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

From the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Edited by James Orr, published in 1939 by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.