H178Hebrewʾôḇ
אוֹב
properly, a mumble, i.e. a water skin (from its hollow sound); hence a necromancer (ventriloquist, as from a jar)
17
Total Occurrences
8
Books
17
Old Testament
0
New Testament
Strong’s Definition
properly, a mumble, i.e. a water skin (from its hollow sound); hence a necromancer (ventriloquist, as from a jar)
Etymology & Derivation
from the same as H1 (אָב) (apparently through the idea of prattling a father's name);
KJV Usage
bottle, familiar spirit.
Detailed Definition
From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.
- 1.water skin bottle
- 2.necromancer, one who evokes the dead
- 3.ghost, spirit of a dead one
- 4.practice of necromancy
- 5.necromancer
- 6.one that has a familiar spirit
Scholarly Notes
Transliteration: ʼôwb; Pronunciation: obe