ῥαντίζωrhantízō
= classical Greek, ῥαίνω
Greek (New Testament) · G4472
Meanings
to sprinkle, besprinkle: with accusative, Hebrews 9:13, Hebrews 9:19; id. et dative, Hebrews 9:21; passive, Revelation 19:13, WH; of cleansing by sprinkling, Hebrews 10:22 (see M, Gr., ii, 100); middle, Mark 7:4.
περι-ραίνω
to sprinkle around: Revelation 19:13 T.
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 4 times in the Bible.
- Hebrews 9:13 Under the old system, the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer could cleanse people’s bodies from ceremonial impurity.
- Hebrews 9:19 For after Moses had read each of God’s commandments to all the people, he took the blood of calves and goats, along with water, and sprinkled both the book of God’s law and all the people, using hyssop branches and scarlet wool.
- Hebrews 9:21 And in the same way, he sprinkled blood on the Tabernacle and on everything used for worship.
- Hebrews 10:22 let us go right into the presence of God with sincere hearts fully trusting him. For our guilty consciences have been sprinkled with Christ’s blood to make us clean, and our bodies have been washed with pure water.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.