Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #5014 - נָבַב nabab (to hollow out)

Original Word:	נָבַב
Transliteration:	nabab
Definition:	to hollow out
Part of Speech:	Verb
Phonetic Spelling:	(naw-bab')
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

hollow, vain

A primitive root; to pierce; to be hollow, or (figuratively) foolish -- hollow, vain.

Englishman's Concordance

1) (Qal) to hollow out
1a) hollowed (participle)
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1278

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[נָבַב] verbhollow out (compare Assyrian imbubu, flute, Dl^{HWB 443}, Late Hebrew אַבּוּבid., Aramaic

אַבּוּבָאid.; hence also Arabic

knots in reed, part of reed between knots, reed; see Hoffm^{LCB 1882, 321} Frä²³ Fl in Levy^{TW i. 417}); —

QalPassive participleנָבוּבJob 11:12; Jeremiah 52:21; נְבוּבExodus 27:8; Exodus 38:7; — hollowed, hollow: of altar of tabernacle נְבוּב לֻחוֺתExodus 27:8; Exodus 38:7 (P); of pillar in temple Jeremiah 52:21; figurative אִישׁ נָבוּבJob 11:12, i.e. empty, hollow-minded man.

נֹ֫בֶה see נֹב.

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 5014. נָבַב (nabab) — 4 Occurrences

Exodus 27:8
HEB: נְב֥וּב לֻחֹ֖ת תַּעֲשֶׂ֣ה
NAS: You shall make it hollow with planks;
KJV:Hollow with boards shalt thou make
INT:hollow planks shall make

Exodus 38:7
HEB:אֹת֖וֹ בָּהֶ֑ם נְב֥וּב לֻחֹ֖ת עָשָׂ֥ה
NAS: it. He made it hollow with planks.
KJV: it withal; he made the altar hollow with boards.
INT: of the altar to carry hollow planks made

Job 11:12
HEB: וְאִ֣ישׁ נָ֭בוּב יִלָּבֵ֑ב וְעַ֥יִר
KJV:For vain man would be wise,
INT: man vain will become the foal

Jeremiah 52:21
HEB:אַרְבַּ֥ע אַצְבָּע֖וֹת נָבֽוּב׃
NAS: fingers in thickness, [and] hollow.
KJV: fingers: [it was] hollow.
INT: and four fingers hollow

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