# אוֹב (ov)

Israeli respelling: ov. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H178. 16 Old Testament occurrences.

properly, a mumble, i.e. a water skin (from its hollow sound); hence a necromancer (ventriloquist, as from a jar)

King James renderings: bottle, familiar spirit.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/ov-h178

## Occurrences

- [Leviticus 19:31](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 again…
- [Leviticus 20:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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: thei…
- [Deuteronomy 18:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/18/11) — Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
- [1 Samuel 28:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 f…
- [1 Samuel 28:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 s…
- [1 Samuel 28:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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,…
- [1 Samuel 28:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/28/9) — And the woman said unto him, Behold, thou knowest what Saul hath done, how he hath cut off those that have familiar spirits, and the wizard…
- [2 Kings 21:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 wroug…
- [2 Kings 23:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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…
- [1 Chronicles 10:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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…
- [2 Chronicles 33:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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…
- [Job 32:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/32/19) — Behold, my belly is as wine which hath no vent; it is ready to burst like new bottles.
- [Isaiah 8:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 peop…
- [Isaiah 19:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 t…
- [Isaiah 29:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/29/4) — And thou shalt be brought down, and shalt speak out of the ground, and thy speech shall be low out of the dust, and thy voice shall be, as…