The corpus record

βαπτ-ισμός

baptismos · ὁ

dipping in water, immersion

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Where it lives

Hebrews 2 · 3.98/10k
Mark 1 · 0.91/10k

What it meant — LSJ

dipping in water, immersion

dipping in water, immersion, Ev.Marc. 7.4, Ep.Hebr. 9.10, Antyll. ap. Orib. 10.3.9.

metaph., εἰς κακίας β. οἰχήσεται Theol.Ar. 30.

3 lethargic sleep

lethargic sleep, Archig.and Posidon. ap. Aët. 6.3.

4 baptism

baptism, J. AJ 18.5.2.

In the wild

βαπτισμῶν · baptismōn New Testament, Hebrews 6.1 (DIORISIS sentence 85)
βαπτισμοῖς · baptismois New Testament, Hebrews 9.6 (DIORISIS sentence 137)
βαπτισμοὺς · baptismous New Testament, Mark 7.3 (DIORISIS sentence 273)

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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