Luke 3:16
New Testament • 18 words with Strong's data
"John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire:"
Word-by-Word Analysis
Ἰωάννης
Iōánnēs
Joannes (i.e. Jochanan), the name of four Israelites
עָנָה
ʻânâh
properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, ...
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
βαπτίζω
baptízō
to immerse, submerge; to make whelmed (i.e. fully wet); used only (in the New Testament) of ceremonial ablution, especially (technically) of the ordin...
מַיִם
mayim
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
אֶחָד
ʼechâd
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
עָצוּם
ʻâtsûwm
powerful (specifically, a paw); by implication, numerous
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
אֲשֶׁר
ʼăsher
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
נַעַל
naʻal
properly, a sandal tongue; by extension a sandal or slipper (sometimes as a symbol of occupancy, a refusal to marry, or of something valueless)
מִשְׁפָּט
mishpâṭ
properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, ind...
English grammatical function word ('unloose'). These words (articles, prepositions, conjunctions, pronouns, auxiliary verbs) have no direct equivalent...
βαπτίζω
baptízō
to immerse, submerge; to make whelmed (i.e. fully wet); used only (in the New Testament) of ceremonial ablution, especially (technically) of the ordin...
קֹדֶשׁ
qôdesh
a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity
גָּוַע
gâvaʻ
to breathe out, i.e. (by implication) expire
Key Terms in This Verse
English grammatical function word ('unloose'). These words (articles, prepositions, conjunctions, pronouns, auxiliary verbs) have no direct equivalent in the original Hebrew or Greek text; they are re...
Study GRAM →βαπτίζω baptízō
to immerse, submerge; to make whelmed (i.e. fully wet); used only (in the New Testament) of ceremonial ablution, especially (technically) of the ordinance of Christian baptism
Study G907 →βαπτίζω baptízō
to immerse, submerge; to make whelmed (i.e. fully wet); used only (in the New Testament) of ceremonial ablution, especially (technically) of the ordinance of Christian baptism
Study G907 →עָצוּם ʻâtsûwm
powerful (specifically, a paw); by implication, numerous
Study H6099 →נַעַל naʻal
properly, a sandal tongue; by extension a sandal or slipper (sometimes as a symbol of occupancy, a refusal to marry, or of something valueless)
Study H5275 →מִשְׁפָּט mishpâṭ
properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the pla...
Study H4941 →Cross References
I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:
For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.
And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy...
John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not;
Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest.
For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.
When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning.
And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my ...
He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.
Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.
While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word.
Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.
Related Passages
Welcome to LOGOS Study
Your complete Bible study toolkit