Strong's Lexicon
G5301 — ὕσσωπος
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G5301 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ὕσσωπος |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | of foreign origin (H231) |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 2 |
| Transliteration: | hussopos |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | hoos'-so-pos |
| Meaning: | 1. "hyssop" |
| KJV Renderings: | hyssop |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ὕσσωπος (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 àÅæåá, Exo 12:22; Num 19:6; Num 19:18, etc.), hyssop, a plant a bunch of which was used by the Hebrews in their ritual sprinklings: Heb 9:19; ὑσσώπῳ, equivalent to καλάμῳ ὑσσώπου, Joh 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)).
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ὕσσωπος (hyssop)
John 19:29
- KJV: Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar and they filled a spunge with vinegar and put upon hyssop and put to his mouth
- GK: σκεύος ούν έκειτο όξους μεστόν οι δε πλήσαντες σπόγγον όξους και υσσώπω περιθέντες προσήνεγκαν αυτού τω στόματι
Hebrews 9:19
- KJV: For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law he took the blood of calves and of goats with water and scarlet wool and hyssop sprinkled both the book and all the people
- GK: λαληθείσης γαρ πάσης εντολής κατά τον νόμον υπό Μωϋσέως παντί τω λαώ λαβών το αίμα των μόσχων και τράγων μετά ύδατος και ερίου κοκκίνου και υσσώπου αυτό τε το βιβλίον και πάντα τον λαόν ερράντισε
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