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Ring

The antiquity of rings appears from Scripture and from profane authors. Judah left his ring with Tamar, Gen. This unified study connects 7 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.

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Subject type
Subject
Strong’s
H5141, G1146, H1354, H1550, H2885, H2337, H2336, H2397, H2838, H5694
Hebrew
נֶ֫זֶם · nezem
Greek
δακτύλιος · daktulios

Strong’s and original-language information

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

δακτύλιος

G1146
Transliteration
daktulios
Language
Greek
Part of speech
G:N-M
Indexed occurrences
1

Glosses

ring

Lexicon definition

δακτύλιος, -ου, ὁ (δάκτυλος), [in LXX chiefly for טַבַּעַת ;] a ring: Luk.15:22.† (AS)

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

גַב

H1354
Transliteration
gab
Pronunciation
gab
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
13

Glosses

back, body, boss, eminent (higher) place, (eye) brows, nave, ring.

Lexicon definition

the back (as rounded)

by analogy, the top or rim, a boss, a vault, arch of eye, bulwarks, etc.

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

גָּלִיל

H1550
Transliteration
gâlîyl
Pronunciation
gaw-leel'
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
4

Glosses

folding, ring.

Lexicon definition

a valve of a folding door (as turning)

also a ring (as round)

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

טַבַּעַת

H2885
Transliteration
ṭabbaʻath
Pronunciation
tab-bah'-ath
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
49

Glosses

ring.

Lexicon definition

properly, a seal (as sunk into the wax), i.e. signet (for sealing)

hence (generally) a ring of any kind

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible lexical data / BDB-Strong mapping

טַבַּ֫עַת

H2885
Transliteration
ṭabbaʻath
Pronunciation
tab-bah'-ath
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
49

Glosses

signet, signet-ring, ring, ring.

Lexicon definition

properly, a seal (as sunk into the wax), i.e. signet (for sealing)

hence (generally) a ring of any kind

Complete dictionary entries

Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)

Ring

Used as an ornament to decorate the fingers, arms, wrists, and also the ears and the nose. Rings were used as a signet (Gen. 38:18). They were given as a token of investment with authority (Gen. 41:42; Esther 3:8-10; 8:2), and of favour and dignity (Luke 15:22). They were generally worn by rich men (James 2:2). They are mentioned by Isiah (3:21) among the adornments of Hebrew women.

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A Biblical and Theological Dictionary

RINGS

The antiquity of rings appears from Scripture and from profane authors. Judah left his ring with Tamar, Gen. xxxviii, 18. When Pharaoh committed the government of Egypt to Joseph, he took his ring from his finger and gave it to Joseph, Gen. xli, 42. After the victory of the Israelites over the Midianites, they offered to the Lord the rings, the bracelets, and the golden necklaces, taken from the enemy, Num. xxxi, 50. The Israelitish women wore rings, not only on their fingers, but also in their nostrils and their ears. St. James distinguishes a man of wealth and dignity by the ring of gold on his finger, James ii, 2. At the return of the prodigal son, his father orders him to be dressed in a new suit of clothes, and to have a ring put on his finger, Luke xv, 22. When God threatened Jeconiah with the utmost effects of his anger, he tells him, that though he were the signet or ring on his finger, yet he should be torn off, Jer. xxii, 24. The ring was used chiefly to seal with, and Scripture generally assigns it to princes and great persons; as the king of Egypt, Joseph, Ahaz, Jezebel, King Ahasuerus, his favourite Haman, Mordecai, King Darius, 1 Kings xxi, 8; Esther iii, 10, &c; Dan. vi, 17. The patents and orders of these princes were sealed with their rings or signets, an impression from which was their confirmation. The ring was one mark of sovereign authority. Pharaoh gave his ring to Joseph, as a token of authority. When Alexander the Great gave his ring to Perdiccas, this was understood as nominating him his successor.

