Strong's Hebrew · H260

H260 ʼâchûw

אָחוּ

aw'-khoo

meadow

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ʼâchûw appears 3 times in Scripture, in Genesis 41:2, Genesis 41:18 and Job 8:11. In the Doxa app, open each of these verses, keep your notes on them, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.

Definition

a bulrush or any marshy grass (particularly that along the Nile)

In the King James Version

flag, meadow.

Derivation

of uncertain (perhaps Egyptian) derivation;

Appears 3 times in Scripture

Job 8:11

“Does papyrus grow where there is no marsh? Do reeds flourish without water?”

Genesis 41:18

“when seven cows, well-fed and sleek, came up from the river and began to graze among the reeds.”

Genesis 41:2

“when seven cows, sleek and well-fed, came up from the river and began to graze among the reeds.”

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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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