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Lexicon :: Strong's H231 - 'ēzôḇ

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אֵזוֹב
Transliteration
'ēzôḇ
Pronunciation
ay-zobe'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably of foreign derivation
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 55

Strong’s Definitions

אֵזוֹב ʼêzôwb, ay-zobe'; probably of foreign derivation; hyssop:—hyssop.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x

The KJV translates Strong's H231 in the following manner: hyssop (10x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x
The KJV translates Strong's H231 in the following manner: hyssop (10x).

  1. hyssop, a plant used for medicinal and religious purposes

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֵזוֹב ʼêzôwb, ay-zobe'; probably of foreign derivation; hyssop:—hyssop.
STRONGS H231: Abbreviations
† אֵזוֺב noun masculine1Ki 5:13 hyssop (Mishna אזוב, Aramaic aBvuz, Arabic زُوفَا Frey., Ethiopic አዘብ፡ Greek Version of the LXX ὕσσωπος, herb of purging qualities, but perhaps not precise botanical term, see Di Leviticus 14:6f; see also Löw93) **probably a kind of wild marjoram (origanum Muru) PostHast. DB Hyssop. — א׳ absolute Exodus 12:22 + 4 times; אֵזֹב Leviticus 14:4 + 4 times; — hyssop, little plant (contracted אֶרֶז cedar) 1 Kings 5:13, אֲשֶׁר יֹצֵא בַּקִּיר הָא׳; Exodus 12:22 (J) אֲגֻדַּת א׳ a bunch of hyssop 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׳.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

12:22; 12:22

Leviticus

14:4; 14:4; 14:6; 14:6; 14:49; 14:51; 14:52

Numbers

19:6; 19:18

1 Kings

5:13; 5:13

Psalms

51:9

H231

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Strong's Number H231 matches the Hebrew אֵזוֹב ('ēzôḇ),
which occurs 10 times in 10 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 12:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:22 - You shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and strike the lintel and the two side-posts with the blood that is in the basin; and none of you shall go out of the door of his house until the morning.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:4 - then the Kohen shall command them to take for him who is to be cleansed two living clean birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 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 that was killed over the running water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:49

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:49 - To cleanse the house he shall take two birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:51

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:51 - 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:52

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:52 - He shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, with the living bird, with the cedar wood, with the hyssop, and with the scarlet;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 19:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:6 - and the Kohen shall take cedar-wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and cast it into the midst of the burning of the heifer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 19:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:18 - and a clean person shall take hyssop, and dip it in the water, and sprinkle it on the tent, and on all the vessels, and on the persons who were there, and on him who touched the bone, or the slain, or the dead, or the grave:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 4:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:33 - He spoke of trees, from the cedar that is in Levanon even to the hyssop that springs out of the wall; he spoke also of animals, and of birds, and of creeping things, and of fish.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 51:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:7 - Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean. Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
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