- Transliteration: Bapto

- Phonetic: bap'-to

- Definition:

1. to dip, dip in, immerse

2. to dip into dye, to dye, colour. Not to be confused with 907, baptizo. The clearest example that shows the meaning of baptizo is a text from the Greek poet and physician Nicander, who lived about 200 B.C. It is a recipe for making pickles and is helpful because it uses both words. Nicander says that in order to make a pickle, the vegetable should first be 'dipped' (bapto) into boiling water and then 'baptised' (baptizo) in the vinegar solution. Both verbs concern the immersing of vegetables in a solution. But the first is temporary. The second, the act of baptising the vegetable, produces a permanent change.

- Origin: a primary word

- TDNT entry: 09:49,9

- Part(s) of speech: Verb

- Strong's: A primary verb; to whelm that is cover wholly with a fluid; in the New Testament only in a qualified or specific sense that is (literally) to moisten (a part of one´ s person) or (by implication) to stain (as with dye): - dip.