John the Baptist
John the Baptist proper noun: a prophet of the New Testament who baptized Jesus and was subsequently executed by Herod Antipas.
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Proper noun
John the Baptist
- A prophet of the New Testament who baptized Jesus and was subsequently executed by Herod Antipas.
- 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.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 3:1–2
Noun
John the Baptist
- A harbinger or prophetic figure, often one initially ignored or rejected by others.
- […] and praise such as Glenn Frank’s: “Keyserling may turn out to be a John the Baptist of a new Western civilization.”1938 January 17, “Books: Keyserling”, in Time, volume 31, page 62
- 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.1956, Carlile Aylmer Macartney, October Fifteenth: A History of Modern Hungary, 1929–1945, volume 1, page 184
John the Baptist meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Arabic
John the Baptist in Hindi
- biblical prophet
- यूहन्ना बपतिस्मा देनेवाला yūhannā baptismā denevālā
John the Baptist in Tamil
- திருமுழுக்கு யோவான்
John the Baptist in Urdu
- biblical prophet
- یوحنا اصطباغی, یوحنا بپتسمہ دینے والا
John the Baptist in Arabic
- biblical prophet
- يُوحَنَّا الْمَعْمَدَان yūḥannā l-maʕmadān, يَحْيَى yaḥyā
More languagesFewer languages
- John the Baptist in Malay
- John Pembaptis
- John the Baptist in Indonesian
- Yohannes Pembaptis
- John the Baptist in Persian
- یحیی yahyâ, یوحنا معمدان yuhannâ ma'madân
- John the Baptist in Vietnamese
- Gioan Baotixita, Gioan Tẩy Giả, Gioan Tiền Hô, Giăng Báp-tít
Origin of John the Baptist
From Middle English Johan þe Babtis, calqued from Latin Iōannēs Baptista.
Words formed from John the Baptist
Questions about John the Baptist
- What does John the Baptist mean?
- John the Baptist means a prophet of the New Testament who baptized Jesus and was subsequently executed by Herod Antipas.
- What is John the Baptist in Hindi?
- John the Baptist in Hindi is यूहन्ना बपतिस्मा देनेवाला (yūhannā baptismā denevālā). See John the Baptist meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is John the Baptist?
- John the Baptist can be a proper noun or a noun.
Words near John the Baptist in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: John the Baptist (page history and authors); John the Baptist (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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