אֵזוֹב ezov

Hebrew word for “hyssop” · Strong’s H231 · used 10 times in 10 verses

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Meaning

hyssop, a plant used for medicinal and religious purposes

How it is translated

Glosses given for ezov in context, with how often each is used:

• hyssop 10

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Leviticus 14 (5), Numbers 19 (2), Exodus 12 (1), 1 Kings 4 (1), Psalms 51 (1)

Forms

• אזוב 2
• ואזב 2
• האזב 2
• ובאזב 1
• ואזוב 1
• האזוב 1
• באזוב 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with ezov more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• אֶרֶז erez “cedar” 7
• שָׁנִי shani “scarlet” 6
• תּוֹלֵעָה toleah “worm” 6
• צִפּוֹר tsippor “bird” 5
• עֵץ ets “tree” 7
• טָבַל taval “to dip” 4
• לָקַח laqach “to take” 7
• דָּם dam “blood” 4
• חַי chay “alive” 4
• מַי mayim “water” 4
• חָטָא chata “to sin” 3
• נָזָה nazah “to sprinkle” 2

Key verses

The verses using ezov that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Exodus 12:22 — 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…
• Leviticus 14:4 — 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 14:6 — 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…
• Leviticus 14:49 — And he shall take to cleanse the house two birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:
• Leviticus 14:51 — 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,…
• Leviticus 14:52 — 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,…
• Numbers 19:6 — And the priest shall take cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and cast it into the midst of the burning of the heifer.
• Numbers 19:18 — And a clean person shall take hyssop, and dip it in the water, and sprinkle it upon the tent, and upon all the vessels, and upon the persons that were there,…
• 1 Kings 4:33 — 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…
• Psalms 51:7 — Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.