H178 — אוֹב (ʼôwb)
Strong's H178 (Hebrew)
Hebrew: אוֹב (ʼôwb)
Pronunciation: obe
Morphology: n-m
Derivation: from the same as אָב (ʼâb) [H1] (apparently through the idea of prattling a father's name);
Definition: properly, a mumble, i.e. a water skin (from its hollow sound); hence a necromancer (ventriloquist, as from a jar)
KJV Renderings: bottle, familiar spirit.
Senses
- water skin bottle
- necromancer
- necromancer, one who evokes the dead
- ghost, spirit of a dead one
- practice of necromancy
- one that has a familiar spirit
Cross References
| Strong's | Original | Transliteration | Derivation | Definition | KJV Renderings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G1093 | γῆ | gē | contracted from a primary word | soil; by extension a region, or the solid part or the whole of the terrene globe (including the occupants in each application) | country, earth(-ly), ground, land, world |
| H1 | אָב | ʼâb | a primitive word | father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application | chief, (fore-) father(-less), [idiom] patrimony, principal. Compare names in 'Abi-' |
Sources. The definition, derivation and KJV renderings are James Strong's own wording from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890) — public domain. The numbered senses and the Hebrew–Greek cross-references are the editorial work of the OpenScriptures Strong's dictionary, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0; their sense-outline conventions match the Outline of Biblical Usage (Online Bible, Larry Pierce), noted as a convention match rather than a documented claim.
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