Strong's Lexicon qeren: Horn Original Word: קֶרֶן Word Origin: From an unused root meaning to project or radiate Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - G2768: κέρας (keras) - Used in the New Testament with similar symbolic meanings, such as in the Book of Revelation. Usage: The Hebrew word "qeren" primarily means "horn." It is used in various contexts in the Bible, including the physical horn of an animal, a musical instrument made from a horn, and metaphorically to signify strength, power, or honor. The term can also refer to the corners or projections of an altar. Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Near Eastern cultures, horns were symbols of strength and power, often associated with the might of animals like bulls and rams. Horns were also used in religious and ceremonial contexts, such as the shofar, a ram's horn used in Jewish rituals. The imagery of horns is prevalent in biblical literature, symbolizing divine empowerment or judgment. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom an unused word Definition a horn NASB Translation hill (1), horn (24), horns (46), might (1), rays (1), strength (1), tusks (1). Brown-Driver-Briggs קֶ֫רֶן75 noun feminineJeremiah 48:25 horn; — absolute ׳ק Isaiah 5:1 +, קָ֑רֶן Psalm 75:5; construct קֶ֫רֶן Joshua 6:5 +; suffix קַרְנִי 1 Samuel 2:1; Psalm 92:11, etc.; dual קַרְנַיִם Habakkuk 3:4, קְרָנַיִם Daniel 8:3,6, נָ֑יִם- Daniel 8:3; Daniel 8:20; construct קַרְנֵי 1 Kings 22:11 +, suffix קַרְנָיו Genesis 22:13; Deuteronomy 33:17, קְרָנָיו Daniel 8:7, קַרְנֵיכֶם Ezekiel 34:21; plural (usually in derived senses) קְרָנוֺת Ezekiel 43:15 +; construct קַרְנֹת Exodus 29:12 +, suffix קַרְנֹתָיו Exodus 27:2 +, etc.; — horn: 1. a. of ram (אַיִל) Genesis 22:13, so in Daniel's vision Daniel 8:3 (twice in verse); Daniel 8:6,7,20, and (of goat) Daniel 8:5; Daniel 8:8; Daniel 8:9; Daniel 8:21; of oppressors in Israel (under figure of rams) Ezekiel 34:21, so of nations Zechariah 2:2; Zechariah 2:4 (3 t. in verse); of רְאֵם Deuteronomy 33:17; Psalm 22:22 (both figurative, compare Psalm 92:11); of Zion under figure of threshing-ox Micah 4:13; בַּרְזֶל ׳ק 1 Kings 22:11 2Chronicles 18:10 (symbolic); seen in Zechariah's vision Zechariah 2:1. b. used as oil-flask 1 Samuel 16:1,13; 1 Kings 1:39 (compare קֶרֶן הַמּוּח below). c. הַיּוֺבֵל ׳ק, as wind-instrument Joshua 6:5 (compare שׁוֺפָר). d. קַרְנוֺת שֵׁן Ezekiel 27:15 (from curved shape of tusks). 2 figurative, of person, symbol of strength Deuteronomy 33:17, יִשְׁעִי ׳ק 2 Samuel 22:3 = Psalm 18:3 (of ׳י as deliverer); others below 3 or 4; especially as lifted up (רום, as of a lordly animal, compare Dr1Samuel 2. 1), denoting increase of might, dignity 1 Samuel 2:1,10; Lamentations 2:17; Psalm 75:11; Psalm 89:18; Psalm 89:25; Psalm 92:11; Psalm 112:9, so perhaps 1 Chronicles 25:5 (see Kau; > Be blow loudly [compare 1c]), + לְעַמּוֺ Psalm 148:14 (subject ׳י); also haughtiness, arrogance Psalm 75:5; Psalm 75:6; opposed to ׳גָּדַע ק hew off horns, i.e. reduce, humiliate, Lamentations 2:3; Psalm 75:11, passive Jeremiah 48:25, so וְעֹלַלְתִּי בֶעָפָר קַרְנִי Job 16:15; ׳לְבֵית יִשׂ ׳אַצְמִיהַ ק Ezekiel 29:21 is apparently of restoration of might (as Psalm 148:14 above, with וַיָּרֶם), but לְדָוִד ׳ק ׳אַצ Psalm 132:17 of raising up individual ruler of Davidic line. 3 of altar, horn-like projections at corners (26 t.), Amos 3:14; Jeremiah 17:1; Ezekiel 43:15,20; Psalm 118:27; Exodus 27:22 + 8t. Exodus; Leviticus 4:7,18 6t. Leviticus (all P); as sanctuary, refuge 1 Kings 1:50,51; 1 Kings 2:28. 