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Anklets in Smiths Bible Dictionary

This word does not occur in the Authorized Version; but anklets are referred to in Isa 3:16,18,20 They were fastened to the ankle band of each leg; were as common as bracelets and armlets and made of much the same material. The pleasant jingling and tinkling which they made as they knocked against each other was no doubt one of the reasons why...

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Bracelets Scripture - Genesis 24:22

And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten [shekels] weight of gold;...

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Anklets Scripture - Isaiah 3:20

The bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, and the headbands, and the tablets, and the earrings,...

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Bracelets in Naves Topical Bible

Present of Ge 24:22 -Worn by women Ge 24:30; Isa 3:19 -By men Ge 38:18,25 -Dedicated to the tabernacle Ex 35:22; Nu 31:50 -Taken as spoils Nu 31:50; 2Sa 1:10 -FIGURATIVE Eze 16:11...

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Bracelets Scripture - Genesis 24:30

And it came to pass, when he saw the earring and bracelets upon his sister's hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spake the man unto me; that he came unto the man; and, behold, he stood by the camels at the well....

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Bracelets in Smiths Bible Dictionary

[See ARMLET] Bracelets of fine twisted Venetian gold are still common in Egypt. In Ge 38:18,25 the word rendered "bracelet" means probably a string by which a seal-ring was suspended. Men as well as women wore bracelets, as we see from So 5:14 Layard says of the Assyrian kings, "The arms were encircled by armlets, and the wrists by bracelets....

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Bracelets Scripture - Isaiah 3-19

The chains, and the bracelets, and the mufflers,...

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Armlets in Smiths Bible Dictionary

an ornament universal in the East, especially among women; used by princes as one of the insignia of royalty, and by distinguished persons in general. The word is not used in the Authorized Version, as even in 2Sa 1:10 it is rendered by "the bracelet on his arm."...

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Bracelets Scripture - Genesis 38:18

And he said, What pledge shall I give thee? And she said, Thy signet, and thy bracelets, and thy staff that [is] in thine hand. And he gave [it] her, and came in unto her, and she conceived by him....

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Bracelets in Easton's Bible Dictionary

(1.) Anklets (Num. 31:50; 2 Sam. 1:10), and with reference to men. (2.) The rendering of a Hebrew word meaning fasteners, found in Gen. 24:22, 30, 47. (3.) In Isa. 3:19, the rendering of a Hebrew word meaning chains, i.e., twisted or chain-like bracelets. (4.) In Ex. 35:22 it designates properly a clasp for fastening the dress of females...

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