Dictionary of Bible Themes » 4000 Creation » 4400 Vegetation and food » 4470 hyssop
A plant closely associated with cleansing in the OT, being used extensively in rituals for purification.
Hyssop associated with cleansing
Psalm 51:2-7 See also Hebrews 9:19-22
Hyssop in religious ritual
At the Passover
Exodus 12:21-25
At the slaughter of the red heifer
Numbers 19:1-10
In rites of cleansing
Numbers 19:17-20 See also Leviticus 14:1-7,48-53
Hyssop as a well-known plant
1 Kings 4:33
Hyssop at the crucifixion
John 19:28-30
See also
4402 plants 7342 cleanliness 7416 purification 7478 washing
