H178 אוֹב
ʼôwb — properly, a mumble, i.e. a water skin (from its hollow sound); hence a necromancer (ventriloquist, as from a jar)
KJV: bottle, familiar spirit.
Derived from אָב ʼâb (father)
Occurs 17 times. Every verse with this word
Brown–Driver–Briggs
- אוֹב n.m. skin-bottle, necromancer, etc.
- 1 skin-bottle
- 2 necromancer
- 3 ghost
- 4 necromancy
Where it occurs
- Leviticus 19:31 — “‘Don’t turn to those who are mediums, nor to the wizards. Don’t seek them out, to be defiled by them. I am the LORD…
- Leviticus 20:6 — “‘The person that turns to those who are mediums and wizards, to play the prostitute after them, I will even set my…
- Leviticus 20:27 — “‘A man or a woman that is a medium or is a wizard shall surely be put to death. They shall be stoned with stones…
- Deuteronomy 18:11 — or a charmer, or someone who consults with a familiar spirit, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
- 1 Samuel 28:3 — Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had mourned for him and buried him in Ramah, even in his own city. Saul had sent…
- 1 Samuel 28:7 — Then Saul said to his servants, “Seek for me a woman who has a familiar spirit, that I may go to her and inquire of…
- 1 Samuel 28:8 — Saul disguised himself and put on other clothing, and went, he and two men with him, and they came to the woman by…
- 1 Samuel 28:9 — The woman said to him, “Behold, you know what Saul has done, how he has cut off those who have familiar spirits and the…
- 2 Kings 21:6 — He made his son to pass through the fire, practiced sorcery, used enchantments, and dealt with those who had familiar…
- 2 Kings 23:24 — Moreover, Josiah removed those who had familiar spirits, the wizards, and the teraphim, and the idols, and all the…