Strong's H178

אוֹב

Language:: Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament)

Definition

properly, a mumble, i.e. a water skin (from its hollow sound); hence a necromancer (ventriloquist, as from a jar)

Derivation

from the same as H1 (אָב) (apparently through the idea of prattling a father's name);

KJV Translation

In the King James Version, אוֹב is translated as: bottle, familiar spirit..

About Strong's Concordance

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance, compiled by James Strong in 1890, assigns a unique number to every Hebrew and Aramaic root word in the Old Testament. The Hebrew dictionary covers all 8,674 root words. This entry is in the public domain.