John the Baptist

English

Caravaggio's Saint John the Baptist (or Youth with a Ram, c. 1602)

Proper noun

John the Baptist

A New Testament prophet who baptized Jesus. He was executed by Herod Antipas at the request of Salome.
- 1611, Bible (King James Version):
  : Matthew 3:1-2:
  In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea, And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

Derived terms

St. John the Baptist Parish

Translations

biblical prophet

Afrikaans: Johannes die Doper
Albanian: Gjon Pagëzori
Arabic: يُوحَنَّا الْمَعْمَدَان‎‎ (yūḥannā l-maʿmadān), يَحْيَى‎‎ (yaḥyā)
Armenian: Հովհաննես Մկրտիչ (Hovhannes Mkrtičʿ)
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 (zh), 施洗约翰 (zh) (shīxǐ Yuēhàn), 施洗者約翰 (zh), 施洗者约翰 (zh) (shīxǐzhě Yuēhàn), 若翰洗者, 若翰洗者 (Shèng Ruòhàn xǐzhě) (Catholic)
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)
Hungarian: Keresztelő János
Indonesian: Yohannes Pembaptis
Irish: Eoin Baiste m
Italian: Giovanni Battista m
Japanese: 洗礼者ヨハネ (senrei mono 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
Persian: یحیی‎‎ (fa) (Yahyâ), یوحنا معمدان‎‎ (yuhannâ mamadân)
Plautdietsch: Johanes de Deepa
Polish: Jan Chrzciciel 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 (Catholic), Giăng Báp-tít (Protestant)
Welsh: Ioan Fedyddiwr m

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