ʼâchûw — H260

Definition

masculine noun

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

1. reeds, marsh plants, rushes

Usually translated as

meadow, flag

Origin

of uncertain (perhaps Egyptian) derivation

Occurrences

ʼâchûw occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (2), Job (1)

• Genesis 41:2 — And, behold, there came up out of the river seven well favoured kine and fatfleshed; and they fed in a meadow (בָּאָֽחוּ).
• Genesis 41:18 — And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fatfleshed and well favoured; and they fed in a meadow (בָּאָֽחוּ):
• Job 8:11 — Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag (אָ֥חוּ) grow without water?