What does ὕσσωπος (hýssōpos) mean in the Bible?
ὕσσωπος (hýssōpos): Plant used in OT ritual purification sprinklings; branch held Christ's sponge at crucifixion.
Greek · G5301
ὕσσωπος
"Hyssop"
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ὕσσωπος G5301
Pronunciation hýssōpos
What does ὕσσωπος (hýssōpos) mean in the Bible?
ὕσσωπος (hýssōpos): Plant used in OT ritual purification sprinklings; branch held Christ's sponge at crucifixion.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G5301?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include a stalk of hyssop (1), hyssop (1).
Where does ὕσσωπος (hýssōpos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at John 19:29. Its strongest book concentrations include Hebrews (1), John (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It a stalk of hyssop 1× John 19:29
hyssop 1× Hebrews 9:19
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Usage map
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First aligned row John 19:29
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 2
John 1 Hebrews 1
Source forms
ὑσσώπου 1x hyssōpou Hebrews 9:19
ὑσσώπῳ 1x hyssōpō John 19:29
Parsing patterns
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular 1x John 19:29
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular 1x Hebrews 9:19
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Plant used in OT ritual purification sprinklings; branch held Christ's sponge at crucifixion.
Strong's G5301
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 2 forms 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
"hyssop"
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Plant used in OT ritual purification sprinklings; branch held Christ's sponge at crucifixion.
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).
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
John 19:29 Noun Dative Singular Masculine
ὑσσώπῳ usswpw
hyssop
Read verse Hebrews 9:19 Noun Genitive Singular Masculine
ὑσσώπου, usswpou
hyssop
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 2 Aligned forms 2 Case pattern Dative (1) Number pattern Singular (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Heb 9:19 1×
Dative · Singular · Feminine John 19:29 1×
Word Origins
ὕσσωπος is of foreign origin - no further derivation.
Cross-Language Connections
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain