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

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).

into, unto, to, towards, for, among

to come

1. of persons

   1. to come from one place to another, and used both of persons arriving and of those returning

   2. to appear, make one's appearance, come before the public

metaph.

1. to come into being, arise, come forth, show itself, find place or influence

2. be established, become known, to come (fall) into or unto

to go, to follow one

Jordan = "the descender"

1. the one river of Palestine, has its course of little more than 200 miles (300 km), from the roots of Anti-Lebanon to the head of the Dead Sea.

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

individually

1. each, every, any, all, the whole, everyone, all things, everything

collectively

1. some of all types

lying round about, neighbouring

1. the region round about

2. the region of Jordan