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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Hebrew - English Dictionary

H178 - Spirits

Strong's No.:H178

Hebrew:אוֹב

Transliteration:ʼôwb

Phonetic:obe

Word Origin:From the same as H1 (apparently through the idea of prattling a father´ s name)

Bible Usage:{bottle} familiar spirit.

Part of Speech:Noun Masculine

Strongs
Definition:

properly a {mumble} that {is} a water skin (from its hollow sound); hence a necromancer ({ventriloquist} as from a jar)


Brown Driver
Biggs Definition:

1. water skin bottle

2. necromancer

a. necromancer, one who evokes the dead

b. ghost, spirit of a dead one

c. practice of necromancy

3. one that has a familiar spirit


Bible References:
Spirits

Translation
Occurrences:
bottles ( 1 )
spirit ( 7 )
spirits ( 9 )

 

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.