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Lexicon :: Strong's H178 - 'ôḇ

Aa
אוֹב
Transliteration
'ôḇ
Pronunciation
obe
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From the same as אָב (H1) (apparently through the idea of prattling a father's name)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 37a

Strong’s Definitions

אוֹב ʼôwb, obe; from the same as H1 (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):—bottle, familiar spirit.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x

The KJV translates Strong's H178 in the following manner: familiar spirit(s) (16x), bottles (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x
The KJV translates Strong's H178 in the following manner: familiar spirit(s) (16x), bottles (1x).

  1. water skin bottle

  2. necromancer

    1. necromancer, one who evokes the dead

    2. ghost, spirit of a dead one

    3. practice of necromancy

  3. one that has a familiar spirit

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אוֹב ʼôwb, obe; from the same as H1 (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):—bottle, familiar spirit.
STRONGS H178: Abbreviations
אוֺב noun masculineJob 32:19 skin-bottle, necromancer, etc. — absolute א׳ Leviticus 20:27 + 8 times; plural אֹבוֺת Leviticus 19:31 + 7 times —
1. skin-bottle, only plural אֹבוֺת חֲדָשִׁים new (wine-) skins Job 32:19.
2. necromancer, in phrase אוֺב אוֺ יִדְּעֹנִי necromancer or wizard Leviticus 20:27 (H; usually translated 'a man also or woman that hath a familiar spirit or that is a wizard' RV; but better a man or a woman, if there should be among them, a necromancer or wizard; no sufficient reason for exceptional use of phrase here); וְיִדְּעֹנִי א׳ Deuteronomy 18:11; 2 Chronicles 33:6 = 2 Kings 21:6 (where וידענים א׳); הָאֹבוֺת וְהַיִּדְּעֹנִים Leviticus 19:31; Leviticus 20:6 (H) 1 Samuel 28:3, 9; 2 Kings 23:24; Isaiah 8:19 (where repres. as chirping & muttering, in practice of their art of seeking dead for instruction, probably ventriloquism, & so Greek Version of the LXX) Isaiah 19:3.
3. ghost, Isaiah 29:4 וְהָיָה כְּאוֺב מֵאֶרֶץ קוֺלֵח וּמֵעָפָר אִמְרָתֵח תְּצַפְצֵף and thy voice shall be as a ghost from the ground and from the dust thy speech shall chirp (so Ge MV Ew De Che and others, but chirping might be of necromancer, as Isaiah 8:19).
4. necromancy אֵשֶׁת בַּעֲלַת־אוֺב a woman who was mistress of necromancy 1 Samuel 28:7 (twice in verse); (> RSJPh xiv, 127 f makes אוֺב primarily a subterranean spirit, and significant. 2 only an abbreviation of בעלתא׳ etc.); קסם בּאוֺב divine by necromancy 1 Samuel 28:8, which seems to be interpretation of 1 Chronicles 10:13 שׁאל בא׳ inquire by necromancy. (In these three examples אוֺב is usually interpreted as ghost or familiar spirit conceived as dwelling in necromancer; but this apparently not the ancient conception.)
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Leviticus

19:31; 19:31; 20:6; 20:27; 20:27

Deuteronomy

18:11

1 Samuel

28:3; 28:7; 28:8; 28:9

2 Kings

21:6; 23:24

1 Chronicles

10:13

2 Chronicles

33:6

Job

32:19; 32:19

Isaiah

8:19; 8:19; 19:3; 29:4

H178

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Strong's Number H178 matches the Hebrew אוֹב ('ôḇ),
which occurs 17 times in 16 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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‘Do not turn H6437 to [fn]mediums H178 or spiritists H3049; do not seek H1245 them out H1245 to be defiled H2930 by them. I am the LORD H3068 your God H430.

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‘As for the person H5315 who H834 turns H6437 to [fn]mediums H178 and to spiritists H3049, to play H2181 the H2181 prostitute H2181 with them, I will also set H5414 My face H6440 against that person H5315 and will cut H3772 him off H3772 from among H7130 his people H5971.

