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Nave Topical Bible
• Ear-Ring
• Ear
• Boring the Ear
Thompson Chain Reference
• Earrings
• Ear, the Hearing
Treasury of Biblical Knowledge
• Jewels; Ear & Nose Rings, Anklets Etc
Torrey Topical Textbook
• Ear, the
Dictionaries
American Tract Society
• Earrings
• Earing
Baker's Evangelical Dictionary
• Ear
Easton's Bible Dictionary
• Earrings
• Earing
• Ear
Fausset Bible Dictionary
• Earrings
• Earing
Spurgeon's Illustration Collection
• Gospel: Needs Spiritual Ears to Appreciate It
Holman Bible Dictionary
• Ears of Grain
• Earrings
• Earring
•   (only first 3 shown)
Hastings' BibleDictionary
• Earing
• Ear-Ring
• Ear
Hastings' NT Dictionary
• Ear (2)
• Ear
King James Dictionary
• Earring
• Earing
• Eared
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Morrish Bible Dictionary
• Eared, Earing
• Ear-Ring
• Ear
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• O Kind Creator, Bow Thine Ear
Hawker's Poor Man's Dictionary
• Ears
• Earring
• Ear
People's Bible Dictionary
• Earring
• Earing
Smith Bible Dictionary
• Earrings
• Earing
Vines' Expository Dictionary
• Ear (2)
• Ear
• Ear
Wilson's Bible Types
• Earring
• Ear
Webster Dictionary
• Sea-Ear
• Prick-Eared
• Mouse-Ear
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Watson's Theological Dictionary
• Ear
• Ear-Rings
Encyclopedias
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Ear
• Ear-Ring
• Jew's Ears
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
• Ear
• Earing
• Earring
Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia
• Earing
• Earrings
McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Corn, Ears of
• Ear
• Ear (2)
•   (only first 3 shown)
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
• "jenkins's Ear,"
The Jewish Encyclopedia
• Earring
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• ܫܶܒ݁ܠܳܐ
• ἀκοή
• ἀκουστός , ἀκούω
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• אָבִיב
• אָזַן
• אֹזֶן
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Earring. Earrings were usually worn by the Hebrew women, and by the children of both sexes, Exodus 32:2; more rarely by the men. Asiatic males have, in both ancient and modern times, worn earrings; and the presumption is that the male Hebrews would observe the same custom. The original word generally translated "earring" is ambiguous, and may signify an ornament for the ear or for the nose. In Genesis 35:4; Exodus 32:2, it is so qualified as to mean clearly an earring. In Genesis 24:47; Proverbs 11:22; Isaiah 3:21; Ezekiel 16:12, it is as clearly a nose-jewel; while in Judges 8:24-25; Job 42:11; Proverbs 25:12; Hosea 2:13, it is uncertain.