231. ezob

Strong's Lexicon

ezob: Hyssop

Original Word: אֵזוֹב
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: ezowb
Pronunciation: ay-zobe'
Phonetic Spelling: (ay-zobe')
Definition: Hyssop
Meaning: hyssop

Word Origin: Of uncertain derivation

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - G5301 (ὕσσωπος, hyssōpos): The Greek equivalent used in the New Testament, particularly in John 19:29.

Usage: The term "ezob" refers to a plant known as hyssop, which is frequently mentioned in the Bible for its ceremonial and cleansing properties. It is often associated with purification rituals and is symbolic of spiritual cleansing and renewal.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Israel, hyssop was a small, bushy plant used in various religious rites. Its branches were employed to sprinkle blood or water in purification ceremonies. The plant's significance is rooted in its practical use for cleansing and its symbolic representation of purification from sin. Hyssop's aromatic and medicinal properties were also valued in ancient cultures.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
of foreign origin
Definition
hyssop
NASB Translation
hyssop (10).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

אֵזוֺב noun masculine^{1Ki 5:13} hyssop (Mishna אזוב, Aramaic , Arabic Frey., Ethiopic ᵐ5 ὕσσωπος, herb of purging qualities, but perhaps not precise botanical term, see Di Leviticus 14:6 f; see also Löw⁹³) **probably a kind of wild marjoram (origanum Muru) Post^{Hast. DB Hyssop}. — ׳א absolute Exodus 12:22 4t.; אֵזֹב Leviticus 14:4 4t.; — hyssop, little plant (contracted אֶרֶז cedar) 1 Kings 5:13, אֲשֶׁר יֹצֵא בַּקִּיר ׳הָא; Exodus 12:22 (J) ׳אֲגֻדַּת א a bunch of h. for sprinkling blood on doorposts; without אגדת, used in cleansing from leprosy Leviticus 14:4,6,49,51,52; burnt with red heifer Numbers 19:6; used in cleansing with ashes of red heifer Numbers 19:18 (all P); compare Psalm 51:9 וְאֶטְהָ֑ר ׳תְּחַטְּאֵנִי בְּא.

אַזְכָּרָה see זכר.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

hyssop

Probably of foreign derivation; hyssop -- hyssop.

Forms and Transliterations

אֵז֗וֹב אֵז֜וֹב אזוב בְאֵז֣וֹב באזוב הָ֨אֵזֹ֜ב הָאֵז֔וֹב הָאֵזֹ֑ב האזב האזוב וְאֵז֖וֹב וְאֵזֹֽב׃ וּבָאֵזֹ֖ב ואזב׃ ואזוב ובאזב ’ê·zō·wḇ ’êzōwḇ ḇə’êzōwḇ ḇə·’ê·zō·wḇ eZov hā’êzōḇ hā’êzōwḇ hā·’ê·zō·wḇ hā·’ê·zōḇ haeZo haeZov ū·ḇā·’ê·zōḇ ūḇā’êzōḇ uvaeZo veeZo veeZov wə’êzōḇ wə’êzōwḇ wə·’ê·zō·wḇ wə·’ê·zōḇ

Englishman's Concordance

Exodus 12:22
HEB: וּלְקַחְתֶּ֞ם אֲגֻדַּ֣ת אֵז֗וֹב וּטְבַלְתֶּם֮ בַּדָּ֣ם
NAS: a bunch of hyssop and dip
KJV: a bunch of hyssop, and dip
INT: shall take A bunch of hyssop and dip the blood

Leviticus 14:4
HEB: וּשְׁנִ֥י תוֹלַ֖עַת וְאֵזֹֽב׃
NAS: string and hyssop for the one who is to be cleansed.
KJV: wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:
INT: scarlet oppressor and hyssop

Leviticus 14:6
HEB: הַתּוֹלַ֖עַת וְאֶת־ הָאֵזֹ֑ב וְטָבַ֨ל אוֹתָ֜ם
NAS: string and the hyssop, and shall dip
KJV: and the scarlet, and the hyssop, and shall dip
INT: and the scarlet oppressor and the hyssop and shall dip bird

Leviticus 14:49
HEB: וּשְׁנִ֥י תוֹלַ֖עַת וְאֵזֹֽב׃
NAS: and a scarlet string and hyssop,
KJV: wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:
INT: scarlet oppressor and hyssop

Leviticus 14:51
HEB: הָ֠אֶרֶז וְאֶת־ הָ֨אֵזֹ֜ב וְאֵ֣ת ׀ שְׁנִ֣י
NAS: wood and the hyssop and the scarlet
KJV: wood, and the hyssop, and the scarlet,
INT: wood the cedar and the hyssop and the scarlet oppressor

Leviticus 14:52
HEB: וּבְעֵ֥ץ הָאֶ֛רֶז וּבָאֵזֹ֖ב וּבִשְׁנִ֥י הַתּוֹלָֽעַת׃
NAS: wood and with the hyssop and with the scarlet
KJV: wood, and with the hyssop, and with the scarlet:
INT: wood the cedar the hyssop the scarlet oppressor

Numbers 19:6
HEB: עֵ֥ץ אֶ֛רֶז וְאֵז֖וֹב וּשְׁנִ֣י תוֹלָ֑עַת
NAS: wood and hyssop and scarlet
KJV: wood, and hyssop, and scarlet,
INT: wood cedar and hyssop and scarlet oppressor

Numbers 19:18
HEB: וְלָקַ֨ח אֵז֜וֹב וְטָבַ֣ל בַּמַּיִם֮
NAS: shall take hyssop and dip
KJV: shall take hyssop, and dip
INT: shall take hyssop and dip the water

1 Kings 4:33
HEB: בַּלְּבָנ֔וֹן וְעַד֙ הָאֵז֔וֹב אֲשֶׁ֥ר יֹצֵ֖א
NAS: that is in Lebanon even to the hyssop that grows
KJV: that [is] in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out
INT: Lebanon even to the hyssop that grows

Psalm 51:7
HEB: תְּחַטְּאֵ֣נִי בְאֵז֣וֹב וְאֶטְהָ֑ר תְּ֝כַבְּסֵ֗נִי
NAS: Purify me with hyssop, and I shall be clean;
KJV: Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean:
INT: Purify hyssop shall be clean wash

10 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 231
10 Occurrences

’ê·zō·wḇ — 2 Occ.
hā·’ê·zōḇ — 2 Occ.
hā·’ê·zō·wḇ — 1 Occ.
ū·ḇā·’ê·zōḇ — 1 Occ.
wə·’ê·zōḇ — 2 Occ.
wə·’ê·zō·wḇ — 2 Occ.