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pen´dant (from French from Latin pendeo, “to hangâ€): Not in the King James Version. Twice in the Revised Version (British and American). (1) × ×˜×™×¤×•×ª, netı̄phoÌ„th (the King James Version “collarsâ€), ornaments of the Midianites captured by Gideon (). (2) × ×˜×¤×•×ª, netı̄phoÌ„th (the King James Version “chainsâ€), an article of feminine apparel (). The reference seems to be (Cheyne, “Isaiah†Polychrome Bible (HDB, III, 739)) to ear-drops, pearl or gold ornaments resembling a drop of Water, fastened, probably, to the lobe of the ear.