pr. an act of dipping or immersion: a baptism, Col. 2:12; Heb. 6:2; an ablution, Mk. 7:4; Heb. 9:10*

pr. immersion; baptism, ordinance of baptism, Mt. 3:7; Rom. 6:4; met. baptism in the trial of suffering, Mt. 20:22, 23; Mk. 10:38, 39

pr. to dip, immerse; to cleanse or purify by washing; to administer the rite of baptism, to baptize; met. with various reference to the ideas associated with Christian baptism as an act of dedication, e.g. marked designation, devotion, trial, etc.; mid.

pluperfect, ἐβεβλήμην, to throw, cast; to lay, Rev. 2:22; Mt. 8:6, 14; to put, place, Jas. 3:3; to place, deposit, Mt. 27:6; Mk. 12:41-44; Lk. 21:1-4; Jn. 12:6; to pour, Jn.

also spelled βαλάντιον, a bag, purse, Lk. 10:4; 12:33; 22:35, 36*

Balak, pr. name, indecl., Rev. 2:14*

Balaam, pr. name, indecl.

a palm branch, Jn. 12:13*

deep, Jn. 4:11; met. deep, profound, Acts 20:9; Rev. 2:24; ὄρθρου βαθέος, lit. at deep morning twilight, at the earliest dawn, Lk. 24:1*

to deepen, excavate, Lk. 6:48*