* a bunch.
Le 14:6,7 Nu 19:18 Ps 51:7 Heb 9:1,14,19 11:28 12:24 1Pe 1:2
* hyssop.
The word {aizov,} which has been variously rendered, most
probably denotes Hyssop; whence are derived the Chaldee
{aizova,} Syriac {zupha,} Arabic {zupha,} Ethiopic {azab,} and
{hushopa,} Greek [`ussopos,] hussopos [,]
Latin {hyssopus,} German {usop,} and our hyssop, a name
retained, with little variation, in all the western languages.
It is a plant of the gymnospermia (naked seeded) order,
belonging to the didynamia class. It has bushy stalks,
growing a foot and a half high; small spear-shaped,
close-sitting, and opposite leaves, with several smaller ones
rising from the same joint; and all the stalks and branches
terminated by erect whorled spikes of flowers, of different
colours in the varieties of the plant. The leaves have an
aromatic smell, and a warm, pungent taste. Its detersive,
cleansing, and medicinal qualities were probably the reason
why it was so particularly recommended in Scripture.
* strike.
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* and none.
Mt 26:30
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