Hyssop
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Hyssop in the Bible Dictionary
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An indigenous plant to western Asia and northern Africa
1 Kgs 4:33
33 And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.
1 Kings 4:33 -
The Israelites used, in sprinkling the blood of the paschal lamb upon the lintels of their doors
Ex 12:22
22 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.
Exodus 12:22 -
In sprinkling blood in purifications
Lev 14:4, 6, 51, 52; Heb 9:19
4 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:
Leviticus 14:46 As for the living bird, he shall take it, and the cedar wood, and the scarlet, and the hyssop, and shall dip them and the living bird in the blood of the bird that was killed over the running water:
Leviticus 14:651 And he shall take the cedar wood, and the hyssop, and the scarlet, and the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the slain bird, and in the running water, and sprinkle the house seven times:
Leviticus 14:5152 And he shall cleanse 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 scarlet:
Leviticus 14:5219 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,
Hebrews 9:19 -
Used in the sacrifices of separation
Num 19:6
6 And the priest shall take cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and cast it into the midst of the burning of the heifer.
Numbers 19:6 -
Used in giving Jesus vinegar on the cross
John 19:29
29 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.
John 19:29 - Figurative
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Of spiritual cleansing
Ps 51:7
7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
Psalms 51:7
From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), by Orville J. Nave.
