What does ῥαντίζω (rhantízō) mean in the Bible?
ῥαντίζω (rhantízō) is a Greek word meaning "to sprinkle".
Greek · G4472
ῥαντίζω
To sprinkle
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ῥαντίζω G4472
Pronunciation rhantízō
What does ῥαντίζω (rhantízō) mean in the Bible?
ῥαντίζω (rhantízō) is a Greek word meaning "to sprinkle".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G4472?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include [and] sprinkled (1), he sprinkled (1), sprinkled (1), sprinkled to cleanse us (1).
Where does ῥαντίζω (rhantízō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Hebrews 9:13. Its strongest book concentrations include Hebrews (4).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It [and] sprinkled 1× Hebrews 9:19
he sprinkled 1× Hebrews 9:21
sprinkled 1× Hebrews 9:13
sprinkled to cleanse us 1× Hebrews 10:22
Show sample aligned rows
Hebrews 9:13 ῥαντίζουσα to sprinkled Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Feminine Singular Hebrews 9:19 ἐράντισεν to [and] sprinkled Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Hebrews 9:21 ἐράντισεν to he sprinkled Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Hebrews 10:22 ῥεραντισμένοι to sprinkled to cleanse us Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Hebrews 9:13
Aligned rows 4
Books represented 1
Hebrews 4
Source forms
ἐράντισεν 2x erantisen Hebrews 9:19, Hebrews 9:21
ῥαντίζουσα 1x rhantizousa Hebrews 9:13
ῥεραντισμένοι 1x rherantismenoi Hebrews 10:22
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular 2x Hebrews 9:19, Hebrews 9:21
Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Plural 1x Hebrews 10:22
Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Feminine Singular 1x Hebrews 9:13
Evidence Summary
Greek word. to sprinkle
Source Gloss
to sprinkle
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Hebrews 9:13 Verb Present Active Participle Nominative Singular Feminine
ῥαντίζουσα rantizousa
I sprinkle
Read verse Hebrews 9:19 Verb Third Person Singular Aorist Active Indicative
ἐρράντισε, errantisen
I sprinkle
Read verse Hebrews 9:21 Verb Third Person Singular Aorist Active Indicative
ἐρράντισε. errantisen
I sprinkle
Read verse Hebrews 10:22 Verb Perfect Passive Participle Nominative Plural Masculine
ἐρραντισμένοι errantismenoi
I sprinkle
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 4 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
aorist 2 present 1 perfect 1
Voice
active 3 passive 1
Mood
participle 2 indicative 2
NT Occurrences
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain