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Flag. There are two Hebrew words rendered "flag" in our Bible:

1. A word of Egyptian origin, and denoting "any green and course herbage, such as rushes and reeds, which grows in marshy places." Genesis 41:2; Genesis 41:18, (here translated meadow). It is perhaps the Cyperus esculentus.

2. A word which appears to be used in a very wide sense to denote "weeds of any kind." Exodus 2:3; Exodus 2:5; Isaiah 19:6.

Bibliography Information
Smith, William, Dr. Entry for 'Flag'. Smith's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​sbd/​f/flag.html. 1901.
 
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