GreekG5301Noun (Feminine)
ὕσσωπος
hussōpos
“hyssop”
2Occurrences
G5301Strong's #
Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech
Definition
Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)
"hyssop"
of foreign origin (H0231);
Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
hyssop, of which a bunch was used in ritual sprinklings: of a branch or rod (?) of hyssop, (but see Field, Notes, 106 ff., for suggestion to substitute *ὑσσῷ *here).
LXX: for אֵזוֹב
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Grammar & Morphology
Part of Speech
Noun (Feminine)
Morphology Code
G:N-F
Full Description
Greek Noun, Feminine
Occurrences
ὕσσωπος appears 2 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Hebrews
1
John
1
Key Passages
Hebrews 9:19BSB
For when Moses had proclaimed every commandment of the law to all the people, he took the blood of calves and goats, along with water, scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled the scroll and all the people,
John 19:29BSB
A jar of sour wine was sitting there. So they soaked a sponge in the wine, put it on a stalk of hyssop, and lifted it to His mouth.
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