Word Study · Strong's H260 · Hebrew
אָחוּ
achu
aw'-khoo
Strong's 1890 spelling: ʼâchûw
“a bulrush or any marshy grass (particularly that along the Nile)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a bulrush or any marshy grass (particularly that along the Nile)
Rendered in the KJV as
flag, meadow.
- 3occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 2 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 2inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 3 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 2
- בָּאָֽחוּ׃2
- אָ֥חוּ1
How it is rendered · 2
- among the reed[s]2
- reed[s]1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular2
- noun · masculine singular1
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- HRd/Ncmsa · 2
- HNcmsa · 1
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Where this word lives
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Genesis2 occurrences
- Genesis 41:2בָּאָֽחוּ׃baachupreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularwhen seven cows, sleek and well-fed, came up from the river and began to graze among the reeds.here: among the reed[s]
- Genesis 41:18בָּאָֽחוּ׃baachupreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularwhen seven cows, well-fed and sleek, came up from the river and began to graze among the reeds.here: among the reed[s]