Ornament
חֲלִיStrong’s H2481chali (cha-li)
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Chali is the Hebrew word usually translated “ornament of” and “jewels”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.”
Meaning
- Jewellery, ornament
How it's translated
- and an ornament of 1
- jewels 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Proverbs 1
- Song of Solomon 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
חֲלִי chali · ornament
jewellery, ornament
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “ornament” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
OR'NAMENT, noun
[Latin ornamentum, from orno, to adorn. Varro informs us that this was primitively osnamentum; but this is improbable. See Adorn.]
- That which embellishes; something which, added to another thing, renders it more beautiful to the eye.
- In architecture, ornaments are sculpture or carved work.
- Embellishment; decoration; additional beauty.“- The ornament of a meek and quiet spirit which is in the sight of God of great price” 1 Peter 3:4
All definitions and other forms of “ornament”
OR'NAMENT, verb transitive
To adorn; to deck; to embellish.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.