H5014 נָבַב

Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 4 KJV occurrences

נָבַב

nâbab · naw-bab'

Definition

to pierce; to be hollow, or (figuratively) foolish

KJV Renderings

hollow, vain.

Derivation / Etymology

a primitive root;

KJV Verses (4)

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.