Earrings
And Gideon said unto them, I would desire a request of you,
that ye would give me every man the earrings of his prey. (For
they had golden earrings, because they [were] Ishmaelites.)...
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er'-ring: An ornamental pendant of some kind hanging from
the ears has been worn by both sexes in oriental lands from
the earliest times. Among the Greeks and Romans, as with
western peoples in general, its use was confined to females.
The ears in the statue of the Medicean Venus are pierced and
probably were originally ornamented with earring...
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Of gold
Pr 25:12
-Offering of
For the golden calf
Ex 32:2,3
For the tabernacle
Ex 35:22
-Worn for idolatrous purposes
Ge 35:4; Isa 3:20...
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The material of which earrings were made was generally gold,
Ex 32:2 and their form circular. They were worn by women and
by youth of both sexes. These ornaments appear to have been
regarded with superstitious reverence as an amulet. On this
account they were surrendered along with the idols by Jacob's
household. Ge 35:4 Chardin describes earr...
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rings properly for the ear (Gen. 35:4; Num. 31:50; Ezek.
16:12).
In Gen. 24:47 the word means a nose-jewel, and is so
rendered in
the Revised Version. In Isa. 3:20 the Authorized
Version has
"ear-rings," and the Revised Version "amulets," which
more
correctly represents the original word (lehashim),
which means
incantations; charms, thus ...
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nezem, which also includes the nose ring hanging on one side
of the nose (Genesis 24:47, where the words "upon her face"
imply either a nose ring or one to be hung from her
forehead, Genesis 35:4). Circular, as its other name 'agil
implies. Oriental men wore them as well as women. Judges
8:24 seems to imply that the Israelite men did not wear ...
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And they came, both men and women, as many as were willing
hearted, [and] brought bracelets, and earrings, and rings, and
tablets, all jewels of gold: and every man that offered
[offered] an offering of gold unto the LORD....
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We have therefore brought an oblation for the LORD, what
every man hath gotten, of jewels of gold, chains, and
bracelets, rings, earrings, and tablets, to make an atonement
for our souls before the LORD....
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And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was a
thousand and seven hundred [shekels] of gold; beside
ornaments, and collars, and purple raiment that [was] on the
kings of Midian, and beside the chains that [were] about their
camels' necks....
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And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which [were] in
their hand, and [all their] earrings which [were] in their
ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which [was] by Shechem....
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