H178 - אוֹב (ʼôwb)

H178 אוֹב (ʼôwb) obe

Hebrew

Strong's Definition

from the same as 1 (apparently through the idea of prattling a father's name); properly, a mumble, i.e. a water skin (from its hollow sound); hence a necromancer (ventriloquist, as from a jar)

KJV Usage: bottle, familiar spirit

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

אוֹב (ov) — medium. 1) water skin bottle 2) necromancer 1b) necromancer, one who evokes the dead 1c) ghost, spirit of a dead one 1d) practice of necromancy 3) one that has a familiar spirit

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

אֹוב (H0178)

noun m

Containers

skin-bottle = container ◄ made of a goatskin, the outer side of which has been turned inside; ► used for storing wine; ≈ known to be able to burst when too full of new wine

JOB 32:19

noun m

| ≈ אִטִּים · אֱלִיל · יִדְּעֹנִי

spirit of the dead = spirit of a dead person, ► consulted by fortune-tellers; ≈ an activity forbidden in the law of Moses

LEV 19:31 · LEV 20:6 · LEV 20:27 · DEU 18:11 · 1SA 28:8 · 2KI 21:6 · 1CH 10:13 · 2CH 33:6 · ISA 8:19 · ISA 19:3 · ISA 29:4

Professions | ≈ יִדְּעֹנִי

(female) medium = woman who is said to be able to communicate with spirits of the deceased

1SA 28:3 · 1SA 28:7 · 1SA 28:7 · 1SA 28:9 · 2KI 23:24

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