LEXICON OF ORIENTAL WORDS IN ANCIENT GREEK

αχουχ <Semitic; Hellenistic period>

👉 αχουχ m. – ‘thistle’ (LXX: 2 Chr. 25.18 2x).

🅔 A transliteration of the Hebrew form ha-ḥôaḥ, i.e., ḥôaḥ ‘thorn(s), thistle(s), a thorn-bush; hook’ with the masculine definite article ha; but note that -ου- in the Septuagint is different from the Masoretic vocalisation -ôa-.

📖 Data: DCH: III, 170; HALOT: 296. Ref.: GELS: 75.