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Lexicon :: Strong's H260 - 'āḥû

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אָחוּ
Transliteration
'āḥû
Pronunciation
aw'-khoo
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of uncertain (perhaps Egyptian) derivation
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TWOT Reference: 63

Strong’s Definitions

אָחוּ ʼâchûw, aw'-khoo; of uncertain (perhaps Egyptian) derivation; a bulrush or any marshy grass (particularly that along the Nile):—flag, meadow.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's H260 in the following manner: meadow (2x), flag (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's H260 in the following manner: meadow (2x), flag (1x).

  1. reeds, marsh plants, rushes

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אָחוּ ʼâchûw, aw'-khoo; of uncertain (perhaps Egyptian) derivation; a bulrush or any marshy grass (particularly that along the Nile):—flag, meadow.
STRONGS H260: Abbreviations
† אָחוּ : noun masculineJob 8:11 collective reeds, rushes (Aramaic אַחְוָא, originally Egyptian, compare demotic axu from axa be green, see EbAG & BB Mos. 338; WiedSammlung 16) Genesis 41:2, 18 (E) Job 8:11; also [H251 Hosea 13:15 where read אָחִים ] plural for אֲחָוִים (compare AW), or from a parallel form [אָחֶה], see DeCompl. Var. 23 f.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

41:2; 41:18

Job

8:11; 8:11

H260

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Strong's Number H260 matches the Hebrew אָחוּ ('āḥû),
which occurs 3 times in 3 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:2 - And, behold, there came up out of the river seven well favoured kine and fatfleshed; and they fed in a meadow. H260

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:18 - And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fatfleshed and well favoured; and they fed in a meadow: H260

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 8:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:11 - Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag H260 grow without water?
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