ῥαντισμός
rhantismos · sprinkling
Greek word · Strong’s number G4473 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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rhantismos (ῥαντισμός) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “sprinkling”.
As with blood or water.
How to say it
rhan·tis·mos
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Casting drops of blood on someone to cleanse and consecrate them.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- sprinkled ×1
- sprinkling ×1
Related words
Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Hebrews 12:24
and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks better than the blood of Abel.
- 1 Peter 1:2
according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, by the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience and sprinkling with the blood of Jesus the Messiah: grace and peace be multiplied to you.