Armlet

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ARMLET.—See Ornaments, § 4.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909


(bracelet) Hebrew; a "fetter", from a root, "a step" (Isa_3:18-20). (See ANKLET.) A general ornament in the E. A badge of kings (2Sa_1:10). The signet was sometimes a jewel on the armlet; which explains, "Set me as a seal upon thine arm" (Son_8:6). Their weight (compare Gen_24:22), and their tightness on the arm (so that in putting them on blood is often drawn) make their female wearers pay dearly for their love of admiration.
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.


Armlet. An ornament universal in the East, especially among women; used by princes as one of the insignia of royalty, and by distinguished persons in general. The word is not used in the Authorized Version, as even in 2Sa_1:10, it is rendered by "the bracelet on his arm."
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863


arm?let: The word translated ?bracelet? in 2Sa_1:10 the King James Version, probably denotes an ?armlet,? or ?arm-band,? worn on the upper arm. But it is the same word which with a different context is rendered ?ankle-chains? (in Num_31:50 the Revised Version (British and American)). The ?bracelet? of Sirach 21:21 the King James Version, worn upon the right arm, was an ?armlet,? as is seen from the list given of Judith's ornaments: who ?decked herself bravely with her armlets (the Revised Version (British and American) 'chains') and her bracelets, and her rings, and her ear-rings, and all her ornaments? (Judith 10:4). The nature of the ornaments given in the Revised Version (British and American) as ?armlets,? Exo_35:22; Num_31:50, and in the King James Version as ?tablets,? is uncertain. For full and distinguishing, descriptions of ?arm-lets,? ?anklets,? ?bracelets,? etc., found in ancient graves, see PEFS, 1905, 318ff. See also ORNAMENT.

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.



Fig. 52?Armlets
Although this word has the same meaning as bracelet, yet the latter is practically so exclusively used to denote the ornament of the wrist, that it seems proper to distinguish by armlet the similar ornament which is worn on the upper arm. There is also this difference between them, that in the East bracelets are generally worn by women, and armlets only by men. The armlet, however, is in use among men only as one of the insignia of sovereign power. The Egyptian kings are represented with armlets, which were also worn by the Egyptian women. These, however, are not jeweled, but of plain or enameled metal, as was in all likelihood the case among the Hebrews.
The Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature
by John Kitto.


Armlet
(represented by אֶצְעָדָה, etsadah, Num_31:50; 2Sa_1:10; Sept. κλιδών; Aquila βραχιάλιον; Vulg. periscelis armilla; properly a fetter, from צָעִד, to step; comp. Isa_3:20, and SEE ANKLET ), an ornament universal in the East, especially among women; worn by princes as one of the insignia of royalty, and it distinguished persons in general. The word is not used in the A. V., as even in 2Sa_1:10, they render the Heb. term "by the bracelet on his arm." Sometimes only one was worn, on the right arm (Sir_21:21). From Son_8:6, it appears that the signet sometimes consisted of a jewel on the armlet. These ornaments are frequent on the sculptures of Persepolis and Nineveh, and were set in rich and fantastic shapes resembling the heads of animals (Layard, Nineveh, ii, 250). The kings of Persia wore them, and Astyages presented a pair, among other ornaments, to Cyrus (Xen. Cyr. i, 3). The Ethiopians, to whom some were sent by Cambyses, scornfully characterized them as weak fetters (Herod. ii, 23). Nor were they confined to the kings, since Herodotus (viii, 113) calls the Persians generally "wearers of bracelets" (ψελιοφόροι). In the Egyptian monuments kings are often represented with armlets and bracelets (Wilkinson's Anc. Egypt. iii, 375, and Plates 1, 2, 14). They were even used by the old British chiefs (Turner, Angl. Sax. i, 383). The story of Tarpeia shows that they were common among the ancient Sabines, but the Romans considered the use of them effeminate, although they were sometimes given as military rewards (Liv. 10:44). Finally, they are still worn among the most splendid regalia of modern Oriental sovereigns, and it is even said that those of the King of Persia are worth a million sterling (Kitto, Pict. Hist. of Pal. i, 499). They form the chief wealth of modern Hindu ladies, and are rarely taken off. They are made of every sort of material, from the finest gold, jewels, ivory, coral, and pearl, down to the common glass rings and varnished earthenware bangles of the women of the Deccan. Now, as in ancient times, they are sometimes plain, sometimes enchased; sometimes with the ends not joined, and sometimes a complete circle. The arms are sometimes quite covered with them, and if the wearer be poor, it matters not how mean they are, provided only that they glitter. It is thought essential to beauty that they should fit close, and hence Harmer calls them "rather manacles than bracelets," and Buchanan says that "the poor girls rarely get them on without drawing blood, and rubbing part of the skin from the hand; and as they wear great numbers, which often break, they suffer much from their love of admiration." Their enormous weight may be conjectured from Gen_24:24. SEE BRACELET.



CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.





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