Genesis 38:16
Go to.2Sa 13:11What wilt.De 23:18; Eze 16:33; Mt 26:15; 1Ti 6:10 Genesis 38:18
Thy signet.{Chothem,} or {chothemeth,} as in ver. 25, is properly a ring-seal, with which impressions were made to ascertain property, etc. From Jer 22:24, we find that it was worn on the hand; though it might also have been suspended from the neck by a ribband, as the Arabs still wear it. 25,26; Jer 22:24; Lu 15:22bracelets.{Pathil,} from {pathal,} to twist, wreathe, may denote either a wreath for the arm or neck, a twisted collar, or bracelet. In the former sense the LXX. render it by [ormiskon,] and Aquila and Symmachus by [strepton;] and in the latter sense, the Vulgate renders it by {armillam.} It may have been a collar by which the signet was suspended; though its being used in the plural seems to favour the opinion of its being a bracelet. gave it her.25,26; Ho 4:11 Leviticus 18:15
20:12; Ge 38:18,19,26; Eze 22:11 Deuteronomy 27:23
Le 18:17; 20:14
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