Meaning: To make whelmed, i.e. fully wet, only used in New Testament
#908 “baptisma” pronounced “bap’-tis-mah” – from #907
Meaning: Baptism
#909 “baptismos” pronounced “bap-tis-mos” – from #907
Meaning: Ablution
Webster Dictionary 1828 defines “Ablution” as “…act of washing; a cleansing or purification by water”
Locations in the KJV of Bible with verses related to this subject:
Matthew 3:4-6 with Parallel Passages: Mark 1:1-8; Luke 3:1-18; John 1:15-31
And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey. Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region round about Jordan, And were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins.
The act of being Baptized was to make it an act of public confession before all the people present.
Acts 1:5 Water Baptism is distinctly different than Baptism in the Holy Ghost.
Romans 6:3 Baptized (#907) unto Christ. Not baptized to Water
Romans 6:4 Baptism (#908) is a death to everything else and being raised new to Christ.