John 10:40:15John.10.40.W15TAB
βαπτίζων
baptidzôn
“baptizing”
- Transliteration
- bap-TI-dzôn
- Extended
- bahp-TIH-dzohn
- IPA
- /bapˈti.dzɔːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- baptizing
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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 | |
| Zeta | z — as in daze | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
bap-TI-dzôn
- sentence
KAI a-PÊL-then PA-lin PE-ran tou i-or-DA-nou eis ton TO-pon HO-pou ÊN i-o-AN-nês to PROH-ton bap-TI-dzôn KAI E-mei-nen e-KEI
Exegesis
The relative clause hopou ēn Ioannes {ὅπου ἦν Ἰωάννης | hópou ên Iōánnēs} identifies the location by recalling John’s presence there, and to proton baptizon {τὸ πρῶτον βαπτίζων | tó prôton bap-tízōn} shifts the reader back to an earlier time frame, with proton {πρῶτον | prôton} signaling priority or earlier occurrence.
Root and etymology
baptizobeta alpha pi tau iota zeta omega
“to dip, immerse”
In context — John 10:40
And He departed again to the far side of the Jordan into the place where John was baptizing at first, and He remained there.
About this coordinate
John 10:40:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of John 10:40, so the Greek word βαπτίζων (baptidzôn) 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 John.10.40.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (John.10.40.W15.S1) and character.