Quick Definition
ῥαντίζω v. I sprinkle
Strong's Definition
from a derivative of rhaino (to sprinkle); to render besprinkled, i.e. asperse (ceremonially or figuratively)
KJV Usage: sprinkle
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | pf.pass.ptc. ἐρραντισμένος, ῥεραντισμένος | ῥαντισμός
47.16 · Activities Involving Liquids or Masses · Application and Removal of Liquids or Masses
to sprinkle, sprinkling to sprinkle a liquid upon something In a number of languages it may be important to restructure somewhat this elliptical phrase so as to translate ‘to obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled by his blood’ or ‘... be purified by his blood.’
53.32 · Religious Activities · Purify, Cleanse
to cleanse, to purify to cleanse and purify by means of sprinkling
88.31 · (ῥαντίζομαι) · Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior · Holy, Pure
Collocation: ῥαντίζομαι τὴν καρδίαν
to have one’s heart made pure, to be purified in one’s heart, to be pure (an idiom, literally: to be sprinkled in the heart) to be purified from moral failure
1 In view of the religious significance of such sprinkling, this meaning of ῥαντίζω, as well as other meanings in the set, could be classified under Domain 53 Religious Activities (see 53.32).
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ῥαντίζω ; (fr. ῥαντός besprinkled, and this fr. paivw); 1 aor. ἐρράντισα and (so L T Tr WH) ἐράντισα (see P, p) ; [1 aor. mid. subjune. ῥαντίσωνται (sprinkle themselves), Mk. vii. 4 WH txt. (so Volkmar, Weiss, al.) after codd. ®B]; pf. pass. ptep. ἐρραντισμένος (Tdf. pepavr., L Tr WH ῥεραντ. with smooth breathing; seeP, p); for paiva, more com. in class. Grk.; to sprinkle: prop. τινά, Heb. ix. 13 (on the rite here referred to cf. Num. xix. 2-10; Win. RWB. s. v. Sprengwasser; [B. Ὁ. s. v. Purification]); 1b. 19; τὶ αἵματι, ib. 21; [Rev. xix. 13 WH (see meptppaivw)]. to cleanse by sprinkling, hence trop. to purify, cleanse: ἐρραντισμένοι τὰς καρδίας (on this ace. see B. § 134, 7) ἀπό κτλ. Heb. x. 22. (Athen. 12 p. 521 a.; for Hebr. num, Ps. 1. (li.) 9; for 713, Lev. vi. 27; 2 K. ix. 33.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ῥαντίζω rhantizō 4x
to sprinkle, Heb. 9:13, 19, 21; met. and by impl. to cleanse by sprinkling, purify, free from pollution, Heb. 10:22*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
† ῥαντίζω
[in LXX: Le 6:27 (20), IV Ki 9:33 (נזה), Ps 50 (51):7 (חטא pi.) * ;]
= cl., ῥαίνω,
to sprinkle, besprinkle: c. acc., He 9:13, 19; id. et dat., ib. 21; pass., Re 19:13, WH; of cleansing by sprinkling, He 10:22 (v. M, Gr., ii, 100); mid., Mk 7:4 (WH, txt., R, mg.).†
περι-ραίνω
(-ρραίνω, Rec., v. WH, App., 139 f.), [in LXX for נָזָה hi. ;]
to sprinkle around: Re 19:13 T (ῤεραντισμένον, WH; ῤε-, R, txt.; βεβαμμένον, Rec., R, mg.).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ῥαντίζω, “‘sprinkle,” equivalent to classical ῥαίνω, in Heb 913 αἰ. is one of the exx. of ‘‘neues Sprachgut ” in the Κοινή : cf. Thumb Heé/en. p. 223. For pavrds, ‘‘sprinkled,” ‘‘spotted,” as in LXX Gen 30%? Dsil, cf. PSI VI. 56919 (iii/B.c.) θήλειαι μέλαιναι ὃ kal ῥαντὴ a, of birds.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ῥαντίζω (rhantizō) — to sprinkle. ῥαν-τίζω, ={ῥαίνω}, [NT]:—passive, to be sprinkled, [LXX+2nd c.AD+]
II. of the effect, purify, [LXX+NT]
III. ῥαντίζει: σκώπτει, [Refs 5th c.AD+]