baptizō

What it means

To dip or immerse. John baptized with water; Jesus' followers will be baptized with the Holy Spirit (1:5), and Peter calls for baptism "in the name of Jesus Christ" (2:38).

Range of meaning

• Dip or immersePlunge in water.
• BaptizeInitiate with water.

In Acts

• Chapter 1

  "John indeed baptized in water, but you will be baptized in the Holy Spirit" (1:5).

• Chapter 2

  "Be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ" (2:38, 2:41).

• Chapter 8

  "What is keeping me from being baptized?" (8:12-16, 8:36-38).

• Chapter 10

  "Can anyone forbid water ... that these should not be baptized?" (10:47-48).

• Chapter 16

  Lydia and the jailer baptized with their households (16:15, 16:33).

• Chapter 18

  "Many of the Corinthians ... were baptized" (18:8), and "the baptism of John" (18:25).

• Chapter 22

  "Arise, be baptized" (22:16).