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

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.

 

 

 

 

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