What does Ἰωάννης · Βαπτιστής mean in the Bible?
Ἰωάννης · Βαπτιστής is a Greek phrase meaning "John the Baptist".
Greek · G2491, G910
Ἰωάννην τὸν βαπτιστήν
Joannes (i.e. Jochanan), the name of four Israelites · a baptizer, as an epithet of Christ's forerunner
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Ἰωάννης G2491 Joannes (i.e. Jochanan), the name of four Israelites
Pronunciation Iōánnēs
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Βαπτιστής G910 a baptizer, as an epithet of Christ's forerunner
Pronunciation Baptistḗs
One who performs baptism as a defining role; John's primary identity and distinguishing title in gospels.
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What does Ἰωάννην τὸν βαπτιστήν (Iōannēn ton Baptistēn) mean in the Bible?
Ἰωάννης · Βαπτιστής is a Greek phrase meaning "John the Baptist".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G2491, G910?
G2491, G910 is connected to 135 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. John the Baptist
Source Gloss
John the Baptist
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 4 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 4 Aligned forms 135 Case pattern Nominative (54) Number pattern Singular (135)
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Matt 3:1 · Matt 3:4 · Matt 3:14 · Matt 4:12 · Matt 10:2 · Matt 11:2 · Matt 11:18 · Matt 14:2 · Matt 14:4 · Matt 21:32 · Mark 1:4 · Mark 1:6 · Mark 6:14 · Mark 6:18 · Mark 9:38 · Mark 10:35 54×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine Matt 9:14 · Matt 11:7 · Matt 11:11 · Matt 11:12 · Matt 11:13 · Matt 14:8 · Matt 17:13 · Matt 21:25 · Mark 1:9 · Mark 1:29 · Mark 2:18 · Mark 6:24 · Mark 6:25 · Mark 10:41 · Mark 11:30 · Luke 3:15 39×
Dative · Singular · Masculine Matt 11:4 · Luke 7:18 · Luke 7:22 · Acts 3:4 · Rev 1:1 5×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Matt 3:13 · Matt 4:21 · Matt 14:3 · Matt 14:10 · Matt 16:14 · Matt 17:1 · Matt 21:26 · Mark 1:14 · Mark 1:19 · Mark 3:17 · Mark 5:37 · Mark 6:16 · Mark 6:17 · Mark 6:20 · Mark 8:28 · Mark 9:2 37×
Cross-Language Connections
Hebrew roots and equivalents that share conceptual or etymological ground with this Greek word.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain