Hebrew Mikveh Vs. Greek Baptismo

Baptism of purification

Baptism of repentance

Baptism of identification

Baptism of the Spirit

Baptism of fire

Baptism of suffering

miqvah (subst) 4724 (1; Isa 22:11) a place for collecting water
from 04723
1) reservoir
2) (TWOT) collection, collected mass

miqveh 4723 (12)
from 06960
1) hope
1a) hope
1b) ground of hope
1c) things hoped for, outcome
2) collection, collected mass
n pr m
3) (CLBL) Kue, a place in Cilicia from which Solomon imported horses

Gen 1:10
Exo 7:19
Lev 11:36
1Ki 10:28
1Ch 29:15
2Ch 1:16
Ezr 10:2
Jer 14:8, 17:13, 50:7

qavah (verb) 6960 (49)
1) to wait, look for, hope, expect
1a) (Qal) waiting (participle)
1b) (Piel)
1b1) to wait or look eagerly for
1b2) to lie in wait for
1b3) to wait for, linger for
2) to collect, bind together
2a) (Niphal) to be collected

Gen 1:9, 49:18
Job 3:9, 6:19, 7:2, 17:13, 30:26
Psa 25:3, 25:5, 25:21, 27:14, 37:9, 37:34, 39:7, 40:1, 52:9, 56:6, 69:6, 69:20, 119:95, 130:5
Pro 20:22
Isa 5:2, 5:4, 5:7, 8:17, 25:9, 26:8, 33:2, 40:31, 49:23, 51:5, 59:9, 59:11, 60:9, 64:3
Jer 3:17, 8:15, 13:16, 14:19, 14:22
Lam 2:16, 3:25
Hos 12:6
Mic 5:7

tiqvah 8615 (34) - HaTikvah ("The Hope"), Israelin kansallislaulu
from 06960
1) cord
2) hope, expectation
2a) hope
2b) ground of hope
2c) things hoped for, outcome

Jos 2:18, 2:21
Rut 1:12
Job 4:6, 5:16, 6:8, 7:6, 8:13, 11:18, 11:20, 14:7, 14:19, 17:15, 19:10, 27:8
Psa 9:18, 62:5, 71:5
Pro 10:28, 11:7, 11:23, 19:18, 23:18, 24:14, 26:12, 29:20
Jer 29:11, 31:17
Lam 3:29
Eze 19:5, 37:11
Hos 2:15
Zec 9:12

"Immersion in Judaism can be summed up in three concepts: purification, separation, and change in status—with both physical and spiritual aspects. Aryeh Kaplan in Waters of Eden comments on immersion as follows, “The water is not washing away any filth. Rather, the mikveh is changing the individual’s spiritual status from that of tomeh (unclean) to that of tahor (clean).”

"Totisesti, totisesti minä sanon sinulle: joka ei synny uudesti, ylhäältä, se ei voi nähdä Jumalan valtakuntaa".
Joh.3:3

Change of status via immersion is seen clearly in the case of conversion to Judaism. Rabbi Kaplan mentions a Talmudic teaching that a convert to Judaism is like a newborn child. Emerging from the waters of immersion is very much like a process of rebirth. Does this remind you of John chapter 3 where Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews, had a discussion with Yeshua about being “born again”? Yeshua remarked “…unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God” (verse five)

Tevilah is the action of immersion. Mikveh is the location where immersion takes place...


What exactly is a mikveh? The Hebrew word mikveh literally means a collection or gathering together, “a gathering or pool of water for the purpose of ritual cleansing.” The source of the word is from Genesis 1:10 where the Lord says, “…to the gathering (mikveh) of waters, He called seas.” In ancient times, the building of the mikveh was so important that it was said to take precedence over the construction of a synagogue. Hundreds of mikva’ot (plural of mikveh) have been found throughout Israel. The mikva’ot on the Southern Steps of the Temple Mount are very impressive. When they were discovered, the world understood how 3000 Jewish people could be immersed on Shavuot (Pentecost: see Acts 2:41) since archeologists have discovered there were many mikva’ot there....

