Occurrences
Nezem occurs 17 times in 16 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (4), Exodus (3), Judges (3), Job (1), Proverbs (2), Isaiah (1), Ezekiel (1), Hosea (1)
- Genesis 24:22 — And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden earring (נֶ֣זֶם) of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold;
- Genesis 24:30 — And it came to pass, when he saw the earring (הַנֶּ֗זֶם) 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.
- 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 (הַנֶּ֙זֶם֙) upon her face, and the bracelets upon her hands.
- Genesis 35:4 — And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and all their earrings (הַנְּזָמִ֖ים) which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem.
- Exodus 32:2 — And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden earrings (נִזְמֵ֣י), which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them unto me.
- Exodus 32:3 — And all the people brake off the golden earrings (נִזְמֵ֥י) which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron.
- Exodus 35:22 — And they came, both men and women, as many as were willing hearted, and brought bracelets, and earrings (וָנֶ֜זֶם), and rings, and tablets, all jewels of gold: and every man that offered offered an offering of gold unto the LORD.
- Judges 8:24 — And Gideon said unto them, I would desire a request of you, that ye would give me every man the earrings (נֶ֣זֶם) of his prey. (For they had golden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.)
- 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 (נִזְמֵ֤י), 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 (נֶ֥זֶם) of his prey.
- Judges 8:26 — And the weight of the golden earrings (נִזְמֵ֤י) 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.
- 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 (נֶ֥זֶם) of gold.
- Proverbs 11:22 — As a jewel (נֶ֣זֶם) of gold in a swine’s snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion.
- Proverbs 25:12 — As an earring (נֶ֣זֶם) of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.
- Isaiah 3:21 — The rings, and nose jewels (וְנִזְמֵ֥י),
- Ezekiel 16:12 — And I put a jewel (נֶ֙זֶם֙) on thy forehead, and earrings in thine ears, and a beautiful crown upon thine head.
- 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 (נִזְמָהּ֙) and her jewels, and she went after her lovers, and forgat me, saith the LORD.