# H178 אוֹב

אוֹב (ʼôwb), Strong’s H178: properly, a mumble, i.e. a water skin (from its hollow sound); hence a necromancer (ventriloquist, as from a jar) KJV: bottle, familiar spirit.. Occurs 17 times.

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*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](https://besorah.bible/word/H1) (father)

Occurs 17 times.

## 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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/19?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/20?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/20?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/18?v=11) — or a charmer, or someone who consults with a familiar spirit, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
- [1 Samuel 28:3](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/28?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/28?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/28?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/28?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/21?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/23?v=24) — Moreover, Josiah removed those who had familiar spirits, the wizards, and the teraphim, and the idols, and all the…