What does Hyssop mean in the Bible?

First uses (BSB)

1. Exodus 12:22

   Take a cluster of hyssop, dip it into the blood in the basin, and brush the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe. None of you shall go out the door of his house until morning.

2. Leviticus 14:4

   the priest shall order that two live clean birds, cedar wood, scarlet yarn, and hyssop be brought for the one to be cleansed.

3. Leviticus 14:6

   And he is to take the live bird together with the cedar wood, scarlet yarn, and hyssop, and dip them into the blood of the bird that was slaughtered over the fresh water.

4. Leviticus 14:49

   He is to take two birds, cedar wood, scarlet yarn, and hyssop to purify the house;

5. Leviticus 14:51

   Then he shall take the cedar wood, the hyssop, the scarlet yarn, and the live bird, dip them in the blood of the slaughtered bird and the fresh water, and sprinkle the house seven times.

6. Leviticus 14:52

   And he shall cleanse the house with the bird’s blood, the fresh water, the live bird, the cedar wood, the hyssop, and the scarlet yarn.

7. Numbers 19:6

   The priest is to take cedar wood, hyssop, and scarlet wool and throw them onto the burning heifer.

8. Numbers 19:18

   Then a man who is ceremonially clean is to take some hyssop, dip it in the water, and sprinkle the tent, all the furnishings, and the people who were there. He is also to sprinkle the one who touched a bone, a grave, or a person who has died or been slain.

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