Editing Hyssopus (plant) (section)

==History==
The name ''hyssop'' can be traced back almost unchanged through the [[Greek language|Greek]] ύσσωπος ({{Transliteration|grc|hyssopos}}).<ref name="complete-herbal"/> The name hyssop appears in some translations of the Bible, but researchers have suggested that the Biblical accounts refer not to the plant currently known as hyssop but rather to a related herb.<ref>{{cite journal | doi=10.1007/BF02858924 | volume=42 | issue=2 | title=Identification of biblical hyssop and origin of the traditional use of oregano-group herbs in the Mediterranean region | year=1988 | journal=Economic Botany | pages=232–241 | last1 = Fleisher | first1 = Alexander| bibcode=1988EcBot..42..232F | s2cid=45220405 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.biblicalstudies.org.uk/pdf/eq/hyssop_harrison.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2009-06-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160331201420/http://biblicalstudies.org.uk/pdf/eq/hyssop_harrison.pdf |archive-date=2016-03-31 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The [[Septuagint]] translates the name as ὕσσωπος ''hyssop'', and [[English translations of the Bible]] often follow this rendering. The Hebrew word אזוב (''esov'' or ''esob'') and the Greek word ὕσσωπος probably share a common (unknown) origin.<ref>''Oxford English Dictionary'', 2nd Edition, 1989, ''s.v.'' hyssop</ref> The biblical plant is discussed further at [[ezov]].