Words

ἐνώτιον G90875

Home gloss

earring

Instead of (KJV / RSV)

earring / ring / earring

Note

An ornament of the ear (οὖς), where the Masoretic version has נֶזֶם "hoop," worn on the nose (24:47)

Rulings

2, 39

Occurrences (3)

Genesis 24 (Septuagint)

• 24:22 Now it came to be, at the time when all the camels had ceased drinking, that the man took earrings of gold, a drachm of weight apiece, and two bracelets on her hands, ten of gold their weight.
• 24:30 And it came to be, at the time when he saw the earrings and the bracelets on the hands of his sister, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, "Thus the man has spoken to me," that he came to the man, as he was standing by the camels at the spring.
• 24:47 And I asked her and said, 'Whose daughter are you? Announce to me.' Now she declared, 'Daughter of Bethuel am I, the son of Nahor, whom Milcah bore to him.' And I put around her the earrings and the bracelets on her hands.