Lexicon nezem: a ring (worn as an ornament) Original Word: נֶ֫זֶםPart of Speech: Noun Masculine Transliteration: nezem Phonetic Spelling: (neh'-zem) Short Definition: ring NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originof uncertain derivation Definitiona ring (worn as an ornament) NASB Translationearring (3), earrings (4), ring (6), rings (4).
Brown-Driver-Briggs נֶ֫זֶם noun masculineJob 42:11 ring, always of gold when material mentioned; — ׳נ absolute Genesis 24:30 +; construct Genesis 24:22 +; suffix נִזְמָהּ Hosea 2:15; plural נְזָמִיםGenesis 35:4; construct נִזְמֵי Exodus 32:2 +; — 1 nose-ring (Syriac  ) woman's ornament, עַלאַֿמָּהּ ׳נ Genesis 24:47 compare Genesis 24:22; Genesis 24:30 (J); נִזְמֵי הָאָף Isaiah 3:21 ("" טַבַּ֫עַת seal-ring); perhaps also Hosea 2:15; Ezekiel 16:12 figurative of ׳יs adorning Jerusalem ("" עֲגִילִים עַלאָֿזְנַיִךְ); compare בְּאַף חֲזִיר ׳נ Proverbs 11:22. 2 earring ornament of men and women, Genesis 35:4, אֲשֶׁר בְּאָזְנֵיהֶם ׳נ so Exodus 32:2,3(all E); compare Proverbs 25:12 (in simile of wise reprover), and perhaps Exodus 35:22 (P; "" טַבַּ֫עַת); probably also Judges 8:24 (twice in verse); Judges 8:25,26 (of men, compare GFM), Job 42:11. — compare further GeiJüd. Zeltaschr. x (1872), 45 ff. RSSemitic i. 434, 2d ed. 453; also ref, below נור.
Strong's earring, jewel From an unused root of uncertain meaning; a nose-ring -- earring, jewel. |
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