נָבַב nâbab

Meaning

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

In the King James Version: hollow, vain.

Derivation: a primitive root;

Where it is used

• Exodus 27:8 Construct the altar with boards so that it is hollow. It is to be made just as you were shown on the mountain.
• Exodus 38:7 Then he inserted the poles into the rings on the sides of the altar for carrying it. He made the altar with boards so that it was hollow.
• Job 11:12 But a witless man can no more become wise than the colt of a wild donkey can be born a man!
• Jeremiah 52:21 Each pillar was eighteen cubits tall and twelve cubits in circumference; each was hollow, four fingers thick.