Strong's Lexicon

H231

H231 — אֵזוֹב

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewezowbnoun mascOccurrences: 10TWOT: 55

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H231
Word:	אֵזוֹב
Part of Speech:	noun masc
Etymology:	probably of foreign derivation
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	10
Transliteration:	ezowb
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	ay-zobe'
Meaning:	1. hyssop
KJV Renderings:	hyssop.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB258

אֵזוֺב noun masculine^{1Kgs 5:13} hyssop (Mishna אזוב, Aramaic [untranscribed source text 118], Arabic [untranscribed source text 119] Frey., Ethiopic [untranscribed source text 120] ᵐ5 ὕσσωπος, herb of purging qualities, but perhaps not precise botanical term, see Di Lev 14:6 f; see also Löw⁹³)

probably a kind of wild marjoram (origanum Muru) Post^{Hast. DB
Hyssop}. — ׳ א absolute Exod 12:22 + 4 t.; אֵזֹב Lev 14:4 + 4 t.; — hyssop, little plant (contracted אֶרֶז cedar) 1Kgs 5:13, אֲשֶׁר יֹצֵא בַּקִּיר ׳ הָא; Exod 12:22 ( J ) ׳ אֲגֻדַּת א a bunch of h. for sprinkling blood on doorposts; without אגדת, used in cleansing from leprosy Lev 14:4; Lev 14:6 ; Lev 14:49 ; Lev 14:51 ; Lev 14:52 burnt with red heifer Num 19:6 used in cleansing with ashes of red heifer Num 19:18 (all P ); compare Ps 51:9 וְאֶטְהָ֑ר ׳ תְּחַטְּאֵנִי בְּא.

אַזְכָּרָה see זכר .

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

אזוב (eh-zohv’)

Exodus 12:22

KJV: And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the bason, and strike the lintel and the two side posts with the blood that is in the bason; and none of you shall go out at the door of his house until the morning.

EHCC: ye shall take a bunch of Ayssop,

Leviticus 14:4

KJV: Then shall the priest command to take for him that is to be cleansed two birds alive and clean, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:birds: or, sparrows

EHCC: 49, cedar wood, and scarlet, and Ayssop.

Numbers 19:6

KJV: And the priest shall take cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and cast it into the midst of the burning of the heifer.

EHCC: take cedar wood, andh sop