Dict: smith - AMULETS

smith:

AMULETS - A>@ - were ornaments, gems, scrolls. etc.. worn as preservatives against the power of enchantments, and generally inscribed with mystic forms or characters. The "earrings" in kjv@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. kjv@Judges:8:24) In kjv@Hosea:2:13) is another like reference. The "earrings" in kjv@Isaiah:3:20) were also amulets.