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