09-26-2008, 01:54 PM
Hyssop is a plant spoken of in scripture. From applying the blood of the Passover Lamb, to the stick lifted with the sour wine to Y'shua on the cross it is mentioned for it's purgative or cleansing properties. It is native to the Meditteranean and abroad with small blue flowers. It is used in combination with other herbs to make licorice, and is sometimes used to make liquor or a cathartic tea.
It is also reported to be mixed in drinking water in the earlier oceanic sailing vessels for decontamination.
Dr. J. F. Royle disagrees, and identifies the Hyssop of the Bible with the Caper-plant (Capparis spinosa) which grows in the Jordan Valley, in Egypt, and the Desert, in the gorges of Lebanon, and in the Kedron Valley. It 'springs out of the walls' of the old Temple area. This view is supported by Canon Tristram and others. The Arabs call it azaf.
Caper and its relatives in several European tongues can be traced back to Classical Latin capparis “caper”. Latin capparis, in turn, was borrowed from Greek kapparis [êάððáñéò], whose origin (as that of the plant) is unknown but probably West or Central Asia. Another theory links kapparis to the name of the island Cyprus (Kypros [Êύðñïò]), where capers grow abundantly.
Hyssop is a name of Greek origin. The Hyssopos of Dioscorides was named from azob (a holy herb), because it was used for cleaning sacred places. It is alluded to in the Scriptures: 'Purge me with Hyssop, and I shall be clean.'
Considering Etymology, it's Hebrew Old Testament use, and the Greek form of the word (maybe from Septuagint) this plant is of great significance in the typology of the Temple of our bodies, from it's naturally cleansing effect today, obtained from the blue flowered mediteranean variety, or it's severe caustic cleansing ability as the Caper, found growing in structured building walls in the Middle east.
It is also reported to be mixed in drinking water in the earlier oceanic sailing vessels for decontamination.
Dr. J. F. Royle disagrees, and identifies the Hyssop of the Bible with the Caper-plant (Capparis spinosa) which grows in the Jordan Valley, in Egypt, and the Desert, in the gorges of Lebanon, and in the Kedron Valley. It 'springs out of the walls' of the old Temple area. This view is supported by Canon Tristram and others. The Arabs call it azaf.
Caper and its relatives in several European tongues can be traced back to Classical Latin capparis “caper”. Latin capparis, in turn, was borrowed from Greek kapparis [êάððáñéò], whose origin (as that of the plant) is unknown but probably West or Central Asia. Another theory links kapparis to the name of the island Cyprus (Kypros [Êύðñïò]), where capers grow abundantly.
Hyssop is a name of Greek origin. The Hyssopos of Dioscorides was named from azob (a holy herb), because it was used for cleaning sacred places. It is alluded to in the Scriptures: 'Purge me with Hyssop, and I shall be clean.'
Considering Etymology, it's Hebrew Old Testament use, and the Greek form of the word (maybe from Septuagint) this plant is of great significance in the typology of the Temple of our bodies, from it's naturally cleansing effect today, obtained from the blue flowered mediteranean variety, or it's severe caustic cleansing ability as the Caper, found growing in structured building walls in the Middle east.