Hyssopos means “hyssop” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H5301 — naphach (“blow”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G5301 ὕσσωπος (hussopos) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. hussopos (hoos'-so-pos) n. 1. "hyssop" [of foreign origin (H231)] It has 12 linked Bible usages across 7 books. Visible English usage signals include hyssop. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
hussopos (hoos'-so-pos) n. 1. "hyssop" [of foreign origin (H231)] KJV: hyssop Root(s): H231
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hyssop
Usage: ὕσσωπος, -ου, ἡ [in LXX for אֵזוֹב ;] hyssop, of which a bunch was used in ritual sprinklings: Heb.9:19; of a branch or rod (?) of hyssop, Jhn.19:29 (but see Field, Notes, 106 ff., for suggestion to substitute ὑσσῷ here).† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render hussopos, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
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Strong's G5301 (ὕσσωπος) appears 10 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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2 indexed usages in New Testament.
Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a spunge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth.
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, and sprinkled both the book, and all the people,
10 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and having dipped it into some of the blood that is by the door, ye shall touch the lintel, and shall put it upon both doorposts, even of the blood which is by the door; but ye shall not go out every one from the door of his house till the morning.
And the priest shall give directions, and they shall take for him that is cleansed two clean live birds, and cedar wood, and spun scarlet, and hyssop.
And as for the living bird he shall take it, and the cedar wood, and the spun scarlet, and the hyssop, and he shall dip them and the living bird into the blood of the bird that was slain over running water.
First 12 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G5301.
And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and having dipped it into some of the blood that is by the door, ye shall touch the lintel, and shall put it upon both doorposts, even of the blood which is by the door; but ye shall not go out every one from the door of his house till the morning.
And the priest shall give directions, and they shall take for him that is cleansed two clean live birds, and cedar wood, and spun scarlet, and hyssop.
And as for the living bird he shall take it, and the cedar wood, and the spun scarlet, and the hyssop, and he shall dip them and the living bird into the blood of the bird that was slain over running water.
And he shall take to purify the house two clean living birds, and cedar wood, and spun scarlet, and hyssop.
And he shall take the cedar wood, and the spun scarlet, and the hyssop, and the living bird; and shall dip it into the blood of the bird slain over running water, and with them he shall sprinkle the house seven times.
And he shall purify the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar wood, and with the hyssop, and with the spun scarlet.
And the priest shall take cedar wood and hyssop and scarlet wool, and they shall cast them into the midst of the burning of the heifer.
And a clean man shall take hyssop, and dip it into the water, and sprinkle it upon the house, and the furniture, and all the souls that are therein, and upon him that touched the human bone, or the slain man, or the corpse, or the tomb.
And he spoke of trees, from the cedar in Lebanon even to the hyssop which comes out through the wall: he spoke also of cattle, and of birds, and of reptiles, and of fish.
Thou shalt sprinkle me with hyssop, and I shall be purified: Thou shalt wash me, and I shall be made whiter than snow.
Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a spunge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth.
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, and sprinkled both the book, and all the people,
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G5301, grouped by book.
Hyssopos (Strong's G5301) is a Greek word most simply glossed "hyssop". hussopos (hoos'-so-pos) n. 1. "hyssop" [of foreign origin (H231)]
This page currently indexes 12 linked usages for Strong's G5301 across 7 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G5301 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as hyssop. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 10 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament for Strong's G5301, with linked reader references where each row is available.