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:

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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