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Hollow

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

hol´ō ( כּף , kaph , נבב , nābhabh ): "Hollow" is the translation of kaph , "hollow" ( Genesis 32:25 , Genesis 32:32 , "the hollow of his thigh," the hip-pan or socket, over the sciatic nerve); of nābhabh , "to be hollow" (Exodus 27:8; Exodus 38:7; Jeremiah 52:21 ); of shō‛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 makhtēsh , "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 sheḳa‛ărūrōth , probably from ḳā‛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 koilótēs (The Wisdom of Solomon 17:19, "the hollow mountains," the Revised Version (British and American) "hollows of the mountains"); of koı́lōma (2 Macc 1:19, "hollow place of a pit," the Revised Version (British and American) "hollow of a well"); of antrō̇dēs (2 Macc 2:5, "a hollow cave," the Revised Version (British and American) "a chamber in the rock," margin (Greek) "a cavernous chamber").