John the Baptist

English

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

Proper noun

John the Baptist

1. A New Testament prophet who baptized Jesus. He was executed by Herod Antipas at the request of Salome.
   • 1611, King James Version of the Bible (Authorized Version)^[1]: 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.

Translations

biblical prophet

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• Armenian: Հովհաննես Մկրտիչ (hy) (Hovhannes Mkrtič) 
• Dutch: Johannes de Doper (nl)
• Estonian: Ristija Johannes (et)
• Finnish: Johannes Kastaja (fi)
• French: Jean le Baptiste (fr)

  Old French: Jehan Baptiste m

• German: Johannes der Täufer (de)
• Limburgish: Johannes de Duiper (li)
• Luxembourgish: Johannes den Deefer (lb)
• Macedonian: Јован Крстител (mk) (Jóvan K'rstitel)

• Maltese: Ġwanni l-Battista (mt), Ġwanni l-Għammied (mt)
• Persian: یحیی (fa) (Yahyâ)
• Russian: Иоанн Креститель (ru) (Ioann Krestitelʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Јован Крститељ (sh), Иван Крститељ (sh)

  Roman: Jovan Krstitelj (sh), Ivan Krstitelj (sh)

• Slovak: Ján Krstiteľ (sk)
• Slovene: Jánez Krstník (sl) m
• Spanish: Juan Bautista (es)
• Swedish: Johannes döparen (sv)
• Turkish: Vaftizci Yahya (tr)