4 hill (so in Arabic, peak, isolated hill, compare Ges) Isaiah 5:1. 5 קַרְנַיִם מִיָּדוֺ לוֺ Habakkuk 3:4 rays at his side(s) had he (of lightning-flashes in theoph., compare Now Da). — Amos 6:13 see קַדְנַיִם proper name, of a location קַרְנַ֫יִם proper name, of a location conquered by Israel Amos 6:13 (so Gr We Now GASm, compare also לֹא דְבָר above; ᵐ5 and most below קֶרֶן 2); probably in Bashan, = Καρναιν1Macc 5:43; 5:44, Καρνιον2Macc 12:21; also in ׳עַשְׁתְּרוֺת ק Genesis 14:5 (see III. עַשְׁתָּרוֺת above). קֶ֫רֶן noun feminineDaniel 7:8 horn (see Biblical Hebrew קרן); — absolute ׳ק Daniel 7:8; emphatic קַרְנָא Daniel 3:5 +; dual (often !) קַרְנַ֫יִן Daniel 7:7; emphatic נַיָּא- Daniel 7:8 +; — 1 instrument of music, Daniel 3:5,7,10,15. 2 symbolic, in vision, Daniel 7:7,8 (3 t. in verse); Daniel 7:11,20 (twice in verse); Daniel 7:21,24. Strong's Exhaustive Concordance hill, horn From qaran; a horn (as projecting); by implication, a flask, cornet; by resembl. An elephant's tooth (i.e. Ivory), a corner (of the altar), a peak (of a mountain), a ray (of light); figuratively, power -- X hill, horn. see HEBREW qaran Forms and Transliterations בְּקֶ֣רֶן בְּקֶ֥רֶן בְּקַרְנ֤וֹת בְּקַרְנ֥וֹת בְּקַרְנָ֑יו בקרן בקרנות בקרניו הַקְּרָנ֖וֹת הַקְּרָנ֞וֹת הַקְּרָנַ֔יִם הַקְּרָנָ֑יִם הַקְּרָנוֹת֙ הַקֶּ֣רֶן הקרן הקרנות הקרנים וְהַקְּרָנַ֣יִם וְהַקֶּ֤רֶן וְקֶ֣רֶן וְקֶֽרֶן־ וְקַרְנֵ֤י וּבְקַרְנֵיכֶ֥ם וּלְקַרְנ֖וֹת וּמִקַּרְנֵ֖י ובקרניכם והקרן והקרנים ולקרנות ומקרני וקרן וקרן־ וקרני קְרָנָ֑יִם קְרָנָ֔יו קְרָנֽוֹת׃ קֶ֙רֶן֙ קֶ֛רֶן קֶ֣רֶן קֶ֤רֶן קֶ֥רֶן קֶ֨רֶן ׀ קֶֽרֶן־ קַ֝רְנ֗וֹ קַ֝רְנ֗וֹת קַ֠רְנוֹת קַֽרְנ֥וֹת קַרְנ֣וֹת קַרְנ֥וֹת קַרְנ֨וֹת קַרְנְךָ֜ קַרְנְכֶ֑ם קַרְנִ֑י קַרְנִ֖י קַרְנִֽי׃ קַרְנֵ֞ךְ קַרְנֵ֣י קַרְנֵֽנוּ׃ קַרְנַ֥יִם קַרְנָ֔יו קַרְנָֽיִם׃ קַרְנֹ֖ת קַרְנֹ֣ת קַרְנֹ֥ת קַרְנֹתָ֑יו קַרְנֹתָ֔יו קַרְנֹתָ֗יו קַרְנֹתָֽיו׃ קַרְנֹתָיו֙ קַרְנֽוֹ׃ קָ֑רֶן קָֽרֶן׃ קרן קרן־ קרן׃ קרנו קרנו׃ קרנות קרנות׃ קרני קרני׃ קרניו קרנים קרנים׃ קרנך קרנכם קרננו׃ קרנת קרנתיו קרנתיו׃ bə·qar·nāw bə·qar·nō·wṯ bə·qe·ren bekarNav bekarNot beKeren bəqarnāw bəqarnōwṯ bəqeren hakkeraNayim hakkeraNot hakKeren haq·qə·rā·na·yim haq·qə·rā·nā·yim haq·qə·rā·nō·wṯ haq·qe·ren haqqərānayim haqqərānāyim haqqərānōwṯ haqqeren Karen karNav karNayim karNech karneCha karneChem karNei karNenu karNi karNo karNot karnoTav keraNav keraNayim keraNot Keren qā·ren qar·na·yim qar·nā·yim qar·nāw qar·nê qar·nə·ḵā qar·nə·ḵem qar·nê·nū qar·nêḵ qar·nî qar·nō·ṯāw qar·nō·wṯ qar·nōṯ qar·nōw qāren qarnāw qarnayim qarnāyim qarnê qarnêḵ qarnəḵā qarnəḵem qarnênū qarnî qarnōṯ qarnōṯāw qarnōw qarnōwṯ qə·rā·nā·yim qə·rā·nāw qə·rā·nō·wṯ qe·ren qe·ren- qərānāw qərānāyim qərānōwṯ qeren qeren- ū·ḇə·qar·nê·ḵem ū·lə·qar·nō·wṯ ū·miq·qar·nê ūḇəqarnêḵem ulekarNot ūləqarnōwṯ umikkarNei ūmiqqarnê uvekarneiChem vehakkeraNayim vehakKeren vekarNei veKeren wə·haq·qə·rā·na·yim wə·haq·qe·ren wə·qar·nê wə·qe·ren wə·qe·ren- wəhaqqərānayim wəhaqqeren wəqarnê wəqeren wəqeren-Links Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Genesis 22:13 HEB: נֶאֱחַ֥ז בַּסְּבַ֖ךְ בְּקַרְנָ֑יו וַיֵּ֤לֶךְ אַבְרָהָם֙ NAS: in the thicket by his horns; and Abraham KJV: in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham INT: caught the thicket his horns went and Abraham Exodus 27:2 Exodus 27:2 Exodus 29:12 Exodus 30:2 Exodus 30:3 Exodus 30:10 Exodus 37:25 Exodus 37:26 Exodus 38:2 Exodus 38:2 Leviticus 4:7 Leviticus 4:18 Leviticus 4:25 Leviticus 4:30 Leviticus 4:34 Leviticus 8:15 Leviticus 9:9 Leviticus 16:18 Deuteronomy 33:17 Deuteronomy 33:17 Joshua 6:5 1 Samuel 2:1 1 Samuel 2:10 1 Samuel 16:1 76 Occurrences |
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