Dictionary entry

ὕσσωπος

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

† ὕσσωπος, -ου, ἡ

[in LXX for אֵזוֹב;]

hyssop, of which a bunch was used in ritual sprinklings: He 9:19; of a branch or rod (?) of hyssop, Jo 19:29 (but v. Field, Notes, 106 ff., for suggestion to substitute ὑσσῷ here).†