Strong’s H5014 · Hebrew
נָבַב
nâbab · naw-bab'
Origin a primitive root;
Meaning to pierce; to be hollow, or (figuratively) foolish
In the King James Version hollow, vain.
In 4 verses of the King James Version
- Exodus 27:8Hollow with boards shalt thou make it: as it was shewed thee in the mount, so shall they make it.
- Exodus 38:7And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the altar, to bear it withal; he made the altar hollow with boards.
- Job 11:12For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass’s colt.
- Jeremiah 52:21And concerning the pillars, the height of one pillar was eighteen cubits; and a fillet of twelve cubits did compass it; and the thickness thereof was four fingers: it was hollow.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.