What does βαπτισμός (baptismós) mean in the Bible?
βαπτισμός (baptismós): Emphasizes the physical act of washing/dipping itself, distinct from the resulting state or the sacrament as institution.
Greek · G909
βαπτισμός
Ablution (ceremonial or Christian)
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βαπτισμός G909
Pronunciation baptismós
What does βαπτισμός (baptismós) mean in the Bible?
βαπτισμός (baptismós): Emphasizes the physical act of washing/dipping itself, distinct from the resulting state or the sacrament as institution.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G909?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include [including] the washing (1), about baptisms (1), baptism (1), washings (1).
Where does βαπτισμός (baptismós) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Mark 7:4. Its strongest book concentrations include Hebrews (2), Colossians (1), Mark (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It [including] the washing 1× Mark 7:4
about baptisms 1× Hebrews 6:2
baptism 1× Colossians 2:12
washings 1× Hebrews 9:10
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Mark 7:4
Aligned rows 4
Books represented 3
Mark 1 Colossians 1 Hebrews 2
Source forms
βαπτισμοῖς 1x baptismois Hebrews 9:10
βαπτισμοὺς 1x baptismous Mark 7:4
βαπτισμῷ* 1x baptismō Colossians 2:12
βαπτισμῶν 1x baptismōn Hebrews 6:2
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural 1x Mark 7:4
Noun - Dative Masculine Plural 1x Hebrews 9:10
Noun - Dative Masculine Singular 1x Colossians 2:12
Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural 1x Hebrews 6:2
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Emphasizes the physical act of washing/dipping itself, distinct from the resulting state or the sacrament as institution.
Strong's G909
Lexical occurrences 4 verses Greek text appearances 4 times Word forms 4 forms 4 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
ablution (ceremonial or Christian)
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Mark 7:4 Noun Accusative Plural Masculine
βαπτισμοὺς baptismouv
dipping, washing
Read verse Mark 7:8 Noun Accusative Plural Masculine
βαπτισμοὺς baptismouv
dipping, washing
Read verse Hebrews 6:2 Noun Genitive Plural Masculine
βαπτισμῶν baptismwn
dipping, washing
Read verse Hebrews 9:10 Noun Dative Plural Masculine
βαπτισμοῖς baptismoiv
dipping, washing
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
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 4 Case pattern Dative (2) Number pattern Plural (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Plural · Masculine Heb 6:2 1×
Dative · Singular · Masculine Col 2:12 1×
Dative · Plural · Masculine Heb 9:10 1×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Mark 7:4 1×
Word Origins
βαπτισμός is built from this root:
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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