Βαπτιστής

Βαπτιστής — Baptistḗs

βαπτιστής, βαπτιστοῦ, ὁ (βαπτίζω), a baptizer; one who administers the rite of baptism; the surname of John, the forerunner of Christ: Mat 3:1; Mat 11:11 f; (Mat 14:2; Mat 14:8; Mat 16:14; Mat 17:13); Mar 6:24 (T Tr WH τοῦ βαπτίζοντος), Mar 6:25; Mar 8:28; Luk 7:20; Luk 7:28 (T Tr WH omit), Luk 7:38; Luk 9:19; also given him by Josephus, Antiquities 18, 5, 2, and found in no other secular writings (Joh. d. Täufer by Breest (1881), Köhler (1884).)