"John the Baptist" meaning in English

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Proper name

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Etymology: From Middle English Johan þe Babtis, from Latin Iōannēs Baptista. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|Johan þe Babtis}} Middle English Johan þe Babtis, {{der|en|la|Iōannēs Baptista}} Latin Iōannēs Baptista Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=John the Baptist}} John the Baptist
  1. A New Testament prophet who baptized Jesus and was subsequently executed by Herod Antipas. Categories (topical): Biblical characters, Christianity, Individuals Derived forms: St. John the Baptist Parish Translations (biblical prophet): Johannes die Doper (Afrikaans), 𐔺𐕒𐕛𐕆𐔰𐕎𐔶𐕚 𐕀𐔰𐕐𐔾𐕒𐕡𐕘𐔰𐔾 (yovhanēs xašluġal) (Aghwan), Gjon Pagëzori (Albanian), Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), Ἰωάννης ὁ βαπτιστής (Iōánnēs ho baptistḗs) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), Ἰωάννης ὁ βαπτίζων (Iōánnēs ho baptízōn) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), يُوحَنَّا الْمَعْمَدَان (yūḥannā l-maʕmadān) (Arabic), يَحْيَى (yaḥyā) (Arabic), Հովհաննես Մկրտիչ (Hovhannes Mkrtičʻ) (Armenian), Vəftizçi İohann (Azerbaijani), Joan Bataiatzailea (Basque), Іаан Прадцеча (Iaan Pradcječa) [masculine] (Belarusian), Іаан Хрысціцель (Iaan Xryscicjelʹ) [masculine] (Belarusian), Yann ar Badezour [masculine] (Breton), Йоан Кръстител (Joan Krǎstitel) [masculine] (Bulgarian), Йоан Предтеча (Joan Predteča) [masculine] (Bulgarian), Joan Baptista [masculine] (Catalan), 施洗約翰 (Chinese Mandarin), 施洗约翰 (shīxǐ Yuēhàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 施洗者約翰 (Chinese Mandarin), 施洗者约翰 (shīxǐzhě Yuēhàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 若翰洗者 (Shèng Ruòhàn xǐzhě) [Catholic] (Chinese Mandarin), ⲓⲱϩⲁⲛⲛⲏⲥ ⲡⲃⲁⲡⲧⲓⲥⲧⲏⲥ (iōhannēs pbaptistēs) [masculine] (Coptic), Jan Křtitel [masculine] (Czech), Johannes Døberen (Danish), Johannes de Doper (Dutch), Johano la Baptisto (Esperanto), Ristija Johannes (Estonian), Johannes Kastaja (Finnish), Jean le Baptiste (French), Jean-Baptiste (French), Xoán Bautista [masculine] (Galician), იოანე ნათლისმცემელი (ioane natlismcemeli) (Georgian), Johannes der Täufer (German), Ιωάννης ο Βαπτιστής (Ioánnis o Vaptistís) [masculine] (Greek), Ιωάννης ο Πρόδρομος (Ioánnis o Pródromos) [masculine] (Greek), יוחנן המטביל (Hebrew), यूहन्ना (yūhannā) [masculine] (Hindi), Keresztelő János (Hungarian), Yohannes Pembaptis (Indonesian), Eoin Baiste [masculine] (Irish), Giovanni Battista [masculine] (Italian), 洗礼者ヨハネ (senreisha Yohane) (Japanese), 세례자 요한 (seryeja yohan) (Korean), Ioannes Baptista [masculine] (Latin), Jānis Kristītājs [masculine] (Latvian), Johannes de Duiper (Limburgish), Jonas Krikštytojas [masculine] (Lithuanian), Johannes den Deefer (Luxembourgish), Јован Крстител (Jovan Krstitel) (Macedonian), John Pembaptis (Malay), Ġwanni l-Battista (Maltese), Ġwanni l-Għammied (Maltese), Johannes Døperen (Norwegian Bokmål), Døyparen Johannes (Norwegian Nynorsk), Iōhannes sē Fulluhtere [masculine] (Old English), Jehan Baptiste [masculine] (Old French), یحیی (yahyâ) (Persian), یوحنا معمدان (yuhannâ ma'madân) (Persian), Johanes de Deepa (Plautdietsch), Jan Chrzciciel [masculine] (Polish), Jan Baptysta [masculine] (Polish), João Batista [masculine] (Portuguese), Ioan Botezătorul [masculine] (Romanian), Иоанн Креститель (Ioann Krestitelʹ) (Russian), Иоа́нн Предте́ча (Ioánn Predtéča) [masculine] (Russian), Eòin Baistidh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), Јован Крститељ [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), Иван Крститељ [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), Jovan Krstitelj [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), Ivan Krstitelj [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), Ján Krstiteľ (Slovak), Jánez Krstník [masculine] (Slovene), Juan Bautista (Spanish), Yohanes Pangbanyu (Sundanese), Yohane Mbatizaji (Swahili), Johannes döparen (Swedish), Vaftizci Yahya (Turkish), Іва́н Хрести́тель (Iván Xrestýtelʹ) [masculine] (Ukrainian), Іван Предтеча (Ivan Predteča) [masculine] (Ukrainian), Йоан Хреститель (english: Joan Xrestytelʹ) [masculine] (Ukrainian), Йоан Предтеча (Joan Predteča) [masculine] (Ukrainian), Іоан Хреститель (Ioan Xrestytelʹ) [masculine] (Ukrainian), Іоан Предтеча (Ioan Predteča) [masculine] (Ukrainian), یوحنا اصطباغی (Urdu), یوحنا بپتسمہ دینے والا (Urdu), Gioan Baotixita (Vietnamese), Gioan Tẩy Giả (Vietnamese), Gioan Tiền Hô [Catholic] (Vietnamese), Giăng Báp-tít [Protestant] (Vietnamese), Ioan Fedyddiwr [masculine] (Welsh)
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Noun

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Etymology: From Middle English Johan þe Babtis, from Latin Iōannēs Baptista. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|Johan þe Babtis}} Middle English Johan þe Babtis, {{der|en|la|Iōannēs Baptista}} Latin Iōannēs Baptista Head templates: {{en-noun|?|head=John the Baptist}} John the Baptist
  1. (figuratively) A harbinger or prophetic figure, often one initially ignored or rejected by others. Tags: figuratively Related terms: voice in the wilderness
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          "code": "cmn",
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          "code": "et",
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          "sense": "biblical prophet",
          "word": "Johannes Kastaja"
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          "code": "de",
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          "code": "el",
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          "code": "grc",
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          "code": "he",
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          "code": "hu",
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          "code": "id",
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          "sense": "biblical prophet",
          "word": "Yohannes Pembaptis"
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          "code": "ga",
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          "tags": [
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
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          "tags": [
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          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "senreisha Yohane",
          "sense": "biblical prophet",
          "word": "洗礼者ヨハネ"
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "seryeja yohan",
          "sense": "biblical prophet",
          "word": "세례자 요한"
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          "code": "la",
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          "code": "li",
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          "code": "lt",
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          "word": "Jonas Krikštytojas"
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          "code": "ms",
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          "code": "mt",
          "lang": "Maltese",
          "sense": "biblical prophet",
          "word": "Ġwanni l-Battista"
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          "code": "mt",
          "lang": "Maltese",
          "sense": "biblical prophet",
          "word": "Ġwanni l-Għammied"
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          "tags": [
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          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
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          "sense": "biblical prophet",
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        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
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          "lang": "Polish",
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