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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
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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 5 times in 5 verses in 'Lev' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:4 - then the priest shall give a command to take two live clean birds and cedar wood and a [fn]scarlet string and hyssop H231 for the one who is to be cleansed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:6 - “As for the live bird, he shall take it together with the cedar wood and the [fn]scarlet string and the hyssop H231, and he shall dip them and the live bird in the blood of the bird that was slaughtered over the [fn]running water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:49

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:49 - “To cleanse the house then, he shall take two birds and cedar wood and a [fn]scarlet string and hyssop H231,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:51

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:51 - “Then he shall take the cedar wood and the hyssop H231 and the [fn]scarlet string, with the live bird, and he shall dip them in the blood of the slaughtered bird as well as in the [fn]running water, and he shall sprinkle the house seven times.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:52

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:52 - “He shall thus cleanse the house with the blood of the bird and with the [fn]running water, along with the live bird and with the cedar wood and with the hyssop H231 and with the [fn]scarlet string.
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