rings properly for the ear (
Genesis 35:4 ;
Numbers 31:50 ;
Ezekiel 16:12 ). In
Genesis 24:47 the word means a nose-jewel, and is so rendered in the Revised Version. In
Isaiah 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 remedies against enchantment, worn either suspended from the neck or in the ears of females. Ear-rings were ornaments used by both sexes (
Exodus 32:2 ).
These dictionary topics are from
M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition,
published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain, copy freely.