To sprinkle
נָזָהStrong’s H5137nazah (na-zah)
Appears in 22 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Nazah is the Hebrew word usually translated “spatter”, “spattered” and “it spattered”. It appears in 22 verses of the Old Testament.
“And thou shalt take of the blood that is upon the altar, and of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon the garments of his sons with him: and he shall be hallowed, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons’ garments with him.”
Meaning
- To spurt, spatter, sprinkle(Qal) to spurt, spatter · (Hiphil) to cause to spurt, sprinkle upon
- To spring, leap(Hiphil) to cause to leap, startle
How it's translated
- and he will spatter 13
- he will spatter 3
- and he spattered 2
- and it spattered 2
- and you will spatter 1
- spatter 1
- and spatters 1
- he will startle 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Leviticus 13
- Numbers 5
- Isaiah 2
- Exodus 1
- 2 Kings 1
5 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Leviticus 4:6And the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle of the blood seven times before the LORD, before the vail of the sanctuary.
- Leviticus 4:17And the priest shall dip his finger in some of the blood, and sprinkle it seven times before the LORD, even before the vail.
- Leviticus 5:9And he shall sprinkle of the blood of the sin offering upon the side of the altar; and the rest of the blood shall be wrung out at the bottom of the altar: it is a sin offering.
- Leviticus 6:27Whatsoever shall touch the flesh thereof shall be holy: and when there is sprinkled of the blood thereof upon any garment, thou shalt wash that whereon it was sprinkled in the holy place.
- Leviticus 8:11And he sprinkled thereof upon the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all his vessels, both the laver and his foot, to sanctify them.
- Leviticus 8:30And Moses took of the anointing oil, and of the blood which was upon the altar, and sprinkled it upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon his sons’ garments with him; and sanctified Aaron, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons’ garments with him.
Hebrew dictionary
נָזָה nazah · to sprinkle
1) to spurt, spatter, sprinkle 1a) (Qal) to spurt, spatter 1b) (Hiphil) to cause to spurt, sprinkle upon
נָזָה nazah · to spring
1) to spring, leap 1a) (Hiphil) to cause to leap, startle
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “sprinkle” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SPRINKLE, verb transitive
[G., Latin ]
- To scatter; to disperse; as a liquid or a dry substance composed of fine separable particles; to besprinkle; as, to sprinkle the earth with water; to sprinkle a floor with sand; to sprinkle paper with iron filings.
- To scatter on; to disperse on in small drops or particles; to besprinkle; as, to sprinkle the earth with water; to sprinkle a floor with sand; to sprinkle paper with iron filings.
- To wash; to cleanse; to purify.“Having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience” Hebrews 10:22
All definitions and other forms of “sprinkle”
SPRINKLE, verb transitive
- To perform the act of scattering a liquid or any fine substance, so that it may fall in small particles.“The priest shall sprinkle of the oil with his fingers” Leviticus 14:16
- To rain moderately; as it sprinkles.
SPRINKLE, noun
A small quantity scattered; also, an utensil for sprinkling.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.