The word "baptize" come from a greek word meaning submerge, dip, dive, etc right?

Answer 1

You are correct, the Greek word means to dip or immerse. It was commonly used around the time of Christ to convey the idea of dipping material into vats of dye for coloring. The Jews began using the word to describe a practice they used to show repentance. The Christian church continued that practice, following the example of Jesus, who was baptized Himself, by immersion. The New Testament teaches the continuation of the practice as a sign of belief in Jesus as Messiah and Savior.

Answer 2

How was the Ethiopian baptized? The word “baptize” comes from the Greek term ba·pti′zo, meaning “dip, plunge.” A form of the same word is used for “plunge” at 2 Kings 5:14 in the Greek Septuagint. And it is noteworthy that the Ethiopian requested baptism when he and Philip came to a “body of water.” For the baptism, they “went down into the water,” afterward coming “up out of” it. (Acts 8:36-39) Therefore, the Ethiopian eunuch was baptized by being immersed in water.

Jesus himself was baptized by undergoing water immersion. Thus, after his baptism in the Jordan River, it is said that he “came up from the water.” When one is immersed in water, one is temporarily “buried” out of sight and then lifted out.

From the definition of baptism as stated earlier, it is clear that baptism is complete immersion or submersion in water, not a mere pouring or sprinkling. The Bible examples of baptism corroborate this fact. Jesus was baptized in a sizable river, the Jordan, and after being baptized he came “up out of the water.” John selected a location in the Jordan Valley near Salim to baptize, “because there was a great quantity of water there.” The Ethiopian eunuch asked to be baptized when they came to “a body of water.” They both “went down into the water.” Afterward they came “up out of the water.” (Ac 8:36-40) All these instances imply, not a small ankle-deep pool, but a large body of water into and out of which they would have to walk. Further, the fact that baptism was also used to symbolize a burial indicates complete submersion.

Answer 3

Baptism is not sprinkling or pouring. Any Greek scholar will confirm that the word baptizo in the first century meant "to immerse." It is immersion (see Acts 8:38; Rom. 6:4). Paul's figure of baptism as a burial