Lexical Definition

‎קֶרֶן‎ qeren (keh'-ren) horn ^H:N-F
from ‎קָרַן‎

[idiom] hill, horn.

• a horn (as projecting)
• by implication, a flask, cornet
• by resemblance. an elephant's tooth (i.e. ivory), a corner (of the altar), a peak (of a mountain), a ray (of light)
• figuratively, power

n f
1) horn
1a) horn
1b) of strength (fig)
1c) flask (container for oil)
1d) horn (as musical instrument)
1e) horn (of horn-like projections on the altar)
1f) of rays of light
1g) hill
n pr loc
2) (BDB) a place conquered by Israel probably in Bashan

See Greek: κέρας · κεφαλή · σάλπιγξ

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Aramaic form: קֶרֶן
‎קֶ֫רֶן‎₇₅ noun feminine^{Jer 48:25} horn; — absolute ‎׳‎‎ק‎ Isa 5:1 +, ‎קָ֑רֶן‎ Ps 75:5* construct ‎קֶ֫רֶן‎ Josh 6:5 +; suffix ‎קַרְנִי‎ 1Sam 2:1; Ps 92:11*, etc.; dual ‎קַרְנַיִם‎ Hab 3:4, ‎קְרָנַיִם‎ Dan 8:3; Dan 8:6, ‎נָ֑יִם‎- vDan 8:3 vDan 8:20 construct ‎קַרְנֵי‎ 1Kgs 22:11 +, suffix ‎קַרְנָיו‎ Gen 22:13; Deut 33:17, ‎קְרָנָיו‎ Dan 8:7, ‎קַרְנֵיכֶם‎ Ezek 34:21 plural (usually in derived senses) ‎קְרָנוֺת‎ Ezek 43:15 +; construct ‎קַרְנֹת‎ Exod 29:12 +, suffix ‎קַרְנֹתָיו‎ Exod 27:2 +, etc.; — horn:

1. a. of ram (‎אַיִל‎) Gen 22:13, so in Daniel's vision Dan 8:3 (twice in verse); Dan 8:6; Dan 8:7; Dan 8:20, and (of goat) vDan 8:5 vDan 8:8 vDan 8:9 vDan 8:21 of oppressors in Israel (under figure of rams) Ezek 34:21, so of nations Zech 2:2*; Zech 2:4* (3 t. in verse); of ‎רְאֵם‎ Deut 33:17; Ps 22:22* (both figurative, compare Ps 92:11*); of Zion under figure of threshing-ox Mic 4:13 ‎בַּרְזֶל‎ ‎׳‎‎ק‎ 1Kgs 22:11 = 2Chr 18:10 (symbolic); seen in Zechariah's vision Zech 2:1*.
b. used as oil-flask 1Sam 16:1; 1Sam 16:13; 1Kgs 1:39 (compare ‎קֶרֶן הַפּוּח‎ below).
c. ‎הַיּוֺבֵל‎ ‎׳‎‎ק‎, as wind-instrument Josh 6:5 (compare ‎שׁוֺפָר‎).
d. ‎קַרְנוֺת שֵׁן‎ Ezek 27:15 (from curved shape of tusks).

2. figurative, of person, symbol of strength Deut 33:17, ‎יִשְׁעִי‎ ‎׳‎‎ק‎ 2Sam 22:3 = Ps 18:3* (of ‎׳‎‎י‎ as deliverer); others below 3 or 4; especially as lifted up (‎רום‎, as of a lordly animal, compare Dr^{1Sam 2. 1}), denoting increase of might, dignity 1Sam 2:1; 1Sam 2:10; Lam 2:17; Ps 75:11*; Ps 89:18*; Ps 89:25*; Ps 92:11*; Ps 112:9, so perhaps 1Chr 25:5 (see Kau; > Be blow loudly [compare 1 c]), + ‎לְעַמּוֺ‎ Ps 148:14 (subject ‎׳‎‎י‎); also haughtiness, arrogance Ps 75:5*; Ps 75:6* opposed to ‎׳‎‎גָּדַע ק‎ hew off horns, i.e. reduce, humiliate, Lam 2:3; Ps 75:11*, passive Jer 48:25, so ‎וְעֹלַלְתִּי בֶעָפָר קַרְנִי‎ Job 16:15 ‎׳‎‎לְבֵית יִשׂ‎ ‎׳‎‎אַצְמִיהַ ק‎ Ezek 29:21 is apparently of restoration of might (as Ps 148:14 above, with ‎וַיָּרֶם‎), but ‎לְדָוִד‎ ‎׳‎‎ק‎ ‎׳‎‎אַצ‎ Ps 132:17 of raising up individual ruler of Davidic line.

3. of altar, horn-like projections at corners (26 t.), Amos 3:14; Jer 17:1; Ezek 43:15; Ezek 43:20; Ps 118:27; Exod 27:22 + 8t. Exodus; Lev 4:7; Lev 4:18 + 6 t. Leviticus (all P); as sanctuary, refuge 1Kgs 1:50; 1Kgs 1:51; 1Kgs 2:28.

4. hill (so in Arabic, peak, isolated hill, compare Ges) Isa 5:1.

5. ‎קַרְנַיִם מִיָּדוֺ לוֺ‎ Hab 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

Also see: עַשְׁתָּרוֹת

‎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, = Καρναιν 1 Macc 5:43; 5:44, Καρνιον 2 Macc 12:21; also in ‎׳‎‎עַשְׁתְּרוֺת ק‎ Gen 14:5 (see III. ‎עַשְׁתָּרוֺת‎ above).

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