Noserings
noz-ju'-elz, -joo'-elz (nezem (probably from nazam, "muzzle")
a "nose-ring," or "nose-jewel," so rendered in Isa 3:21;
"jewel in a swine's snout," Prov 11:22, the King James Version
margin "ring"; "jewel on thy forehead," Ezek 16:12, "ring upon
thy nose"): In Gen 24:22, the King James Version rendered
incorrectly "earring"; compare Gen 24:47. ...
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Ge 24:22; Ex 35:22 "earing;" Isa 3:21, Eze 16:12 "jewel on the
forehead," a ring of metal, sometimes of gold or silver,
passed usually through the right nostril, and worn by way of
ornament by women in the East. Upon it are strung beads, coral
or jewels. In Egypt it is now almost confined to the lower
classes....
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Only mentioned in Isa. 3:21, although refered to in Gen.
24:47,
Prov. 11:22, Hos. 2:13. They were among the most
valued of
ancient female ornaments. They "were made of ivory or
metal, and
occasionally jewelled. They were more than an inch in
diameter,
and hung upon the mouth. Eliezer gave one to Rebekah
which was
of gold and weighed half ...
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[As] a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, [so is] a fair woman
which is without discretion....
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Among the women there was more apt to be ornamentation than among the men. Peter and Paul condemned an elaborate braiding of women's hair (I Peter 3:3; 1 Timothy 2:9), and the use of ornaments may possibly have been involved in the custom. Earrings were at one time worn by the women of Jacob's family (Genesis 35:4). And the golden earrings of the I...
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