STRONGS NUMBER G4472


Word Summary
rhantizō: to sprinkle
Original Word: ῥαντίζω
Transliteration: rhantizō
Phonetic Spelling: (hran-tid'-zo)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to sprinkle
Meaning: to sprinkle
Strong's Concordance
sprinkle.

From a derivative of rhaino (to sprinkle); to render besprinkled, i.e. Asperse (ceremonially or figuratively) -- sprinkle.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4472: ῤαίνω

[ῤαίνω; see ῤαντίζω.]

STRONGS NT 4472: ῤαντίζωῤαντίζω; (from ῤαντός besprinkled, and this from ῤαίνω); 1 aorist ἐρραντισα and (so L T Tr WH) ἐραντισα (see Rho); (1 aorist middle subjunctive ῥαντισωνται (sprinkle themselves), Mark 7:4 WH text (so Volkmar, Weiss, others) after manuscripts א B); perfect passive participle ἐρραντισμενος (Tdf. ῥεραντισμενος, L Tr WH ῥεραντισμενος with smooth breathing; see Rho); for ῤαίνω, more common in classical Greek; to sprinkle: properly, τινα, Hebrews 9:13 (on the rite here referred to cf. Numbers 19:2-10; Winers RWB, under the word Sprengwasser; (B. D., under the word )); Numbers 19:19; τί αἵματι, Numbers 19:21; (Revelation 19:13 WH (see περιρραίνω)). to cleanse by sprinkling, hence, tropically, to purify, cleanse: ἐρραντισμένοι τάς καρδίας (on this accusative see Buttmann, § 134, 7) ἀπό κτλ., Hebrews 10:22. (Athen. 12, p. 521 a.; for Hebrew חִטֵּא, Psalm 50:9 (); for נָזָה, Leviticus 6:27; 2 Kings 9:33.)