Ring
עָגִילStrong’s H5694agil (a-gil)
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Agil is the Hebrew word usually translated “earring” and “earrings”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“We have therefore brought an oblation for the LORD, what every man hath gotten, of jewels of gold, chains, and bracelets, rings, earrings, and tablets, to make an atonement for our souls before the LORD.”
Meaning
- Hoop, ring, earringadornment for men or women
How it's translated
- an earring 1
- and earrings 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Numbers 1
- Ezekiel 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
עָגִיל agil · ring
1) hoop, ring, earring 1a) adornment for men or women
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “ring” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
RING, noun
- A circle, or a circular line, or any thing in the form of a circular line or hoop. Exodus 25:12
- A circular course.
All definitions and other forms of “ring”
RING, noun
[from the verb.]
- A sound; particularly, the sound of metals; as the ring of a bell.
- Any loud sound, or the sounds of numerous voices; or sound continued, repeated or reverberated; as the ring of acclamations.
- A chime, or set of bells harmonically tuned.
RING, verb transitive
preterit tense and participle passive rung.
RING, verb transitive
[from the noun.
- To encircle.
- To fit with rings, as the fingers, or as a swine's snout.
RING, verb intransitive
- To sound, as a bell or other sonorous body, particularly a metallic one.
- To practice the art of making music with bells.
- To sound; to resound.
- To utter, as a bell; to sound.
- To tinkle; to have the sensation of sound continued.
- To be filled with report or talk.
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.