H178Hebrewʾôḇ

אוֹב

bottle, familiar spirit.

17
Total Occurrences
8
Books
17
Old Testament
0
New Testament

Detailed Definition

  • 1water skin bottle
  • 2necromancer, one who evokes the dead
  • 3ghost, spirit of a dead one
  • 4practice of necromancy
  • 5necromancer
  • 6one that has a familiar spirit

Etymology & Derivation

from the same as H1 (אָב) (apparently through the idea of prattling a father's name);

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: ʼôwb; Pronunciation: obe