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From Middle English Johan þe Babtis , from Latin Iōannēs Baptista .
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John the Baptist
A New Testament prophet who baptized Jesus and was subsequently executed by Herod Antipas.
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biblical prophet
Afrikaans: Johannes die Doper
Aghwan: 𐔺𐕒𐕛𐕆𐔰𐕎𐔶𐕚 𐕀𐔰𐕐𐔾𐕒𐕡𐕘𐔰𐔾 ( yovhanēs xašluġal )
Albanian: Gjon Pagëzori
Arabic: يُوحَنَّا الْمَعْمَدَان ( yūḥannā l-maʕmadān ) , يَحْيَى (ar) ( yaḥyā )
Armenian: Հովհաննես Մկրտիչ ( Hovhannes Mkrtičʻ )
Azerbaijani: Vəftizçi İohann
Basque: Joan Bataiatzailea
Belarusian: Іаан Прадцеча m ( Iaan Pradcječa ) , Іаан Хрысціцель m ( Iaan Xryscicjelʹ )
Breton: Yann ar Badezour m
Bulgarian: Йоан Кръстител m ( Joan Krǎstitel ) , Йоан Предтеча m ( Joan Predteča )
Catalan: Joan Baptista m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 施洗約翰 / 施洗约翰 (zh) ( shīxǐ Yuēhàn ) , 施洗者約翰 / 施洗者约翰 (zh) ( shīxǐzhě Yuēhàn ) , 若翰洗者 ( Shèng Ruòhàn xǐzhě ) ( Catholic )
Coptic: ⲓⲱϩⲁⲛⲛⲏⲥ ⲡⲃⲁⲡⲧⲓⲥⲧⲏⲥ m ( iōhannēs pbaptistēs )
Czech: Jan Křtitel m
Danish: Johannes Døberen
Dutch: Johannes de Doper
Esperanto: Johano la Baptisto
Estonian: Ristija Johannes
Finnish: Johannes Kastaja (fi)
French: Jean le Baptiste , Jean-Baptiste (fr)
Old French: Jehan Baptiste m
Galician: Xoán Bautista m
Georgian: იოანე ნათლისმცემელი ( ioane natlismcemeli )
German: Johannes der Täufer
Greek: Ιωάννης ο Βαπτιστής m ( Ioánnis o Vaptistís ) , Ιωάννης ο Πρόδρομος m ( Ioánnis o Pródromos )
Ancient: Ἰωάννης m ( Iōánnēs ) , Ἰωάννης ὁ βαπτιστής m ( Iōánnēs ho baptistḗs ) , Ἰωάννης ὁ βαπτίζων m ( Iōánnēs ho baptízōn )
Hebrew: יוחנן המטביל
Hindi: यूहन्ना m ( yūhannā )
Hungarian: Keresztelő János
Indonesian: Yohannes Pembaptis
Irish: Eoin Baiste m
Italian: Giovanni Battista m
Japanese: 洗礼者ヨハネ ( senreisha Yohane )
Korean: 세례자 요한 ( seryeja yohan )
Latin: Ioannes Baptista m
Latvian: Jānis Kristītājs m
Limburgish: Johannes de Duiper
Lithuanian: Jonas Krikštytojas m
Luxembourgish: Johannes den Deefer
Macedonian: Јован Крстител ( Jovan Krstitel )
Malay: John Pembaptis
Maltese: Ġwanni l-Battista , Ġwanni l-Għammied
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Johannes Døperen
Nynorsk: Døyparen Johannes
Old English: Iōhannes sē Fulluhtere m
Persian: یحیی (fa) ( yahyâ ) , یوحنا معمدان ( yuhannâ ma'madân )
Plautdietsch: Johanes de Deepa
Polish: Jan Chrzciciel (pl) m , Jan Baptysta m
Portuguese: João Batista m
Romanian: Ioan Botezătorul m
Russian: Иоанн Креститель ( Ioann Krestitelʹ ) , Иоа́нн Предте́ча m ( Ioánn Predtéča )
Scottish Gaelic: Eòin Baistidh m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Јован Крститељ , Иван Крститељ
Roman: Jovan Krstitelj , Ivan Krstitelj
Slovak: Ján Krstiteľ
Slovene: Jánez Krstník (sl) m
Spanish: Juan Bautista
Swahili: Yohane Mbatizaji
Swedish: Johannes döparen
Turkish: Vaftizci Yahya
Ukrainian: Іва́н Хрести́тель m ( Iván Xrestýtelʹ ) , Іван Предтеча m ( Ivan Predteča ) , Йоан Хреститель m ( Joan Xrestytelʹ ) , Йоан Предтеча m ( Joan Predteča ) , Іоан Хреститель m ( Ioan Xrestytelʹ ) , Іоан Предтеча m ( Ioan Predteča )
Urdu: یوحنا اصطباغی , یوحنا بپتسمہ دینے والا
Vietnamese: Gioan Baotixita , Gioan Tẩy Giả , Gioan Tiền Hô ( Catholic ) , Giăng Báp-tít ( Protestant )
Welsh: Ioan Fedyddiwr m
John the Baptist
( figuratively ) A harbinger or prophetic figure, often one initially ignored or rejected by others.
1938 January 17, “Books: Keyserling”, in Time [1] , volume 31 , page 62 :[ …] and praise such as Glenn Frank’s: “Keyserling may turn out to be a John the Baptist of a new Western civilization.”
1956 , Carlile Aylmer Macartney , October Fifteenth: A History of Modern Hungary, 1929–1945 , volume 1, page 184 :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.
2003 September 21, Frank Kermode , “‘Pieces of My Mind’”, in The New York Times [2] :Ellis makes Diaghilev a John the Baptist of a ‘classico-mathematical Renaissance’, and the notion that this was a renaissance of some kind or other was evidently in the air.
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Further reading
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“John the Baptist ”, in OneLook Dictionary Search .
“John the Baptist ”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language , 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt , 2016 , →ISBN .
“John the Baptist ”, in Collins English Dictionary .
“John the Baptist ”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged , Dictionary.com, LLC , 1995–present.