אוֹבʼôwb
skin-bottle, necromancer
Pronunciation: obe · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H178
Meanings
1. skin-bottle (Job 32:19)
2. necromancer (Leviticus 20:27; Deuteronomy 18:11; 2 Chronicles 33:6)
3. ghost (Isaiah 29:4; Isaiah 8:19)
4. necromancy (1 Samuel 28:7; 1 Samuel 28:8; 1 Chronicles 10:13)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 17 times in the Bible.
- Leviticus 19:31 “Do not defile yourselves by turning to mediums or to those who consult the spirits of the dead. I am the Lord your God.
- Leviticus 20:6 “I will also turn against those who commit spiritual prostitution by putting their trust in mediums or in those who consult the spirits of the dead. I will cut them off from the community.
- Leviticus 20:27 “Men and women among you who act as mediums or who consult the spirits of the dead must be put to death by stoning. They are guilty of a capital offense.”
- Deuteronomy 18:11 or cast spells, or function as mediums or psychics, or call forth the spirits of the dead.
- 1 Samuel 28:3 Meanwhile, Samuel had died, and all Israel had mourned for him. He was buried in Ramah, his hometown. And Saul had banned from the land of Israel all mediums and those who consult the spirits of the dead.
- 1 Samuel 28:7 Saul then said to his advisers, “Find a woman who is a medium, so I can go and ask her what to do.” His advisers replied, “There is a medium at Endor.”
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).