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Concordance

Strong's Concordance

Ring

Indexed occurrences: 27

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Strong's Concordance

Rings

Indexed occurrences: 39

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All Scripture references98 references

Genesis 5

Genesis 24:22Genesis 24:30Genesis 24:47Genesis 35:4Genesis 41:42

Exodus 40

Exodus 25:12Exodus 25:14Exodus 25:15Exodus 25:26Exodus 25:27Exodus 26:24Exodus 26:29Exodus 27:4Exodus 27:7Exodus 27:10Exodus 27:11Exodus 28:23Exodus 28:24Exodus 28:26Exodus 28:27Exodus 28:28Exodus 30:4Exodus 32:2Exodus 32:3Exodus 35:22Exodus 36:29Exodus 36:34Exodus 36:38Exodus 37:3Exodus 37:5Exodus 37:13Exodus 37:14Exodus 37:27Exodus 38:5Exodus 38:7Exodus 38:10Exodus 38:11Exodus 38:12Exodus 38:17Exodus 38:19Exodus 39:16Exodus 39:17Exodus 39:19Exodus 39:20Exodus 39:21

Numbers 1

Numbers 31:50

Judges 3

Judges 8:24Judges 8:25Judges 8:26

1 Samuel 1

1 Samuel 13:6

1 Kings 2

1 Kings 1:451 Kings 21:8

2 Kings 2

2 Kings 14:92 Kings 19:28

2 Chronicles 2

2 Chronicles 25:182 Chronicles 33:11

Ezra 1

Ezra 2:43

Esther 7

Esther 1:6Esther 3:8Esther 3:10Esther 3:12Esther 8:2Esther 8:8Esther 8:10

Job 6

Job 13:17Job 16:16Job 31:40Job 40:26Job 41:2Job 42:11

Psalms 1

Psalms 98:4

Proverbs 3

Proverbs 11:22Proverbs 25:12Proverbs 26:9

Song of Solomon 1

Song of Solomon 2:2

Isaiah 4

Isaiah 3:20Isaiah 3:21Isaiah 34:13Isaiah 37:29

Jeremiah 2

Jeremiah 19:3Jeremiah 22:24

Ezekiel 5

Ezekiel 16:12Ezekiel 19:4Ezekiel 19:9Ezekiel 29:4Ezekiel 38:4

Daniel 1

Daniel 6:17

Hosea 3

Hosea 2:13Hosea 2:15Hosea 9:6

Joel 1

Joel 3:10

Amos 1

Amos 4:2

Haggai 1

Haggai 2:23

Luke 1

Luke 15:22

John 1

John 6:27

1 Thessalonians 1

1 Thessalonians 1:8

James 1

James 2:2

Revelation 1

Revelation 18:22

Topical Bible

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Ancient Context1 items

Josephus Antiquities Whiston

Concerning The Tabernacle Which Moses Built In The Wilderness For The Honor Of God And Which Seemed To Be A Temple.

Antiquities Book 3, Chapter 6

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EAR-RING

Nave’s Topical Bible references for EAR-RING.

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RING

Nave’s Topical Bible references for RING.

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Dictionary

Bracelet

(1.) Anklets (Num. 31:50; 2 Sam. 1:10), and with reference to men. (2.) The rendering of a Hebrew word meaning fasteners, found in Gen. 24:22, 30, 47. (3.) In Isa. 3:19, the rendering of a Hebrew word meaning chains, i.e., twisted or chain-like bracelets. (4.) In Ex. 35:22 it designates properly a clasp for fastening the dress of females. Some interpret it as a nose-ring. (5.) In Gen. 38:18, 25, the rendering of a Hebrew word meaning "thread," and may denote the ornamental cord with which the signet was suspended from the neck of the wearer. Bracelets were worn by men as well as by women (Cant. 5:14, R.V.). They were of many various forms. The weight of those presented by Eliezer to Rebekah was ten shekels (Gen. 24:22).

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Earrings

Rings properly for the ear (Gen. 35:4; Num. 31:50; Ezek. 16:12). In Gen. 24:47 the word means a nose-jewel, and is so rendered in the Revised Version. In Isa. 3:20 the Authorized Version has "ear-rings," and the Revised Version "amulets," which more correctly represents the original word (lehashim), which means incantations; charms, thus remedies against enchantment, worn either suspended from the neck or in the ears of females. Ear-rings were ornaments used by both sexes (Ex. 32:2).

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Engraver

Heb. harash (Ex. 35:35; 38:23) means properly an artificer in wood, stone, or metal. The chief business of the engraver was cutting names or devices on rings and seals and signets (Ex. 28:11, 21, 36; Gen. 38:18).

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Forehead

The practice common among Oriental nations of colouring the forehead or impressing on it some distinctive mark as a sign of devotion to some deity is alluded to in Rev. 13:16, 17; 14:9; 17:5; 20:4. The "jewel on thy forehead" mentioned in Ezek. 16:12 (R.V., "a ring upon thy nose") was in all probability the "nose-ring" (Isa. 3:21). In Ezek. 3:7 the word "impudent" is rightly rendered in the Revised Version "an hard forehead." (See also ver. 8, 9.)

