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the herb the Bible used as a holy mop for blood and plagues.
means A small, aromatic shrub of the mint family with blue flowers, used historically as a medicinal and ritual cleansing herb, and famously named throughout the Bible.
from Comes through Latin 'hyssopus' from Greek 'hyssōpos,' which was almost certainly borrowed from a Semitic source — compare Hebrew 'ēzōb,' the plant of ritual purification. Scholars caution, though, that the biblical 'ēzōb' may not even be the same plant English speakers now call hyssop; the name traveled farther than the herb's identity did.
- sacred sprinkler
- Ancient Hebrews used it to splash blood on doorframes
- crucifixion cameo
- Soldiers lifted a hyssop sponge to dying Jesus
- bee magnet
- Blue flowers swarm with pollinators all summer
- bitter medicine
- Once brewed against coughs, bruises, and snakebites
- mint cousin
- Belongs to the same family as basil and lavender
hyssop of the bible — herb used in exodus 12:22 for marking doorposts during passover in ancient egypt
hyssopus officinalis — mediterranean perennial plant with purple-blue flowers cultivated since ancient greece and rome
hyssop tea tradition — folk remedy in eastern europe and russia for coughs and respiratory issues, documented in 19th century herbals