βάπτω,
fut. βάψω (ἐμ-) Ar. Pax 959: aor. ἔβαψα S. Aj. 95, etc.: - Med., fut. βάψομαι Ar. Lys. 51: aor. ἐβαψάμην Arat. 951, AP 9.326 (Leon.): - Pass., fut. βᾰφήσομαι LXX [Lev 11:32], M.Ant. 8.51: aor. ἐβάφθην AP 6.254 (Myrin.), (ἀπ-) Ar. Fr. 416; in Att. generally ἐβάφην [ᾰ ] Pl. R. 429e, etc.: pf. βέβαμμαι Hdt. 7.67, Ar. Pax 1176.
I trans.,
1. dip, ὡς δ’ ὅτ’ ἀνὴρ χαλκεὺς πέλεκυν.. εἰν ὕδατι ψυχρῷ βάπτῃ (so as to temper the red-hot steel) Od. 9.392; β. εἰς ὕδωρ Pl. Ti. 73e, cf. Emp. 100.11; τἄρια θερμῷ Ar. Ec. 216; εἰς μέλι, εἰς κηρόν, Arist. HA 605a29, de An. 435a2: - Pass., βαπτόμενος σίδηρος iron in process of being tempered, Plu. 2.136a; and of coral, become hard, Dsc. 5.121 (s. v. l.). of slaughter in Trag, ἐν σφαγαῖσι βάψασα ξίφος A. Pr. 863; ἔβαψας ἔγχος εὖ πρὸς Ἀργείων στρατῷ; S. Aj. 95; φάσγανον εἴσω σαρκὸς ἔβαψεν E. Ph. 1578 (lyr.); in later Prose, εἰς τὰ πλευρὰ β. τὴν αἰχμήν D.H. 5.15; β. τὸν δάκτυλον ἀπὸ τοῦ αἵματος LXX [Lev 4:17]. also, dip in poison, ἔβαψεν ἰούς S. Tr. 574; χιτῶνα τόνδ’ ἔβαψα ib. 580.
2. dye, ἔβαψεν.. ξίφος the sword dyed [the robe] red, A. Ch. 1011; β. τὰ κάλλη dye the beautiful cloths, Eup. 333; β. ἔρια ὥστ’ εἶναι ἁλουργά Pl. R. 429d; εἵματα βεβαμμένα Hdt. 7.67; τρίχας βάπτειν AP 11.68 (Lucill.): abs. in Med., dye the hair, Men. 363.4, Nicol.Com. 1.33; glaze earthen vessels, Ath. 11.480e; of gilding and silvering, Ps.-Democr. Alch. p.46 B.: Com., βάπτειν τινὰ βάμμα Σαρδιανικόν dye one in the [red] dye of Sardes, i. e. give him a bloody coxcomb, Ar. Ach. 112; but βέβαπται β. Κυζικηνικόν he has been dyed in the dye of Cyzicus, i. e. is an arrant coward, Id. Pax 1176 (v. Sch.).
3. draw water by dipping a vessel, ἀνθ’ ὕδατος τᾷ κάλπιδι κηρία βάψαι Theoc. 5.127; ἀρύταιναν.. ἐκ μέσου βάψασα τοῦ λέβητος ζέοντος ὕδατος draw water by dipping the bucket, Antiph. 25, cf. Thphr. Char. 9.8; βάψασα ποντίας ἁλός (sc. τὸ τεῦχος) having dipped it so as to draw water from the sea, E. Hec. 610.
4. baptize, Arr. Epict. 2.9.20 (Pass.).
II intr.,
1. ναῦς ἔβαψεν the ship dipped, sank, E. Or. 707; β. εἰς ψυχρὸν [αἱ ἐγχέλυς ] Arist. HA 592a18; εἰ δ’ ὁ μὲν (sc. ἠέλιος) ἀνέφελος βάπτοι ῥόου ἑσπερίοιο Arat. 858 (ῥόον Sch.): c. acc., νῆα.. βάπτουσαν ἤδη κῦμα κυρτόν dipping into.., Babr. 71.2: - also Med., ποταμοῖο ἐβάψατο Arat. 951.
2. βάψας (sc. τὴν κώπην) Ar. Fr. 225. (Cf. O Norse kuefia ’dip’.)
G911 — βάπτω
: (future βάψω, [Joh 13:26] T Tr WH); 1 aorist ἐβαψα; perfect passive participle βεβαμμένος; in Greek writings from Homer down; in the Sept. for טָבַל;
a. to dip, dip in, immerse: τί, [Joh 13:26] (but in 26 Lachmann ἐμβάψας, as in 26b L text R G); followed by a genitive of the thing into which the object is dipped (because only a part of it is touched by the act of dipping), [Luk 16:24] (cf. ἅπτεσθαι τίνος, λούεσθαι ποταμοιο, Homer, Iliad 5, 6; 6, 508; cf. Buttmann, § 132, 25; (Winers Grammar, § 30, 8. c.)).
b. to dip into dye, to dye, color: ἱμάτιον αἵματι, [Rev 19:13] (Tdf. περιρεραμμενον, see under the word περιρραίνω; WH ῥεραντισμενον, see ῤαντίζω). (Herodotus 7, 67; Anth. 11, 68; Josephus, Antiquities 3, 6, 1.) (Compare: ἐμβάπτω.)
βάπτω ,
[in LXX chiefly for H2881;]
(a) to dip: [Luk 16:24], [Joh 13:26] ( ἐμβ -, L );
(b) to dip in dye, to dye: [Rev 19:13] ( Rec. ; ῥεραντισμένον , WH ; περιρεραμμένον , Τ ; ῥεραμμένον , Swete , in l , q.v. ). †