Forms of the word
Dictionary
ὕσσωπος, οῦ, ἡ
Greek transliteration
hyssōpos
Simplified transliteration
hyssopos
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament
2
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
n-2b
Gloss
hyssop, highly aromatic leaves used in purification rites and at Passover
Definition
hyssop, in NT, however, not the plant usually so named, but probably the caper plant; a bunch of hyssop, Heb. 9:19; a hyssop stalk, Jn. 19:29*
Greek-English Concordance for ὕσσωπος
| John 19:29 |
A jar full of sour wine was there, so they attached a sponge soaked in the sour wine to a stalk of hyssop (hyssōpō | ὑσσώπῳ | dat sg fem) and held it to his mouth. |
| Hebrews 9:19 |
For when every commandment of the law had been declared by Moses to all the people, taking the blood of calves and goats together with water and scarlet wool and hyssop (hyssōpou | ὑσσώπου | gen sg fem), he sprinkled both the book itself and all the people, |