Quick Definition
βάπτω v. I dip, dye
Strong's Definition
a primary verb; to whelm, i.e. cover wholly with a fluid; in the New Testament only in a qualified or special sense, i.e. (literally) to moisten (a part of one's person), or (by implication) to stain (as with dye)
KJV Usage: dip
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | pf.pass. βέβαμμαι | βαπτίζω · βάπτισμα · βαπτισμός · βαπτιστής · ἐμβάπτω
1 It is possible that ἐμβάπτω differs in meaning from βάπτω in specifying somewhat more clearly the factor of something being in something else.
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
βάπτω baptō 4x
to dip, Jn. 13:26; Lk. 16:24; to dye, Rev. 19:13*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
βάπτω,
[in LXX chiefly for טבל;]
to dip: Lk 16:24, Jo 13:26 (ἐμβ-, L);
to dip in dye, to dye: Re 19:13 (Rec.; ῥεραντισμένον, WH; περιρεραμμένον, T; ῥεραμμένον, Swete, in l., q.v.).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
βάπτω. In P Tebt II. 2373 (a.p. 161-9) the fullers and dyers of the Arsinoite nome appeal against a tax that had been imposed upon their trades—oi μέν ello] γναφεῖς οἱ ἱ δὲ] βαφεῖς τὴν ἐργασίαν, δίδονται δὲ ὑπὲρ τέλους κτλ. For the τέλος βαφέων see also Ostr 700, 1068 (both ii/A.p.), and 1516 (ii/B.c.). In P Par 5210, 535(B.c. 163-2) Barra = ‘“‘ coloured garments”: cf. P Oxy X. 1293%# (A.p. 117-38) εἰς βαφὴν ἐρ[(1δια, ‘‘ wool to be dyed.” A late instance of the verb in this sense may be cited from P Iand 177 (vi/vii A.D.) The verb is restored by the editors in the uncanonical Gospel fragment, P Oxy V. 840% ἐγὼ δὲ καὶ ot [μαθηταί μου] ods λέγεις μὴ βεβα[πτίσθαι βεβάἸμμεθα ἐν ὕδασι ζω[ῆς αἰωνίου : cf. Epict. ii. 9. 20 ὅταν δ᾽ ἀναλάβῃ τὸ πάθος τὸ τοῦ βεβαμμένου καὶ ἡρημένου. τότε καὶ ἔστι τῷ ὄντι καὶ καλεῖται ᾿Ιουδαῖος, where βεβαμμένου seems to refer to baptism and ἡρημένου to circumcision (see Sharp Zfictetus and the NT, Ρ- 134 f.).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
βάπτω (baptō) — to dip. βάπτω, future βάψω (ἐμ-) [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ἔβαψα [Refs 5th c.BC+]:— middle, future βάψομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ἐβαψάμην [Refs 4th c.BC+]:—passive, future βᾰφήσομαι [LXX+2nd c.AD+]: aorist ἐβάφθην [Refs 5th c.BC+]; in Attic dialect generally ἐβάφην [ᾰ] [Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect βέβαμμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]
I. transitive, dip, ὡς δ᾽ ὅτ᾽ ἀνὴρ χαλκεὺς πέλεκυν.. εἰν ὕδατι ψυχρῷ βάπτῃ (so as to temper the red-hot steel) [Refs 8th c.BC+]; εἰς μέλι, εἰς κηρόν, [Refs 4th c.BC+] —passive, βαπτόμενος σίδηρος iron in process of being tempered, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; and of coral, become hard, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
I. b of slaughter in Trag, ἐν σφαγαῖσι βάψασα ξίφος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; in later Prose, εἰς τὰ πλευρὰ β. τὴν αἰχμήν [LXX+1st c.BC+]
I. c also, dip in poison, ἔβαψεν ἰούς [Refs 5th c.BC+]
I.2. dye, ἔβαψεν.. ξίφος the sword dyed [the robe] red, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; β. τὰ κάλλη dye the beautiful cloths, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely in middle, dye the hair, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; glaze earthen vessels, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; of gilding and silvering, [Refs 5th c.BC+] dye one in the [red] dye of Sardes, i. e. give him a bloody coxcomb, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but βέβαπται β. Κυζικηνικόν he has been dyed in the dye of Cyzicus, i. e. is an arrant coward, [Refs]
I.3. draw water by dipping a vessel, ἀνθ᾽ ὕδατος τᾷ κάλπιδι κηρία βάψαι [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ἀρύταιναν.. ἐκ μέσου βάψασα τοῦ λέβητος ζέοντος ὕδατος draw water by dipping the bucket, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; βάψασα ποντίας ἁλός (i.e. τὸ τεῦχος) having dipped it so as to draw water from the sea, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
I.4. baptize, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II. intransitive, ναῦς ἔβαψεν the ship dipped, sank, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; β. εἰς ψυχρὸν [αἱ ἐγχέλυς] [Refs 4th c.BC+]; εἰ δ᾽ ὁ μὲν (i.e. ἠέλιος) ἀνέφελος βάπτοι ῥόου ἑσπερίοιο [Refs 4th c.BC+] dipping into.., [Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—also middle, ποταμοῖο ἐβάψατο [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II.2. βάψας (i.e. τὴν κώπην) [Refs 5th c.BC+]. (Cf. O Norse kuefia 'dip'.)