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‘Now a man H376 or H176 a woman H802 who is a medium H178 or H176 a spiritist H3049 [fn]must H4191 be put H4191 to H4191 death H4191. They shall be stoned H7275 with stones H68; they have brought their [fn]own deaths H1818 upon themselves.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:11 - or one who casts H2266 a spell H2267, or a medium H7592 H178, or a spiritist H3049, or one who consults H1875 the dead H4191.

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Now Samuel H8050 was dead H4191, and all H3605 Israel H3478 had mourned H5594 him and buried H6912 him in Ramah H7414, his own city H5892. And Saul H7586 had removed H5493 the mediums H178 and spiritists H3049 from the land H776.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:7 - Then Saul H7586 said H559 to his servants H5650, “Find H1875 for me a woman H802 who is a medium H1172 H178, so that I may go H1980 to her and inquire H1875 of her.” And his servants H5650 said H559 to him, “Behold H2009, there is a woman H802 who is a medium H1172 H178 at En-dor H5874.”

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Then Saul H7586 disguised H2664 himself by putting H3847 on H3847 different H312 clothes H899, and went H1980, he and two H8147 men H376 with him, and they came H935 to the woman H802 by night H3915; and he said H559, “Consult H7080 the spirit H178 for me, please H4994, and bring H5927 up H5927 for me the one whom H834 I shall [fn]name H559 for you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:9 - But the woman H802 said H559 to him, “Behold H2009, you know H3045 what H834 Saul H7586 has done H6213, that he has eliminated H3772 the mediums H178 and spiritists H3049 from the land H776. Why H4100 are you then setting H5367 a H5367 trap H5367 for my life H5315, to bring H4191 about H4191 my death H4191?”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:6 - And he made his son H1121 pass H5674 through the fire H784, interpreted H6049 signs H6049, practiced H5172 divination H5172, and used H6213 mediums H178 and spiritists H3049. He did H6213 great H7235 evil H7451 in the sight H5869 of the LORD H3068, provoking H3707 Him to H3707 anger H3707.

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Moreover H1571, Josiah H2977 removed H1197 the mediums H178, the spiritists H3049, the [fn]household H8655 idols H8655, the idols H1544, and all H3605 the abominations H8251 that were seen H7200 in the land H776 of Judah H3063 and in Jerusalem H3389, so H4616 that H4616 he might [fn]fulfill H6965 the words H1697 of the Law H8451 which were written H3789 in the book H5612 that Hilkiah H2518 the priest H3548 found H4672 in the house H1004 of the LORD H3068.

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So Saul H7586 died H4191 for his unfaithfulness H4603 H4604 which H834 he committed H4603 against the LORD H3068, because H5921 of the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 which H834 he did not keep H8104; and also H1571 because he asked H7592 counsel of a medium H178, making H1875 inquiry H1875 of her,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:6 - He also made his sons H1121 pass H5674 through the fire H784 in the Valley H1516 of Ben-hinnom H1121 H2011; and he practiced H6049 witchcraft H6049, used H5172 divination H5172, practiced H3784 sorcery H3784, and dealt H6213 with mediums H178 and spiritists H3049. He did H6213 much H7235 evil H7451 in the sight H5869 of the LORD H3068, provoking H3707 Him to anger H3707.

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“Behold H2009, my belly H990 is like unvented H3808 H6605 wine H3196;

Like new H2319 wineskins H178, it is about to burst H1234.

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When H3588 they say H559 to you, “Consult H1875 the mediums H178 and the spiritists H3049 who whisper H6850 and mutter H1897,” should a people H5971 not consult H1875 their God H430? Should they consult the dead H4191 in behalf H1157 of the living H2416?

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“Then the spirit H7307 of the Egyptians H4714 will be demoralized H1238 within H7130 them;

And I will confuse H1104 their strategy H6098,

So that they will resort H1875 to idols H457 and ghosts H328 of H328 the H328 dead H328,

And to [fn]mediums H178 and spiritists H3049.

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Then you will be brought H8213 low H8213;

From the earth H776 you will speak H1696,

And from the dust H6083 where you are prostrate H7817

Your words H565 will come.

Your voice H6963 will also be like that of a [fn]spirit H178 from the ground H776,

And your speech H565 will whisper H6850 from the dust H6083.

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