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is the inaccurate rendering in the A.V. of two Heb. words designating some kind of female ornament.
1. ëִּåּîָæ , kumâz (so called, according to Gesen., from the globular form; but, according to Fürst, a locket or clasp; Sept. ἐìðëüêéá êáὶ ðåñéäÝîéá , Vulg. dextralia, in Exo_35:22; ἐìðëüêéïí , muraenulae, in Num_31:50), probably drops hung like beads in a string around the neck or arm, as described by ancient authors on Arabia (Diod. Sic. 3, 44, 50; Strabo, 16:277).
2. áָּúֵּé äִðֵּôֶùִׁ , bottey hanne'phesh, houses of the soul (Isa_3:20, Sept. äáêôýëéïé ,Vulg. olfactoriola), i.e. perfume-bottles of essences or smelling-salts kept in lockets suspended about the person. SEE ORNAMENT.