Hebrew Study
Strong’s Concordance H178
A readable Hebrew dictionary entry from Strong’s Concordance. Definitions help with word study; the meaning in a verse still depends on context.
Word study
- Source
- Strong’s Concordance
- Transliteration
- 'owb
- Pronunciation
- obe
- Occurrences
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- Strong’s number
- H178
- Brief meaning
- Properly, a mumble, i.e. a water skin (from its hollow sound), hence a necromancer (ventriloquist, as from a jar)
- Source renderings
- bottle, familiar spirit
- Root word
- from the same as H1 (apparently through the idea of prattling a father's name)
- Full definition from the source
- Properly, a mumble, i.e. a water skin (from its hollow sound); hence a necromancer (ventriloquist, as from a jar). Root word: from the same as H1 (apparently through the idea of prattling a father's name).
- Digital-source-added cross-reference note
- H1
Source info
Source and edition
James Strong, Strong's Hebrew Bible Dictionary (1890); Bible Foundation text source; Michael Grier's 1996 ASCII e-text; CrossWire module 1.2.
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00178\ 178 'owb obe from the same as 1 (apparently through the idea of prattling a father's name); properly, a mumble, i.e. a water skin (from its hollow sound); hence a necromancer (ventriloquist, as from a jar):--bottle, familiar spirit. see HEBREW for 01