hebrew #178 - אוֹב ob (a bottle (made from animal skin))

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

From the same as 'ab (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 'ab

Englishman's Concordance

Brown-Driver-Briggs

1skin-bottle, only plural אֹבוֺת חֲדָשִׁיםnew (wine-) skinsJob 32:19.

2necromancer, in phrase אוֺב אוֺ יִדְּעֹנִיnecromancer or wizardLeviticus 20:27 (H; usually translated 'a man also or woman that hath a familiar spirit or that is a wizard' RV; but better a man or a woman, if there should be among them, a necromancer or wizard; no sufficient reason for exceptional use of phrase here); וְיִדְּעֹנִי׳אDeuteronomy 18:11; 2Chronicles 33:6=2 Kings 21:6 (where וידענים׳א); הָאֹבוֺת וְהַיִּדְּעֹנִיםLeviticus 19:31; Leviticus 20:6 (H) 1 Samuel 28:3,9; 2 Kings 23:24; Isaiah 8:19 (where repres. as chirping & muttering, in practice of their art of seeking dead for instruction, probably ventriloquism, & so ᵐ5) Isaiah 19:3.

3ghost, Isaiah 29:4וְהָיָה כְּאוֺב מֵאֶרֶץ קוֺלֵח וּמֵעָפָראִמְרָתֵח תְּצַפְצֵףand thy voice shall be as a ghost from the ground and from the dust thy speech shall chirp (so Ge MV Ew De Che and others, but chirping might be of necromancer, as Isaiah 8:19).

4necromancyאֵשֶׁת בַּעֲלַתאֿוֺבa woman who was mistress of necromancy1 Samuel 28:7 (twice in verse); (> RS^{JPh xiv, 127 f makes}אוֺב primarily a subterranean spirit, and significant. 2 only an abbreviation of ׳בעלתא etc.); קסם בּאוֺבdivine by necromancy1 Samuel 28:8, which seems to be interpretation of 1 Chronicles 10:13׳שׁאל באinquire by necromancy. (In these three examples אוֺב is usually interpreted as ghost or familiar spirit conceived as dwelling in necromancer; but this apparently not the ancient conception.)

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 178. אוֹב (ob) — 17 Occurrences

Leviticus 19:31
HEB:תִּפְנ֤וּ אֶל־ הָאֹבֹת֙ וְאֶל־ הַיִּדְּעֹנִ֔ים
NAS: Do not turn to mediums or spiritists;
KJV: Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek
INT: turn to mediums to spiritists

Leviticus 20:6
HEB:תִּפְנֶ֤ה אֶל־ הָֽאֹבֹת֙ וְאֶל־ הַיִּדְּעֹנִ֔ים
NAS: turns to mediums and to spiritists,
KJV: after such as have familiar spirits, and after
INT: turns after to mediums and to spiritists

Leviticus 20:27
HEB:יִהְיֶ֨ה בָהֶ֥ם א֛וֹב א֥וֹ יִדְּעֹנִ֖י
NAS: a woman who is a medium or
KJV: that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a wizard,
INT: hath become medium or A spiritist

Deuteronomy 18:11
HEB:חָ֑בֶר וְשֹׁאֵ֥ל אוֹב֙ וְיִדְּעֹנִ֔י וְדֹרֵ֖שׁ
KJV: or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard,
INT: A spell A consulter spirits A spiritist calls

1 Samuel 28:3
HEB:וְשָׁא֗וּל הֵסִ֛יר הָאֹב֥וֹת וְאֶת־ הַיִּדְּעֹנִ֖ים
NAS: from the land those who were mediums and spiritists.
KJV: had put away those that had familiar spirits, and the wizards,
INT: and Saul had removed were mediums and spiritists the land

1 Samuel 28:7
HEB:אֵ֣שֶׁת בַּעֲלַת־ א֔וֹב וְאֵלְכָ֥ה אֵלֶ֖יהָ
KJV: that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go
INT: A woman hath spirit may go about

1 Samuel 28:7
HEB:אֵ֥שֶׁת בַּֽעֲלַת־ א֖וֹב בְּעֵ֥ין דּֽוֹר׃
KJV: that hath a familiar spirit at Endor.
INT: woman hath spirit En-dor

1 Samuel 28:8
HEB:ק) לִי֙ בָּא֔וֹב וְהַ֣עֲלִי לִ֔י
KJV: I pray thee, divine unto me by the familiar spirit, and bring me [him] up,
INT: Conjure Conjure spirit and bring whom

1 Samuel 28:9
HEB:הִכְרִ֛ית אֶת־ הָאֹב֥וֹת וְאֶת־ הַיִּדְּעֹנִ֖י
NAS: he has cut off those who are mediums and spiritists
KJV: how he hath cut off those that have familiar spirits, and the wizards,
INT: how has cut are mediums and spiritists from

2 Kings 21:6
HEB:וְנִחֵ֔שׁ וְעָ֥שָׂה א֖וֹב וְיִדְּעֹנִ֑ים הִרְבָּ֗ה
NAS: and dealt with mediums and spiritists.
KJV: and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards:
INT: and used and dealt mediums and spiritists much

2 Kings 23:24
HEB:וְגַ֣ם אֶת־ הָאֹב֣וֹת וְאֶת־ הַ֠יִּדְּעֹנִים
NAS: removed the mediums and the spiritists
KJV:Moreover the [workers with] familiar spirits, and the wizards,
INT: Moreover the mediums and the spiritists and the teraphim

1 Chronicles 10:13
HEB:וְגַם־ לִשְׁא֥וֹל בָּא֖וֹב לִדְרֽוֹשׁ׃
NAS: because he asked counsel of a medium, making inquiry
KJV: not, and also for asking [counsel] of [one that had] a familiar spirit, to enquire
INT: and also asked of a medium making

2 Chronicles 33:6
HEB:וְֽכִשֵּׁ֔ף וְעָ֥שָׂה א֖וֹב וְיִדְּעוֹנִ֑י הִרְבָּ֗ה
NAS: and dealt with mediums and spiritists.
KJV: and dealt with a familiar spirit, and with wizards:
INT: practiced and dealt mediums and spiritists much

Job 32:19
HEB:לֹא־ יִפָּתֵ֑חַ כְּאֹב֥וֹת חֲ֝דָשִׁ֗ים יִבָּקֵֽעַ׃
NAS: Like new wineskins it is about to burst.
KJV: it is ready to burst like new bottles.
INT: no vent wineskins new to burst

Isaiah 8:19
HEB:דִּרְשׁ֤וּ אֶל־ הָאֹבוֹת֙ וְאֶל־ הַיִּדְּעֹנִ֔ים
NAS: to you, Consult the mediums and the spiritists
KJV: unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards
INT: Consult about the mediums and to the spiritists

Isaiah 19:3
HEB:הָ֣אִטִּ֔ים וְאֶל־ הָאֹב֖וֹת וְאֶל־ הַיִּדְּעֹנִֽים׃
NAS: and ghosts of the dead And to mediums and spiritists.
KJV: and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards.
INT: the charmers and to mediums and to spiritists

Isaiah 29:4
HEB:אִמְרָתֵ֑ךְ וְֽ֠הָיָה כְּא֤וֹב מֵאֶ֙רֶץ֙ קוֹלֵ֔ךְ
NAS: [will come]. Your voice will also be like that of a spirit from the ground,
KJV: and thy voice shall be, as of one that hath a familiar spirit, out of the ground,
INT: your words become of a spirit the ground your voice