אוֹב
ôwb
Modern Summary of Strong’s Concordance (1890)
The word "אוֹב" (ôwb) primarily refers to a hollow object, like a water skin, which produces a mumbling or hollow sound. It is also used to describe a necromancer or ventriloquist, someone who speaks as if from a jar or hollow space. In some contexts, it is translated as "bottle" or "familiar spirit."
properly, a mumble, i.e. a water skin (from its hollow sound); hence a necromancer (ventriloquist, as from a jar)
The Hebrew word ôwb means "properly, a mumble, i.e. a water skin (from its hollow sound); hence a necromancer (ventriloquist, as from a jar)," encompassing related ideas including bottle, familiar spirit..
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