נָבַבnâbab/naw-bab'/
HebrewH50144 occurrences (KJV)
to pierce; to be hollow, or (figuratively) foolish
KJV renders it: hollow, vain.
Where it appears
- Exod 27:8You shall make it with hollow planks. They shall make it as it has been shown you on the mountain.
- Exod 38:7He put the poles into the rings on the sides of the altar, with which to carry it. He made it hollow with planks.
- Job 11:12An empty-headed man becomes wise when a man is born as a wild donkey’s colt.
- Jer 52:21As for the pillars, the height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits; and a line of twelve cubits encircled it; and its thickness was four fingers. It was hollow.
Lexical data: Strong’s Hebrew & Greek Dictionaries (1890, public domain; openscriptures, CC-BY-SA). Word tagging from the Strong’s-numbered KJV.