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Lexicon :: Strong's H5141 - nezem

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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 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).

  1. 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.
STRONGS H5141: Abbreviations
† 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 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 GeiJüd. Zeltaschr. x (1872), 45 ff. RSSemitic i. 434, 2d ed. 453; also ref, below נור.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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

Job

42:11; 42:11

Proverbs

11:22; 25:12

Isaiah

3:21

Ezekiel

16:12

Hosea

2:15; 2:15

H5141

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:22 - After the camels had finished drinking, the man took out a gold nose ring weighing a beka and two gold bracelets weighing ten shekels and gave them to her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:30 - When he saw the bracelets on his sister's wrists and the nose ring and heard his sister Rebekah say, "This is what the man said to me," he went out to meet the man. There he was, standing by the camels near the spring.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:47

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:47 - Then I asked her, 'Whose daughter are you?' She replied, 'The daughter of Bethuel the son of Nahor, whom Milcah bore to Nahor.' I put the ring in her nose and the bracelets on her wrists.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 35:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:4 - So they gave Jacob all the foreign gods that were in their possession and the rings that were in their ears. Jacob buried them under the oak near Shechem

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:2 - So Aaron said to them, "Break off the gold earrings that are on the ears of your wives, your sons, and your daughters, and bring them to me."

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:3 - So all the people broke off the gold earrings that were on their ears and brought them to Aaron.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:22 - They came, men and women alike, all who had willing hearts. They brought brooches, earrings, rings and ornaments, all kinds of gold jewelry, and everyone came who waved a wave offering of gold to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 8:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:24 - Gideon continued, "I would like to make one request. Each of you give me an earring from the plunder you have taken." (The Midianites had gold earrings because they were Ishmaelites.)

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 8:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:25 - They said, "We are happy to give you earrings." So they spread out a garment, and each one threw an earring from his plunder onto it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 8:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:26 - The total weight of the gold earrings he requested came to seventeen hundred gold shekels. This was in addition to the crescent-shaped ornaments, jewelry, purple clothing worn by the Midianite kings, and the necklaces on the camels.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 42:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:11 - So they came to him, all his brothers and sisters and all who had known him before, and they dined with him in his house. They comforted him and consoled him for all the trouble the LORD had brought on him, and each one gave him a piece of silver and a gold ring.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 11:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:22 - Like a gold ring in a pig's snout is a beautiful woman who rejects discretion.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 25:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:12 - Like an earring of gold and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover to the ear of the one who listens.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 3:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:21 - rings, nose rings,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:12 - I put a ring in your nose, earrings on your ears, and a beautiful crown on your head.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:13 - "I will punish her for the festival days when she burned incense to the Baal idols; she adorned herself with earrings and jewelry, and went after her lovers, but she forgot me!" says the LORD.
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