Quick Definition
ῥαντισμός, οῦ, ὁ n.m. sprinkling, purification
Strong's Definition
aspersion (ceremonially or figuratively)
Derivation: from G4472 (ῥαντίζω);
KJV Usage: sprinkling
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, m. | -οῦ | ῥαντίζω
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 in 1PE 1:2 so as to translate ‘to obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled by his blood’ or ‘... be purified by his blood.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ῥαντισμός, -od, ὁ, (ῥαντίζω, 4. v.), used only by bibl. and eccl. writ., a sprinkling (purification): αἷμα ῥαντισμοῦ, blood of sprinkling, i. e. appointed for sprinkling (serving to purify), Heb. xii. 24 (ὕδωρ ῥαντισμοῦ for 1727 52, Num. xix. 9, 13, 20 sq.) ; εἰς ῥαντισμὸν αἵματος ᾿Ιησοῦ Xp. Le.cis τὸ ῥαντίζεσθαι (or ἵνα ῥαντίζωνται) αἵματι "Inc. Xp., that they may be purified (or cleansed from the guilt of their sins) by the blood of Christ, 1 Pet. i. 2 [W. § 30, 3 α.]" 561 ῥέω
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ῥαντισμός rhantismos 2x
pr. a sprinkling; met. a cleansing, purification, Heb. 12:24; 1 Pet. 1:2*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
† ῥαντισμός, -ῦο, ὁ
(< ῥαντίζω), [in LXX for נִדָּה ;]
sprinkling: of the ceremonial sprinkling of blood for purification, He 12:24, I Pe 1:2 (v. Hort, Pe., 23 ff.).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ῥαντισμός, “*sprinkling””: LXX, NT (Heb 1274, τ Pet 1? (cf. Hort ad/.)but not as yet found in any secular author : cf. however Vett. Val. p. 11017 περὶ τὰς ὄψεις φακοὺς καὶ ῥαντίσματα ἔχοντες.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ῥαντισμός (rhantismos) — sprinkling. ῥαν-τισμός, ὁ, sprinkling, ὕδωρ ῥαντισμοῦ [LXX+NT]