Hebrew word study

אוֹבʼôwb — properly, a mumble, i.e. a water skin (from its hollow so…

Pronounced “obe”

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

Translated in the King James as: bottle, familiar spirit.

Appears 17 times in Scripture

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

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