Quick Definition
sprinkling, purification
Strong's Definition
aspersion (ceremonially or figuratively)
Derivation: from G4472 (ῥαντίζω);
KJV Usage: sprinkling
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ῤαντισμός, ῤαντισμοῦ, ὁ (ῤαντίζω, which see), used only by Biblical and ecclesiastical writers, a sprinkling (purification): αἷμα ῤαντισμοῦ, blood of sprinkling, i. e. appointed for sprinkling (serving to purify), Heb_12:24 (ὕδωρ ῤαντισμοῦ for δΗπΔΜγΘΜδ ξΕι, Num_19:9; Num_19:13; Num_19:20 f); εἰς ῤαντισμόν αἵματος Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, i. e. εἰς τό ῥαντίζεσθαι (or ἵνα ῥαντιζωνται) αἵματι Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, that they may be purified (or cleansed from the guilt of their sins) by the blood of Christ, 1Pe_1:2 (Winer's Grammar, § 30, 2 α.).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ῥαντισμός rhantismos 2x
pr. a sprinkling; met. a cleansing, purification, Heb_12:24 ; 1Pe_1:2
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
† ῥαντισμός , -ῦ o , ὁ
( < ῥαντίζω ),
[in LXX for H5079 ;] sprinkling: of the ceremonial sprinkling of blood for purification, Heb_12:24 , 1Pe_1:2 ( v. Hort , Pe., 23 ff .).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ῥαντισμός [page 563]
sprinkling : LXX, NT ( Heb_12:24 , 1Pe_1:2 (cf. Hort ad l .) but not as yet found in any secular author : cf. however Vett. Val. p. 110 .17 περὶ τὰς ὄψεις φακοὺς καὶ ῥαντίσματα ἔχοντες .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ῥαντισμός [Etym: from ῥαντίζω] ῥαντισμός, οῦ, ὁ, "a sprinkling", NTest.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ῥαντισμός, -ῦo, ὁ
(ῥαντίζω), [in LXX for נִדָּה ;]
sprinkling: of the ceremonial sprinkling of blood for purification, Heb.12:24, 1Pe.1:2 (see Hort, Pe., 23 ff.).†
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