Nezem נֶ֫זֶם

Nezem (Hebrew נֶ֫זֶם, Strong's H5141) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “ring”. It occurs 17 times in 16 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Nezem, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

• Genesis 24:22
  And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold;And after the camels had finished drinking, he took out a gold ring weighing a beka, and two gold bracelets for her wrists weighing ten shekels.
• Genesis 24:30
  And it came to pass, when he saw the earring and bracelets upon his sister’s hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spake the man unto me; that he came unto the man; and, behold, he stood by the camels at the well.As soon as he saw the ring, and the bracelets on his sister’s wrists, and heard Rebekah’s words, “The man said this to me,” he went and found the man standing by the camels near the spring.
• Genesis 24:47
  And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou? And she said, The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor’s son, whom Milcah bare unto him: and I put the earring upon her face, and the bracelets upon her hands.Then I asked her, ‘Whose daughter are you?’ She replied, ‘The daughter of Bethuel son of Nahor, whom Milcah bore to him.’ So I put the ring on her nose and the bracelets on her wrists.
• Genesis 35:4
  And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem.So they gave Jacob all their foreign gods and all their earrings, and Jacob buried them under the oak near Shechem.

Exodus

• Exodus 32:2
  And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden earrings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them unto me.So Aaron told them, “Take off the gold earrings that are on your wives and sons and daughters, and bring them to me.”
• Exodus 32:3
  And all the people brake off the golden earrings which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron.Then all the people took off their gold earrings and brought them to Aaron.
• Exodus 35:22
  And they came, both men and women, as many as were willing hearted, and brought bracelets, and earrings, and rings, and tablets, all jewels of gold: and every man that offered offered an offering of gold unto the Lord.So all who had willing hearts, both men and women, came and brought brooches and earrings, rings and necklaces, and all kinds of gold jewelry. And they all presented their gold as a wave offering to the LORD.

Judges

• Judges 8:24
  And Gideon said unto them, I would desire a request of you, that ye would give me every man the earrings of his prey. (For they had golden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.)Then he added, “Let me make a request of you, that each of you give me an earring from his plunder.” (For the enemies had gold earrings because they were Ishmaelites.)
• Judges 8:25
  And they answered, We will willingly give them. And they spread a garment, and did cast therein every man the earrings of his prey.“We will give them gladly,” they replied. So they spread out a garment, and each man threw an earring from his plunder onto it.
• Judges 8:26
  And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was a thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold; beside ornaments, and collars, and purple raiment that was on the kings of Midian, and beside the chains that were about their camels’ necks.The weight of the gold earrings he had requested was 1,700 shekels, in addition to the crescent ornaments, the pendants, the purple garments of the kings of Midian, and the chains from the necks of their camels.

Job

• Job 42:11
  Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him over all the evil that the Lord had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one an earring of gold.All his brothers and sisters and prior acquaintances came and dined with him in his house. They consoled him and comforted him over all the adversity that the LORD had brought upon him. And each one gave him a piece of silver and a gold ring.

Proverbs

• Proverbs 11:22
  As a jewel of gold in a swine’s snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion.Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion.
• Proverbs 25:12
  As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.Like an earring of gold or an ornament of fine gold is a wise man’s rebuke to a listening ear.

Isaiah

• Isaiah 3:21
  The rings, and nose jewels,their signet rings and nose rings;

Ezekiel

• Ezekiel 16:12
  And I put a jewel on thy forehead, and earrings in thine ears, and a beautiful crown upon thine head.I put a ring in your nose, earrings on your ears, and a beautiful crown upon your head.

Hosea

• Hosea 2:13
  And I will visit upon her the days of Baalim, wherein she burned incense to them, and she decked herself with her earrings and her jewels, and she went after her lovers, and forgat me, saith the Lord.I will punish her for the days of the Baals when she burned incense to them, when she decked herself with rings and jewelry, and went after her lovers. But Me she forgot,” declares the LORD.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).