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Lexicon :: Strong's H5141 - nezem

Strong's

Red Letter

נֶזֶם

Transliteration

nezem

Pronunciation

neh'-zem

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Part of Speech

masculine noun

Root Word (Etymology)

From an unused root of uncertain meaning

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1338a

Variant Spellings

The following spelling is supported by Strongs and Gesenius: נזם.

Strong's Info

Strong’s Definitions

נֶזֶם nezem, neh'-zem; from an unused root of uncertain meaning; a nose-ring:—earring, jewel.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x

The KJV translates Strong's H5141 in the following manner: earring (14x), jewel (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x

The KJV translates Strong's H5141 in the following manner: earring (14x), jewel (3x).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

ring, nose ring, earring
1. nose ring (woman's ornament)
2. earring (ornament of men or women)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)

נֶזֶם nezem, neh'-zem; from an unused root of uncertain meaning; a nose-ring:—earring, jewel.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

STRONGS H5141: Abbreviations

† נֶ֫זֶם noun masculine^{Job 42:11} ring, always of gold when material mentioned; — נ׳ absolute Genesis 24:30 +; construct Genesis 24:22 +; suffix נִזְמָהּ Hosea 2:15; plural נְזָמִים Genesis 35:4; construct נִזְמֵי Exodus 32:2 +; —

1. nose-ring (Syriac bdb063306

) woman's ornament, עַל־אַפָּהּ 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 י׳'s 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 Gei^{Jüd. Zeltaschr. x (1872), 45 ff.} RS^{Semitic i. 434, 2d ed. 453}; also ref, below נור.

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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

24:22; 24:22; 24:30; 24:30; 24:47; 35:4; 35:4

Exodus

32:2; 32:2; 32:3; 35:22

Judges

8:24; 8:25; 8:26

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Strong's Number H5141 matches the Hebrew נֶזֶם (nezem),
which occurs 17 times in 16 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Gen 24:22 -

Now it happened that when^H834 the camels^H1581 had finished^H3615 drinking^H8354, the man^H376 took^H3947 a gold^H2091 ring^H5141 weighing^H4948 a [fn]half-shekel^H1235 and two^H8147 bracelets^H6781 for her [fn]wrists^H3027 weighing^H4948 ten^H6235 shekels in gold^H2091,

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Gen 24:30 - Now it happened, when he saw the ring^H5141 and the bracelets on his sister’s [fn]wrists, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, “[fn]This is what the man said to me,” he came out to the man; and behold, he was standing by the camels at the spring.

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Gen 24:47 - “Then I asked her and said, ‘Whose daughter are you?’ And she said, ‘The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor’s son, whom Milcah bore to him’; and I put the ring^H5141 on her nose and the bracelets on her [fn]wrists.

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Gen 35:4 - So they gave to Jacob all the foreign gods which [fn]they had and the rings^H5141 which were in their ears, and Jacob hid them under the [fn]oak which was near Shechem.

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Exo 32:2 - And Aaron said to them, “Tear off the gold rings^H5141 which are in the ears of your wives, your sons, and your daughters, and bring them to me.”

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Exo 32:3 - Then all the people tore off the gold rings^H5141 which were in their ears and brought them to Aaron.

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Exo 35:22 - Then all whose hearts were willing, both men and women, came and brought brooches and [fn]earrings^H5141 and signet rings and bracelets, all articles of gold; so did every man who waved it as a wave offering of gold to Yahweh.

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Jdg 8:24 - Yet Gideon said to them, “I would [fn]make one request of you, that each of you give me [fn]an earring^H5141 from his spoil.” (For they had gold earrings^H5141 because they were Ishmaelites.)

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Jdg 8:25 - And they said, “We will surely give them.” So they spread out a garment, and every one of them threw an earring^H5141 there from his spoil.

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Jdg 8:26 - And the weight of the gold earrings^H5141 that he requested was 1,700 shekels of gold, besides the crescent ornaments and the pendants and the purple robes which were on the kings of Midian, and besides the neck bands that were on their camels’ necks.

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Job 42:11 - Then all his brothers and all his sisters and all who had known him before came to him, and they ate bread with him in his house; and they consoled him and comforted him for all the calamity that Yahweh had brought on him. And each one gave him one [fn]qesitah, and each a ring^H5141 of gold.

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Pro 11:22 -

As a ring^H5141 of gold^H2091 in a swine’s^H2386 snout^H639

So is a beautiful^H3303 woman^H802 who turns^H5493 away^H5493 from [fn]discretion^H2940.

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Pro 25:12 -

Like [fn]an earring^H5141 of gold^H2091 and an ornament^H2481 of fine^H3800 gold^H3800

Is a wise^H2450 reprover^H3198 to a listening^H8085 ear^H241.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 3:21

Isa 3:21 - [fn]finger rings, nose rings^H5141,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:12

Eze 16:12 - “I also put a ring^H5141 in your nose, earrings in your ears, and a splendid crown on your head.

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Hos 2:13 -

“So I will visit^H6485 the days^H3117 of the Baals^H1168 upon her

When^H834 she used to [fn]offer^H6999 offerings in^H6999 smoke^H6999 to them

And adorn^H5710 herself with her [fn]earrings^H5141 and jewelry^H2484

And go^H1980 after^H310 her lovers^H157, so that she forgot^H7911 Me,” declares^H5002 Yahweh^H3068.

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