Hebrew · Strong’s H178
אוֹב
ʼôwb/obe/
properly, a mumble, i.e. a water skin (from its hollow sound); hence a necromancer (ventriloquist, as from a jar)
Derivation:
from the same as H1 (אָב) (apparently through the idea of prattling a father's name);
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17
Old Testament
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New Testament
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Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890), public domain. Verse list from the Strong’s-tagged King James Version.