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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Where it appears

Leviticus — 3×
Leviticus 19:31Leviticus 20:6Leviticus 20:27
Deuteronomy — 1×
Deuteronomy 18:11
1 Samuel — 5×
1 Sam 28:31 Sam 28:71 Sam 28:81 Sam 28:9+ 1 more in 1 Samuel
2 Kings — 2×
2 Ki 21:62 Ki 23:24
1 Chronicles — 1×
1 Chr 10:13
2 Chronicles — 1×
2 Chr 33:6
Job — 1×
Job 32:19
Isaiah — 3×
Isaiah 8:19Isaiah 19:3Isaiah 29:4

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