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Hook

(1.) Heb. hah, a "ring" inserted in the nostrils of animals to which a cord was fastened for the purpose of restraining them (2 Kings 19:28; Isa. 37:28, 29; Ezek. 29:4; 38:4). "The Orientals make use of this contrivance for curbing their work-beasts...When a beast becomes unruly they have only to draw the cord on one side, which, by stopping his breath, punishes him so effectually that after a few repetitions he fails not to become quite tractable whenever he begins to feel it" (Michaelis). So God's agents are never beyond his control. (2.) Hakkah, a fish "hook" (Job 41:2, Heb. Text, 40:25; Isa. 19:8; Hab. 1:15). (3.) Vav, a "peg" on which the curtains of the tabernacle were hung (Ex. 26:32). (4.) Tsinnah, a fish-hooks (Amos 4:2). (5.) Mazleg, flesh-hooks (1 Sam. 2:13, 14), a kind of fork with three teeth for turning the sacrifices on the fire, etc. (6.) Mazmeroth, pruning-hooks (Isa. 2:4; Joel 3:10). (7.) Agmon (Job 41:2, Heb. Text 40:26), incorrectly rendered in the Authorized Version. Properly a rush-rope for binding animals, as in Revised Version margin.

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Ring

Used as an ornament to decorate the fingers, arms, wrists, and also the ears and the nose. Rings were used as a signet (Gen. 38:18). They were given as a token of investment with authority (Gen. 41:42; Esther 3:8-10; 8:2), and of favour and dignity (Luke 15:22). They were generally worn by rich men (James 2:2). They are mentioned by Isiah (3:21) among the adornments of Hebrew women.

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Seal

Commonly a ring engraved with some device (Gen. 38:18, 25). Jezebel "wrote letters in Ahab's name, and sealed them with his seal" (1 Kings 21:8). Seals are frequently mentioned in Jewish history (Deut. 32:34; Neh. 9:38; 10:1; Esther 3:12; Cant. 8:6; Isa. 8:16; Jer. 22:24; 32:44, etc.). Sealing a document was equivalent to the signature of the owner of the seal. "The use of a signet-ring by the monarch has recently received a remarkable illustration by the discovery of an impression of such a signet on fine clay at Koyunjik, the site of the ancient Nineveh. This seal appears to have been impressed from the bezel of a metallic finger-ring. It is an oval, 2 inches in length by 1 inch wide, and bears the image, name, and titles of the Egyptian king Sabaco" (Rawlinson's Hist. Illus. of the O.T., p. 46). The actual signet-rings of two Egyptian kings (Cheops and Horus) have been discovered. (See [559]SIGNET.) The use of seals is mentioned in the New Testament only in connection with the record of our Lord's burial (Matt. 27:66). The tomb was sealed by the Pharisees and chief priests for the purpose of making sure that the disciples would not come and steal the body away (ver. 63, 64). The mode of doing this was probably by stretching a cord across the stone and sealing it at both ends with sealing-clay. When God is said to have sealed the Redeemer, the meaning is, that he has attested his divine mission (John 6:27). Circumcision is a seal, an attestation of the covenant (Rom. 4:11). Believers are sealed with the Spirit, as God's mark put upon them (Eph. 1:13; 4:30). Converts are by Paul styled the seal of his apostleship, i.e., they are its attestation (1 Cor. 9:2). Seals and sealing are frequently mentioned in the book of Revelation (5:1; 6:1; 7:3; 10:4; 22:10).

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Signet

A seal used to attest documents (Dan. 6:8-10, 12). In 6:17, this word properly denotes a ring. The impression of a signet ring on fine clay has recently been discovered among the ruins at Nineveh. It bears the name and title of an Egyptian king. Two actual signet rings of ancient Egyptian monarchs (Cheops and Horus) have also been discovered. When digging a shaft close to the south wall of the temple area, the engineers of the Palestine Exploration Fund, at a depth of 12 feet below the surface, came upon a pavement of polished stones, formerly one of the streets of the city. Under this pavement they found a stratum of 16 feet of concrete, and among this concrete, 10 feet down, they found a signet stone bearing the inscription, in Old Hebrew characters, "Haggai, son of Shebaniah." It has been asked, Might not this be the actual seal of Haggai the prophet? We know that he was in Jerusalem after the Captivity; and it is somewhat singular that he alone of all the minor prophets makes mention of a signet (Hag. 2:23). (See [589]SEAL.)

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Tabbaoth

Impressions; rings, "the children of," returned from the Captivity (Ezra 2:43).

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