Dictionaries :: Amulets

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Amulets:

were ornaments, gems, scrolls. etc.. worn as preservatives against the power of enchantments, and generally inscribed with mystic forms or characters. The "earrings" in Genesis 35:4 were obviously connected with idolatrous worship and were probably amulets taken from the bodies of the slain Shechemites. They are subsequently mentioned among the spoils of Midian (Judges 8:24). In Hosea 2:13 is another like reference. The "earrings" in Isaiah 3:20 were also amulets.