1) to sprinkle
2) to cleanse by sprinkling, hence to purify, cleanse
Part of Speech: verb
Citing in TDNT: 6:976, 984
G4472
From a derivative of ῥαίνω rhainô (to sprinkle); to render besprinkled, that is, asperse (ceremonially or figuratively): - sprinkle.
| Gloss | Section |
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| a sprinkle | 47.16 |
| b purify | 53.32 |
| (ῥαντίζομαι τὴν καρδίαν) be purified | 88.31 |
These two sites give similar information, with the definition from several dictionaries and statistics on the use of the word.
University of Chicago's Logion lexicon
Thayer's dictionary plus other information.
From this site's dictionary (in Italian)
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