אוֹב ov

Hebrew word for “medium” · Strong’s H178 · used 17 times in 16 verses

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Meaning

1) water skin bottle;

How it is translated

Glosses given for ov in context, with how often each is used:

• necromancers 7
• necromancer 4
• necromancy 4
• like wineskins 1
• like a necromancer 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

1 Samuel 28 (4), Leviticus 20 (2), Leviticus 19 (1), Deuteronomy 18 (1), 2 Kings 21 (1), 2 Kings 23 (1), 1 Chronicles 10 (1), 2 Chronicles 33 (1), Job 32 (1), Isaiah 8 (1)

Forms

• אוב 6
• האבות 5
• האבת 2
• באוב 2
• כאבות 1
• כאוב 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with ov more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• יִדְּעֹנִי yiddoni “spiritist” 11
• דָּרַשׁ darash “to seek” 5
• שָׁאוּל shaul “Saul” 5
• מוּת mut “to die” 6
• צָפַף tsaphaph “to whisper” 2
• נָחַשׁ nachash “to divine” 2
• עָנַן anan “to divine” 2
• אִשָּׁה ishshah “woman” 4
• כָּעַס kaas “to provoke” 2
• פָּנָה panah “to turn” 2
• הִנֵּה hinneh “behold” 3
• שָׁאַל shaal “to ask” 2

Key verses

The verses using ov that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Leviticus 19:31 — Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God.
• 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…
• Leviticus 20:27 — A man also or woman that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a wizard, shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones: their blood shall be…
• 1 Samuel 28:3 — Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had lamented him, and buried him in Ramah, even in his own city. And Saul had put away those that had familiar spirits, and…
• 1 Samuel 28:7 — Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and enquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold,…
• 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…
• 2 Kings 21:6 — And he made his son pass through the fire, and observed times, and used enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards: he wrought much wickedness…
• 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…
• 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…
• 2 Chronicles 33:6 — And he caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom: also he observed times, and used enchantments, and used witchcraft, and…
• Isaiah 8:19 — And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their…
• Isaiah 19:3 — And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.