Word Study · Strong's G5301 · Greek

ὕσσωπος

hyssopos

hoos'-so-pos

Strong's 1890 spelling: hýssōpos

“"hyssop"”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

"hyssop"

Rendered in the KJV as

hyssop.

2
occurrencesin the New Testament
2 of 27
New Testament bookswhere the word stands
2
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 2 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 2

ὑσσώπου,1
ὑσσώπῳ1

How it is rendered · 2

hyssop,1
on a hyssop stalk1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 2

noun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singular1
noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular1

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N-DSF · 1
N-GSF · 1

All 2, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

John1 of 2 · 50%
Hebrews1 of 2 · 50%

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John1 occurrence

John 19:29ὑσσώπῳhussōpōnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singularA jar of sour wine was sitting there. So they soaked a sponge in the wine, put it on a stalk of hyssop, and lifted it to His mouth.here: on a hyssop stalk

Hebrews1 occurrence

Hebrews 9:19ὑσσώπου,hussōpounoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singularFor when Moses had proclaimed every commandment of the law to all the people, he took the blood of calves and goats, along with water, scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled the scroll and all the people,here: hyssop,

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