"Kuinka voi ihminen vanhana syntyä? Eihän hän voi jälleen mennä äitinsä kohtuun ja syntyä?"

Joh.3:4

"In rabbinic literature, the mikveh represents the womb. When an individual enters the mikveh, he is reentering the womb. When he emerges, he is as if born anew—with a completely new status. Many years ago, one of our Jewish Jewels partners had a revelation concerning emerging from the mikveh. “When you come up out of the water, it is the breaking of water a second time. The first being broken when you’re born into the world. When the water is broken that second time, we are not of the world any longer, because we have been born again into the Kingdom of God.”

Niin olemme siis yhdessä hänen kanssaan haudatut kasteen kautta kuolemaan, että niinkuin Kristus herätettiin kuolleista Isän kirkkauden kautta, samoin pitää meidänkin uudessa elämässä vaeltaman.

Room. 6:4

The mikveh is also said to represent the grave, a place of non-living. The individual enters the water and dies to his old way of living. He emerges into newness of life, or as Rabbi Kaplan says, “he is resurrected with a new status.”

The Hebrew word “kever,” which usually means a “grave,” is also occasionally used for the womb. Both are nodes in the cycle of birth and death. When a person passes through one of the these nodes, he attains a totally new status.”

qeber 6913

Iloitkaamme ja riemuitkaamme ja antakaamme kunnia hänelle, sillä Karitsan häät ovat tulleet, ja hänen vaimonsa morsiamensa on itsensä valmistanut.
Ilm. 19:7

The Bridal Tevilah. We mentioned at the beginning of this letter that Jewish brides must go to the mikveh before their wedding. This ancient Jewish custom represents the separation from an old life to a new life—from life as a single woman to life as a married woman. It also symbolizes a change in status and authority. A woman comes out from under the authority of her father and under the authority of her husband.


Believers in Yeshua the Messiah are His “bride.” Rabbi Saul told the believers in Corinth, “For I am jealous for you with godly jealousy. For I have betrothed you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Messiah.” (2 Corinthians 11:2). As the bride of Messiah, it is incumbent upon us to go to the mikveh, to reckon ourselves dead to sin and alive to our Bridegroom/King. Then, deep in our spirit, we will sense the voice of the Father saying, “This is my beloved son (daughter) in whom I am well pleased!” We make ourselves available to the Ruach HaKodesh, to descend on us in a fresh, new way!"

Minä ilmoitan, mitä Herra on säätänyt. Hän lausui minulle: "Sinä olet minun poikani, tänä päivänä minä sinut synnytin.

Ps. 2:7

9 Ja niinä päivinä Jeesus tuli Galilean Nasaretista, ja Johannes kastoi hänet Jordanissa.

10 Ja heti, vedestä noustessaan, hän näki taivasten aukeavan ja Hengen niinkuin kyyhkysen laskeutuvan häneen.

11 Ja taivaista tuli ääni: "Sinä olet minun rakas Poikani; sinuun minä olen mielistynyt".

Mark 1:9-11

The Father was introducing His Son to the world. The voice out of the heavens was known as the “bat kol” (pronounced baht kohl). Yeshua was being presented as the Son, the Messiah, of Psalm 2:7, “I will declare the decree: The LORD has said to Me, ‘You are My Son, today I have begotten You.'” God was well pleased with His “beloved Son,” who was experiencing a change of status at that holy moment—from a carpenter’s son to the Son of Man (a divine title).

3 Vai ettekö tiedä, että me kaikki, jotka olemme kastetut Kristukseen Jeesukseen, olemme hänen kuolemaansa kastetut?
4 Niin olemme siis yhdessä hänen kanssaan haudatut kasteen kautta kuolemaan, että niinkuin Kristus herätettiin kuolleista Isän kirkkauden kautta, samoin pitää meidänkin uudessa elämässä vaeltaman.
Room. 6:3-4

http://www.jewishjewels.org/news-letters/water-immersion-the-jewish-root/
http://messianicpublications.com/ariel-ben-lyman-hanaviy/tevilah-and-mikveh/