Anklet; Ankle-Chain

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

aṇ´klet , aṇ´k´l - chān  : "Anklets" is rightly found in  Isaiah 3:18 the Revised Version (British and American), and "ankle-chains" in   Numbers 31:50 the Revised Version (British and American). A cognate word of essentially the same meaning is used in   Isaiah 3:20 , and is rendered by the King James Version "ornaments of the legs." It was these "anklets" that Isaiah represented the ladies of Jerusalem as "rattling" as they walked ( Isaiah 3:16 to end), "making a tinkling with their feet"; and a part of the punishment threatened is, "The Lord will take away the bravery of their tinkling ornaments about their feet" (  Isaiah 3:16 the King James Version).