Mark 1:4
New Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins."
Word-by-Word Analysis
Ἰωάννης
Iōánnēs
Joannes (i.e. Jochanan), the name of four Israelites
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...
מִדְבָּר
midbâr
a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs)
קָרָא
qârâʼ
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
βάπτισμα
báptisma
baptism (technically or figuratively)
סָרָה
çârâh
apostasy, crime; figuratively, remission
חַטָּאָה
chaṭṭâʼâh
an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender
Key Terms in This Verse
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 →קָרָא qârâʼ
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
Study H7121 →חַטָּאָה chaṭṭâʼâh
an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender
Study H2403 →מִדְבָּר midbâr
a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs)
Study H4057 →Cross References
And were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins.
And John also was baptizing in Aenon near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized.
To give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the remission of their sins,
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:
That word, I say, ye know, which was published throughout all Judaea, and began from Galilee, after the baptism which John preached;
And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.
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