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καταβαπτίζω

MainId: 002604000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: False

AlphaPos: κ

BaseForms:

1. BaseFormID: 002604001000000

   PartsOfSpeech: verb

   LEXMeanings:

   1. LEXID: 002604001001000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M

      LEXEntryCode: 53.31

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Religious Activities

      LEXSubDomains: Purify, Cleanse

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-09-16 10:54:26

         DefinitionShort: to wash (in some contexts, possibly by dipping into water), with a view to making objects ritually acceptable

         Glosses: ['to wash', 'to purify', 'washing', 'purification']

         Comments: See {S:04100700400012} apparatus.|There is some doubt as to the precise extent to which {L:βαπτίζω}[a], καταβαπτίζω, and {L:βαπτισμός}[a] in {S:04100700400012} involve ritual cleansing, but the context would seem to imply this, particularly in view of the relationship of such washing to the rules followed by Jews in general and Pharisees in particular.

      LEXReferences: MARK 7:4