{"def":{"short":"a baptizer, as an epithet of Christ's forerunner","long":["a baptizer","one who administers the rite of baptism","the surname of John, the forerunner of Christ"]},"deriv":"from G0907","pronun":{"ipa":"βɑ.ptiˈstes","ipa_mod":"vɑ.ptiˈste̞s","sbl":"baptistēs","dic":"va-ptee-STASE","dic_mod":"va-ptee-STASE"},"see":["G0907"]}