ἘΠΙΒΑΠΤΙΣΕΙΝ, ἐπιβαπτισειν
EPIBAPTISEIN, epibaptisein
Sounds Like: eh-pee-bap-TIS-ayn
Translations: to dip again, to re-baptize, to immerse again
From the root: ΕΠΙΒΑΠΤΙΖΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb formed from the prefix 'ἐπι-' (epi-), meaning 'upon' or 'again', and the verb 'βαπτίζω' (baptizō), meaning 'to dip' or 'to immerse'. Therefore, it means 'to dip again' or 'to re-baptize'. It describes the action of immersing something or someone for a second time. In the provided context, it appears to be used metaphorically or with an extended meaning related to overwhelming or submerging a city, perhaps in a figurative sense of 'overwhelming' or 'engulfing'.
Inflection: Aorist Infinitive, Active Voice
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Three — 7:65
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΠΙΒΑΠΤΙΖΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΕΠΙΒΑΠΤΙΖΩ — to re-baptize, to baptize again
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