noun · feminine

hussōpas

Greekὕσσωπος (hussōpos)

Strong’sG5301

hyssop

stem hussōp-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

hyssop2×

What it means

† ὕσσωπος, -ου, ἡ

[in LXX for אֵזוֹב;]

hyssop, of which a bunch was used in ritual sprinklings: He 9:19; of a branch or rod (?) of hyssop, Jo 19:29 (but v. Field, Notes, 106 ff., for suggestion to substitute ὑσσῷ here).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G5301 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidhoos'-so-pos

"hyssop"

Fromof foreign origin ();

King Jameshyssop.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	hussōpas	hussōpais
object accusative	hussōpan	hussōpain
direct address vocative	hussōpar	hussōpair
of, belonging to genitive	hussōpau1×ὑσσώπου	hussōpaiu
to, for dative	hussōpa1×ὑσσώπῳ	hussōpai

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

hussōpstem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

hussōpa is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

2 occurrences, every one of them listed

hussōpau“hyssop”of, belonging togenitive singular1×

Hebrews 9:19“hyssop”laliratau gar pantau entolau kata ton nomon hupo Mōusou panto to lao, lambaratos tem haimem toiu moschoiu meta hudōreu kai erieu kokkineu kai hussōpau autem tē tem bibliem kai panton ton laon rantizata,For when Moses had proclaimed every commandment of the law to all the people, he took the blood of calves and goats, along with water, scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled the scroll and all the people,

hussōpa“hyssop”to, fordative singular1×

John 19:29“hyssop”skeuem keiete oxeu mestem; spongon oun meston teu oxeu hussōpa perititharatois prosferala autou te stome.A jar of sour wine was sitting there. So they soaked a sponge in the wine, put it on a stalk of hyssop, and lifted it to His mouth.