G4916Greeksyntaphéntes

συνταφέντες

to inter in company with, i.e., (figuratively) to assimilate spiritually (to christ by a sepulcher as to sin)

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Total Occurrences
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Old Testament
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New Testament

Detailed Definition

  • 1to bury together with

Etymology & Derivation

from g4862 and g2290

Scholarly Notes

paul likens baptism to a burial by which the former sinfulness is buried, i.e., utterly taken away, which is aptly pictured by the immersion of a believer in the waters of baptism.

See Also

G2290G4862