Hollow

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HOLLOW

hol'-o (kaph, nabhabh):

"Hollow" is the translation of kaph, "hollow" (Genesis 32:25,32, "the hollow of his thigh," the hip-pan or socket, over the sciatic nerve); of nabhabh, "to be hollow" (Exodus 27:8; 38:7; Jeremiah 52:21); of sho`-al, "hollow" (Isaiah 40:12, "Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand?" (in handfuls; compare 1 Kings 20:10; Ezekiel 13:19)); of makhtesh, "a mortar," "socket of a tooth" (from its shape) (Judges 15:19, "God clave an (the Revised Version (British and American) "the") hollow place that is in Lehi"); of sheqa`aruroth, probably from qa`ar, "to sink" (Leviticus 14:37, "the walls of the house with hollow strakes," so the English Revised Version, the American Standard Revised Version "hollow streaks," depressions); of koilotes (The Wisdom of Solomon 17:19, "the hollow mountains," the Revised Version (British and American) "hollows of the mountains"); of koiloma (2 Macc 1:19, "hollow place of a pit," the Revised Version (British and American) "hollow of a well"); of antrodes (2 Macc 2:5, "a hollow cave," the Revised Version (British and American) "a chamber in the rock," margin (Greek) "a cavernous chamber").

W. L. Walker


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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'HOLLOW'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.  



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