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Ear-Ring

Morrish Bible Dictionary

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The well-known ornament worn by women and men in the East. Genesis 24:22,30,47; Job 42:11; Hosea 2:13; etc. In Isaiah 3:20 the allusion is not to a ring for the ear, but to an amulet on which a charm could be written.

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Morrish, George. Entry for 'Ear-Ring'. Morrish Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​mbd/​e/ear-ring.html. 1897.
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