John the Baptist

English thumb Etymology From en enm Johan þe Babtis, calqued from en la Iōannēs Baptista. Pronunciation en en-us-John the Baptist.ogg Mid-Atlantic US Proper noun John the Baptist A prophet of the New Testament who baptized Jesus and was subsequently executed by Herod Antipas. Matthew 3 1–2 In those daies came Iohn the Baptist, preaching in the wildernesse of Iudea, And saying, Repent yee: for the kingdome of heauen is at hand. Derived terms en St. John the Baptist Parish Translations biblical prophet Afrikaans: af Johannes die Doper Aghwan: xag 𐔺𐕒𐕛𐕆𐔰𐕎𐔶𐕚 𐕀𐔰𐕐𐔾𐕒𐕡𐕘𐔰𐔾 Albanian: sq Gjon Pagëzori Arabic: Christianity ar يُوحَنَّا الْمَعْمَدَان, Islam ar يَحْيَى Armenian: hy Հովհաննես Մկրտիչ Azerbaijani: az Vəftizçi İohann Basque: eu Joan Bataiatzailea Belarusian: be Іаан Прадцеча m, be Іаан Хрысціцель m Breton: br Yann ar Badezour m Bulgarian: bg Йоан Кръстител m, bg Йоан Предтеча m Catalan: ca Joan Baptista m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 施洗約翰 shīxǐ Yuēhàn, cmn 施洗者約翰 shīxǐzhě Yuēhàn, cmn 若翰洗者 Shèng Ruòhàn xǐzhě Catholic Coptic: cop ⲓⲱϩⲁⲛⲛⲏⲥ ⲡⲃⲁⲡⲧⲓⲥⲧⲏⲥ m Czech: cs Jan Křtitel m Danish: da Johannes Døberen Dutch: nl Johannes de Doper East Nyala: nle Yohana Omuvatisi 1 Esperanto: eo Johano la Baptisto Estonian: et Ristija Johannes Finnish: fi Johannes Kastaja French: fr Jean le Baptiste, fr Jean-Baptiste Old French: fro Jehan Baptiste m Galician: gl Xoán Bautista m Georgian: ka იოანე ნათლისმცემელი German: de Johannes der Täufer Greek: el Ιωάννης ο Βαπτιστής m, el Ιωάννης ο Πρόδρομος m Ancient Greek: grc Ἰωάννης m, grc Ἰωάννης ὁ βαπτιστής m, grc Ἰωάννης ὁ βαπτίζων m Gusii: guz Yohana Omobatisi 1 Hebrew: he יוחנן המטביל Hindi: hi यूहन्ना बपतिस्मा देनेवाला m Hungarian: hu Keresztelő János Indonesian: id Yohannes Pembaptis Irish: ga Eoin Baiste m Italian: it Giovanni Battista m Japanese: ja 洗礼者ヨハネ senreisha Yohane Korean: ko 세례자 요한 Latin: la Ioannes Baptista m Latvian: lv Jānis Kristītājs m Limburgish: li Johannes de Duiper Lithuanian: lt Jonas Krikštytojas m Luxembourgish: lb Johannes den Deefer Macedonian: mk Јован Крстител Malawi Lomwe: lon Yohane Oobatiza 1 Malay: ms John Pembaptis Maltese: mt Ġwanni l-Battista, mt Ġwanni l-Għammied Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Johannes Døperen Nynorsk: nn Døyparen Johannes Old English: ang Iōhannes sē Fulluhtere m Persian: fa یحیی yahyâ, fa یوحنا معمدان yuhannâ ma'madân Plautdietsch: pdt Johanes de Deepa Polish: pl Jan Chrzciciel m, pl Jan Baptysta m Portuguese: pt João Batista m Romanian: ro Ioan Botezătorul m Russian: ru Иоанн Креститель, ru Иоа́нн Предте́ча m Scottish Gaelic: gd Eòin Baistidh m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Јован Крститељ, sh Иван Крститељ Latin: sh Jovan Krstitelj, sh Ivan Krstitelj Sicilian: scn Giuvanni u Vattista m Slovak: sk Ján Krstiteľ Slovene: sl Jánez Krstník m Soga: xog Yoanne Omubatiza 1 Spanish: es Juan Bautista Suba: sxb Yowaana Omubatiisi 1 Suba-Simbiti: ssc Yohana Omobhatiisya 1 Sundanese: su Yohanes Pangbanyu Swahili: sw Yohane Mbatizaji Swedish: sv Johannes döparen Taita: dav Johane M'baputizi 1 Tonga (Malawi): tog Yohane Mbatizi 1 Tumbuka: tum Yohane Mubapatizi 1 Turkish: tr Vaftizci Yahya Ukrainian: uk Іва́н Хрести́тель m, uk Іван Хреститель, Іван Предтеча, Йоан Хреститель, Йоан Предтеча, Іоан Предтеча, Іоан Хреститель m Іван Предтеча, uk Іван Хреститель, Іван Предтеча, Йоан Хреститель, Йоан Предтеча, Іоан Предтеча, Іоан Хреститель m Йоан Хреститель, uk Іван Хреститель, Іван Предтеча, Йоан Хреститель, Йоан Предтеча, Іоан Предтеча, Іоан Хреститель m Йоан Предтеча, uk Іоан Хреститель m, uk Іоан Предтеча m Urdu: ur یوحنا اصطباغی, ur یوحنا بپتسمہ دینے والا Vietnamese: vi Gioan Baotixita, vi Gioan Tẩy Giả, vi Gioan Tiền Hô Catholic, vi Giăng Báp-tít Protestant Wanga: lwg Yohana Omubatiisi 1 Welsh: cy Ioan Fedyddiwr m Yao (Africa): yao Yohane M'batisi 1, yao Yohana Jwakubatisya 1, yao Yohana Ŵakubatisya 1 Noun ? John the Baptist en figuratively A harbinger or prophetic figure, often one initially ignored or rejected by others. en 17 January 1938 Books: Keyserling Time (magazine) Time 31 https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=0gtWfCgZGGEC 62 and praise such as Glenn Frank’s: “Keyserling may turn out to be a John the Baptist of a new Western civilization.” 1 184 In 1935 Szálasi had been a lonely John the Baptist in Hungarian politics, the self-appointed leader of a tiny party, less than 500 strong, advocating an unpopular cause. en 21 September 2003 w:Frank Kermode ‘Pieces of My Mind’ w:The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/21/books/chapters/pieces-of-my-mind.html Ellis makes Diaghilev a John the Baptist of a ‘classico-mathematical Renaissance’, and the notion that this was a renaissance of some kind or other was evidently in the air. https://web.archive.org/web/20221231171939/https://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/21/books/chapters/pieces-of-my-mind.html 31 December 2022 Related terms en voice in the wilderness Further reading en Biblical characters Christianity