The meaning of “אוֹב”
Understanding ʼôwb reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
bottle, familiar spirit. - properly, a mumble, i.e. a water skin (from its hollow sound) - hence a necromancer (ventrilo...
אוֹב
bottle, familiar spirit. - properly, a mumble, i.e. a water skin (from its hollow sound) - hence a necromancer (ventriloquist, as from a jar) 1) water skin bottle 2) necromancer 1b) necromancer, one who evokes the dead 1c) ghost, spirit of a dead one 1d) practice of necromancy 3) one that has a familiar spirit
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Leviticus 20:6 | “And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people.” Word: אוֹב (ʼôwb) | |
| Deuteronomy 18:11 | “Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.” Word: אוֹב (ʼôwb) | |
| 1 Samuel 28:8 | “And Saul disguised himself, and put on other raiment, and he went, and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night: and he said, I pray thee, divine unto me by the familiar spirit, and bring me him up, whom I shall name unto thee.” Word: אוֹב (ʼôwb) | |
| 2 Kings 23:24 | “Moreover the workers with familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the images, and the idols, and all the abominations that were spied in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah put away, that he might perform the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the Lord.” Word: אוֹב (ʼôwb) | |
| 1 Chronicles 10:13 | “So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the Lord, even against the word of the Lord, which he kept not, and also for asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to enquire of it;” Word: אוֹב (ʼôwb) |
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