Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:
(adornments). Of infinite variety among Oriental peoples (Gen. 24:22; Isa. 3:16-25; Jer. 2:32; Ezek. 16:11-19).
Concise Bible Dictionary:
See ANKLETS.
Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:
Meaning:
from 3867; something attached, i.e. a wreath
From Manners and Customs of the Bible:
Judges 8:21. The ornaments that were on their camels’ necks.
Saharonim, here translated ornaments, is in Isaiah 3:18, rendered “round tires like the moon.” In Judges 8:26 it is said that there were chains about the camels’ necks. It thus appears that these camels had gold chains around their necks on which were the saharonim, or little moons, probably gold ornaments shaped like a moon either full or crescent. “Perhaps they were made in honor of the moon-faced Astarte, and intimated that they who bore them were placed under her protection. The taking away of these ornaments would thus be a removal of idolatrous objects” (Wordsworth). The Arabs of the present day are accustomed to hang ornaments around the necks of their camels. Some are shaped like crescents, and are made of cowrie shells sewed on a band of leather or cloth.