'owb <0178>
bwa 'owb
Pronunciation: | obe |
Origin: | from the same as 01 (apparently through the idea of prattling a father's name) |
Reference: | TWOT - 37a |
PrtSpch: | noun masculine |
In Hebrew: | bwa 6, twbah 5, tbah 2, bwab 2, twbak 1, bwak 1 |
In NET: | spirits 4, medium 2, mediums 2, conjure 2, conjure up 1, spirit 1, underworld spirits 1, spirit of the dead 1, wineskins 1, pits used to conjure up underworld spirits 1 |
In AV: | familiar spirit(s) 16, bottles 1 |
Count: | 17 |
Definition: | 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 from the same as 1 (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 for 01 |
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