HyperDic: john_the_baptist

English > 1 sense of the expression John the Baptist:
NOUNperson John the Baptist, St. John the Baptist(New Testament) a preacher and hermit and forerunner of Jesus (whom he baptized)
English > John the Baptist: 1 sense > noun 1, person
Meaning(New Testament) a preacher and hermit and forerunner of Jesus (whom he baptized); was beheaded by Herod at the request of Salome.
SynonymSt. John the Baptist
CategoryNew TestamentThe collection of books of the Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, the Pauline and other epistles, and Revelation
Instance ofhermit, recluse, solitary, solitudinarian, troglodyteOne who lives in solitude
saintA person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization
SpanishJuan Bautista
CatalanJohn the Baptist

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