Strong's H178

אוֹב

Transliteration

ʼôwb

Pronunciation

obe

Definition

properly, a mumble, i.e. a water skin (from its hollow sound); hence a necromancer (ventriloquist, as from a jar)

KJV usage

bottle, familiar spirit.

Derivation

from the same as H1 (אָב) (apparently through the idea of prattling a father's name);

From Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890), Hebrew dictionary. Data: Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA.