*† βάπτισμα, -τος, τό
(< βαπτίζω), prop., the result of the act, τὸ βαπτίζειν, as distinct from βαπτισμός, the act itself,
immersion, baptism;
1. metaph., of affliction: Mk 10:38, 39, Lk 12:50.
2. Of the religious rite of baptism;
(a) of John's baptism: Mt 3:721:25, Mk 11:30, Lk 7:2920:4, Ac 1:2210:3718:2519:3; β. μετανοίας, Mk 1:4, Lk 3:3, Ac 13:2419:4;
(b) of Christian baptism; Ro 6:4, Eph 4:5, Col 2:12 (Tr., -μῷ, q.v.), I Pe 3:21 (cf. Cremer, 130; Tr., Syn. § xcix).†