Definition
from the same as H1 (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)
Traditional renderings: bottle, familiar spirit.
Traditional renderings: bottle, familiar spirit.
Usage patterns
Occurrences
17 total
- Leviticus 19:31הָאֹבֹת֙ · mediumsYou must not turn to mediums or spiritists; do not seek them out, or you will be defiled by them. I am the LORD your God.
- Leviticus 20:6הָֽאֹבֹת֙ · mediumsWhoever turns to mediums or spiritists to prostitute himself with them, I will also set My face against that person and cut him off from his people.
- Leviticus 20:27א֛וֹב · a mediumA man or a woman who is a medium or spiritist must surely be put to death. They shall be stoned; their blood is upon them.’”
- Deuteronomy 18:11אוֹב֙ · a medium…casts spells, consults a medium or spiritist, or inquires of the dead.
- 1 Samuel 28:3הָאֹב֥וֹת · the mediumsNow by this time Samuel had died, and all Israel had mourned for him and buried him in Ramah, his own city. And Saul had removed the mediums and spiritists from the land.
- 1 Samuel 28:7א֔וֹב · a medium; א֖וֹב · a mediumThen Saul said to his servants, “Find me a woman who is a medium, so I can go and consult her.” “There is a medium at Endor,” his servants replied.
- 1 Samuel 28:8בָּא֔וֹב · a spiritSo Saul disguised himself by putting on different clothes, and he set out with two of his men. They came to the woman at night, and Saul said, “Consult a spirit for me. Bring up for me the one I name.”
- 1 Samuel 28:9הָאֹב֥וֹת · the mediumsBut the woman replied, “Surely you know what Saul has done, how he has killed the mediums and spiritists in the land. Why have you set a trap to get me killed?”
- 2 Kings 21:6א֖וֹב · mediumsHe sacrificed his own son in the fire, practiced sorcery and divination, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did great evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.
- 2 Kings 23:24הָאֹב֣וֹת · the mediumsFurthermore, Josiah removed the mediums and spiritists, the household gods and idols, and all the abominations that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem. He did this to carry out the words of the law written in the book that Hilkiah the priest had found in the house of the LORD.
- 1 Chronicles 10:13בָּא֖וֹב · a mediumSo Saul died for his unfaithfulness to the LORD, because he did not keep the word of the LORD and even consulted a medium for guidance,
- 2 Chronicles 33:6א֖וֹב · mediumsHe sacrificed his sons in the fire in the Valley of Ben-hinnom. He practiced sorcery, divination, and witchcraft, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did great evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.
- Job 32:19כְּאֹב֥וֹת · wineskinBehold, my belly is like unvented wine; it is about to burst like a new wineskin.
- Isaiah 8:19הָאֹבוֹת֙ · mediumsWhen men tell you to consult mediums and spiritists who whisper and mutter, shouldn’t a people consult their God instead? Why consult the dead on behalf of the living?
- Isaiah 19:3הָאֹב֖וֹת · to mediumsThen the spirit of the Egyptians will be emptied out from among them, and I will frustrate their plans, so that they will resort to idols and spirits of the dead, to mediums and spiritists.
- Isaiah 29:4כְּא֤וֹב · like a spiritYou will be brought low, you will speak from the ground, and out of the dust your words will be muffled. Your voice will be like a spirit from the ground; your speech will whisper out of the dust.