Dict: smith - RING

smith:

RING - R>@ - The ring was regarded as an indispensable article of a Hebrew’s attire, inasmuch as it contained his signet. It was hence the symbol of authority. kjv@Genesis:41:42; kjv@Esther:3:10) Rings were worn not only by men, but by women. kjv@Isaiah:3:21) We may conclude from kjv@Exodus:28:11) that the rings contained a stone engraven with a device or with the owner’s name. The custom appears also to have prevailed among the Jews of the apostolic age. kjv@James:2:2)