1 Peter 3:21:71 Pet.3.21.W7TAB
βάπτισμα
baptisma
“baptism”
- Transliteration
- BAP-tis-ma
- Extended
- BAHP-tihs-mah
- IPA
- /ˈbap.tis.ma/
Meaning by language
- English
- baptism
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Alphabet Analysis
| Beta | v — as in victory | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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Word in context
- word
BAP-tis-ma
- sentence
ho KAI hy-MAS an-TI-ty-pon NYN SÔI-dzei BAP-tis-ma ou sar-KOS a-PO-the-sis RHY-pou al-LA sy-nei-DÊ-se-ôs a-ga-THÊS e-pe-RÔ-tê-ma eis the-ON di a-na-STÁ-se-ôs ee-ay-SOO khree-STOO
Exegesis
This clause takes hymas {ὑμᾶς | hy-mâs} ‘you’ as its object, setting up baptisma {βάπτισμα | báptis-ma} as the subject of the main verb sōzei {σῴζει | sṓ-zei} ‘saves’. Placing baptism after the verb emphasizes its saving power.
Root and etymology
baptizobeta–alpha–pi–tau–iota–zeta–omega
“to dip, immerse, submerge”
In context — 1 Peter 3:21
Baptism —which corresponds to that—now saves you, not as the removal of filth from the flesh, but as the appeal of a good conscience toward God , through the resurrection of Jesus Christ .
About this coordinate
1 Peter 3:21:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Peter 3:21, so the Greek word βάπτισμα (baptisma) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Pet.3.21.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Pet.3.21.W7.S1) and character.