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|txtha=βαπτίσματος, τό ([[βαπτίζω]]), a [[word]] [[peculiar]] to N. T. and ecclesiastical writings, [[immersion]], [[submersion]];<br /><b class="num">1.</b> used tropically of calamities and afflictions [[with]] [[which]] [[one]] is [[quite]] overwhelmed: [[βαπτίζω]], I:3).<br /><b class="num">2.</b> of John's baptism, [[that]] purificatory [[rite]] by [[which]] men on confessing [[their]] sins were [[bound]] to a [[spiritual]] reformation, obtained the [[pardon]] of [[their]] [[past]] sins and became [[qualified]] for the benefits of the Messiah's [[kingdom]] [[soon]] to be [[set]] up: [[βάπτισμα]] μετανοίας, [[binding]] to [[repentance]] (Winer's Grammar, 188 (177)), <TOPIC:Baptism> in BB. DD., McClintock and Strong's Cyclopaedia, Schaff-Herzog): L marginal [[reading]] Tr βαπτισμῷ [[which]] [[see]]); [[εἰς]] [[τόν]] θάνατον [[βαπτίζω]], II.<br /><b class="num">b.</b> aa. at the [[end]]). (Trench, § xcix.)