Earrings

Archimandrite Nikifor’s Biblical Encyclopedia

(Gen. 35:4; Exod. 32:2 and elsewhere)—ornaments worn in the East from ancient times by women and by children of both sexes. Scripture speaks directly of women and children wearing them; Exodus 35:22 may include men, though the source judges earrings to have been primarily women’s adornment among the Hebrews. Midianite and Ishmaelite men also wore them (Judg. 8:24–26). Earrings sometimes served as amulets (Gen. 35:4), and Isaiah mentions ear ornaments among objects associated with enchantment (Isa. 3:20 in the source’s enumeration).

Scripture cited

Genesis 35:4 Exodus 32:2 Exodus 35:22 Judges 8:24 Esaias 3:20

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