equivalent to 264

1. to be without a share in

2. to miss the mark

3. to err, be mistaken

4. to miss or wander from the path of uprightness and honour, to do or go wrong

5. to wander from the law of God, violate God's law, sin

that which is done wrong, sin, an offence, a violation of the divine law in thought or in act

collectively, the complex or aggregate of sins committed either by a single person or by many

release from bondage or imprisonment

forgiveness or pardon, of sins (letting them go as if they had never been committed), remission of the penalty

to dip repeatedly, to immerse, to submerge (of vessels sunk)

to cleanse by dipping or submerging, to wash, to make clean with water, to wash one's self, bathe

to overwhelm

immersion, submersion

1. of calamities and afflictions with which one is quite overwhelmed

2. of John's baptism, that purification rite by which men on confessing their sins were bound to spiritual reformation, obtained the pardon of their past sins and became qualified for the benefits of the Messiah's kingdom soon to be set up. This was valid Christian baptism, as this was the only baptism the apostles received and it is not recorded anywhere that they were ever rebaptised after Pentecost.

3. of Christian baptism; a rite of immersion in water as commanded by Christ, by which one after confessing his sins and professing his faith in Christ, having been born again by the Holy Spirit unto a new life, identifies publicly with the fellowship of Christ and the church.

   In Rom 6:3, Paul states we are "baptised unto death" meaning that we are not only dead to our former ways, but they are buried. To return to them is as unthinkable for a Christian as for one to dig up a dead corpse! See also discussion of baptism under the previous Strong's number (907).

to become, i.e. to come into existence, begin to be, receive being

to become, i.e. to come to pass, happen

1. of events

to arise, appear in history, come upon the stage

1. of men appearing in public

to be made, finished

1. of miracles, to be performed, wrought

to become, be made

into, unto, to, towards, for, among

in, by, with etc.

solitary, lonely, desolate, uninhabited

1. used of places

   1. a desert, wilderness

   2. deserted places, lonely regions

   3. an uncultivated region fit for pasturage

2. used of persons

   1. deserted by others

   2. deprived of the aid and protection of others, especially of friends, acquaintances, kindred

   3. bereft

      1. of a flock deserted by the shepherd

      2. of a woman neglected by her husband, from whom the husband withholds himself

John = "Jehovah is a gracious giver"

1. John the Baptist was the son of Zacharias and Elisabeth, the forerunner of Christ. By order of Herod Antipas he was cast into prison and afterwards beheaded.

2. John the apostle, the writer of the Fourth Gospel, son of Zebedee and Salome, brother of James the elder. He is that disciple who (without mention by name) is spoken of in the Fourth Gospel as especially dear to Jesus and according to the traditional opinion is the author of the book of Revelation.

3. John surnamed Mark, the companion of Barnabas and Paul. #Acts 12:12

4. John a certain man, a member of the Sanhedrin. # Ac 4:6

and, also, even, indeed, but

to be a herald, to officiate as a herald

1. to proclaim after the manner of a herald

2. always with the suggestion of formality, gravity and an authority which must be listened to and obeyed

to publish, proclaim openly: something which has been done

used of the public proclamation of the gospel and matters pertaining to it, made by John the Baptist, by Jesus, by the apostles and other Christian teachers

a change of mind, as it appears to one who repents, of a purpose he has formed or of something he has done

this, that, these, etc. Only significant renderings other than "the" counted