Definitions for hyssop

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hyssop hys·sop

Spelling: [his-uh p]

IPA: /ˈhɪs əp/

Hyssop is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 63 anagrams from letters in hyssop (hopssy).

Definitions for hyssop

noun

1. any of several aromatic herbs belonging to the genus Hyssopus, of the mint family, especially H. officinalis, native to Europe, having clusters of small blue flowers.
2. any of several related or similar plants, especially of the genera Agastache or Gratiola.
3. Bible. a plant, perhaps the origan, whose twigs were used in ceremonial sprinkling.

Origin of hyssop

before 900; Middle English, Old English ysope Late Latin ysōpus, for Latin hyssōpus Greek hýssōpos Semitic (compare Hebrew ēzōbh); conformed to Latin or Gk from mid-16th century

Examples for hyssop

It was not the vinegar on hyssop that explains the deed on the cross.

Water is their only drink, and the relish of their bread, salt and hyssop.'

Of the virtue of the hyssop, we will speak under the next head.

The myrrh and hyssop were used chiefly among the Jews for purification.

“And then he'd have thousands to my poor tens,” said hyssop.

Well, hyssop got it out—Lord alone knows how, as she said afterwards.

It was therefore used with hyssop as a type of purification.

The blood must be sprinkled on the—door, and it most be sprinkled by a bunch of—hyssop.

Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.