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Hyssop
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words
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a bunch of which was used in ritual sprinklings, is found in Hebrews 9:19; in John 19:29 the reference is apparently to a branch or rod of "hyssop," upon which a sponge was put and offered to the Lord on the cross. The suggestion has been made that the word in the original may have been hussos, "a javelin;" there seems to be no valid reason for the supposition.
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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Hyssop'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/h/hyssop.html. 1940.
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Hyssop'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/h/hyssop.html. 1940.
