What does ῥαντισμός (rhantismós) mean in the Bible?
ῥαντισμός (rhantismós): Ritual sprinkling of blood for ceremonial purification and covenant establishment, not mere aspersion
Greek · G4473
ῥαντισμός
Aspersion (ceremonially or figuratively)
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ῥαντισμός G4473
Pronunciation rhantismós
What does ῥαντισμός (rhantismós) mean in the Bible?
ῥαντισμός (rhantismós): Ritual sprinkling of blood for ceremonial purification and covenant establishment, not mere aspersion
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G4473?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include sprinkling (1), to [the] sprinkled (1).
Where does ῥαντισμός (rhantismós) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Hebrews 12:24. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Peter (1), Hebrews (1).
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 sprinkling 1× 1 Peter 1:2
to [the] sprinkled 1× Hebrews 12:24
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Usage map
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First aligned row Hebrews 12:24
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 2
Hebrews 1 1 Peter 1
Source forms
ῥαντισμὸν 1x rhantismon 1 Peter 1:2
ῥαντισμοῦ 1x rhantismou Hebrews 12:24
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular 1x 1 Peter 1:2
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular 1x Hebrews 12:24
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Ritual sprinkling of blood for ceremonial purification and covenant establishment, not mere aspersion
Strong's G4473
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 2 forms 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
aspersion (ceremonially or figuratively)
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Ritual sprinkling of blood for ceremonial purification and covenant establishment, not mere aspersion
(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.).
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Hebrews 12:24 Noun Genitive Singular Masculine
ῥαντισμοῦ rantismou
sprinkling, purification
Read verse 1 Peter 1:2 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
ῥαντισμὸν rantismon
sprinkling, purification
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.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 2 Aligned forms 2 Case pattern Accusative (1) Number pattern Singular (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · Masculine Heb 12:24 1×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine 1 Pet 1:2 1×
Word Origins
ῥαντισμός is built from this root:
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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