Lexical Summary hyssōpos: hyssop Original Word: ὕσσωποςTransliteration: hyssōpos Phonetic Spelling: (hoos'-so-pos) Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Short Definition: hyssop Meaning: hyssop Strong's Concordance hyssop. Of foreign origin ('ezowb); "hyssop" -- hyssop. see HEBREW 'ezowb Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 5301: ὕσσωποςὕσσωπος (on the breathing see WH's Appendix, p. 144a; Lachmann (in both his editions) spells it with one sigma ς' in John), ὑσσώπου, ἡ, (Hebrew אֵזוב, Exodus 12:22; Numbers 19:6, 18, etc.), hyssop, a plant a bunch of which was used by the Hebrews in their ritual sprinklings: Hebrews 9:19; ὑσσώπῳ, equivalent to καλάμῳ ὑσσώπου, John 19:29. Cf. Winers RWB, under the word Ysop; Arnold in Herzog xviii., p. 337f; Furrer in Schenkel v., 685f; (Riehm, p. 1771f; Löw, Aram. Pflanzennamen, § 93; Tristram, Nat. Hist. etc., p. 455f; B. D. under the word (especially American edition)). |
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