Genesis 22:13
And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son.
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Horns
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Revelation 17:16
And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.
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קֶרֶן
qeren · keh'-ren
47 times translated as this KJV form76 total Strong's occurrences
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
Strong's KJV usage: × hill, horn.
Strong's first: Genesis 22:13Strong's last: Zechariah 1:21
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kéras · ker'-as
10 times translated as this KJV form11 total Strong's occurrences
a horn (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: :--horn.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Revelation 5:6Strong's last: Revelation 17:16
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qeren · keh'-ren
5 times translated as this KJV form14 total Strong's occurrences
a horn (literally or for sound)
Strong's KJV usage: horn, cornet.
Strong's first: Daniel 7:7Strong's last: Daniel 7:24
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yôwbêl · yo-bale'
4 times translated as this KJV form27 total Strong's occurrences
the blast of a horn (from its continuous sound); specifically, the signal of the silver trumpets; hence, the instrument itself and the festival thus introduced
Strong's KJV usage: jubile, ram's horn, trumpet.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Joshua 6:4Strong's last: Joshua 6:13
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qâran · kaw-ran'
1 times translated as this KJV form4 total Strong's occurrences
to shoot out horns; figuratively, rays
Strong's KJV usage: have horns, shine.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Psalms 69:31Strong's last: Psalms 69:31
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H7161
And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.
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And it was told Solomon, saying, Behold, Adonijah feareth king Solomon: for, lo, he hath caught hold on the horns of the altar, saying, Let king Solomon swear unto me to day that he will not slay his servant with the sword.
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Then tidings came to Joab: for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he turned not after Absalom. And Joab fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.
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And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron: and he said, Thus saith the LORD, With these shalt thou push the Syrians, until thou have consumed them.
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And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah had made him horns of iron, and said, Thus saith the LORD, With these thou shalt push Syria until they be consumed.
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Save me from the lion's mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.
H7160
This also shall please the LORD better than an ox or bullock that hath horns and hoofs.
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All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.
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All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.
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God is the LORD, which hath shewed us light: bind the sacrifice with cords, even unto the horns of the altar.
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The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond: it is graven upon the table of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars;
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The men of Dedan were thy merchants; many isles were the merchandise of thine hand: they brought thee for a present horns of ivory and ebony.
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Because ye have thrust with side and with shoulder, and pushed all the diseased with your horns, till ye have scattered them abroad;
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So the altar shall be four cubits; and from the altar and upward shall be four horns.
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And thou shalt take of the blood thereof, and put it on the four horns of it, and on the four corners of the settle, and upon the border round about: thus shalt thou cleanse and purge it.
H7162
After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns.
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I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things.
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I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things.
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And of the ten horns that were in his head, and of the other which came up, and before whom three fell; even of that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spake very great things, whose look was more stout than his fellows.
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And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.
H7161
Then I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, there stood before the river a ram which had two horns: and the two horns were high; but one was higher than the other, and the higher came up last.
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Then I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, there stood before the river a ram which had two horns: and the two horns were high; but one was higher than the other, and the higher came up last.
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And he came to the ram that had two horns, which I had seen standing before the river, and ran unto him in the fury of his power.
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And I saw him come close unto the ram, and he was moved with choler against him, and smote the ram, and brake his two horns: and there was no power in the ram to stand before him, but he cast him down to the ground, and stamped upon him: and there was none that could deliver the ram out of his hand.
H7161
The ram which thou sawest having two horns are the kings of Media and Persia.
English meaning and historical usage.
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horn
HORN, noun [Latin cornu]
1. A hard substance growing on the heads of certain animals, and particularly on cloven-footed quadrupeds; usually projecting to some length and terminating in a point. Horns are generally bent or curving, and those of some animals are spiral. They serve for weapons of offense and defense. The substance of horns is gelatinous, and in Papin's digester it may be converted into jelly.
HORN is an animal substance, chiefly membranous, consisting of coagulated albumen, with a little gelatin and phosphate of lime.
The horns of deer possess exactly the properties of bone, and are composed of the same constituents, only the proportion of cartilage is greater.
2. A wind instrument of music, made of horn; a trumpet. Such were used by the Israelites.
3. In modern times, a wind instrument made of metal.
4. An extremity of the moon, when it is waxing or waning, and forming a crescent.
5. The feeler or antenna of an insect.
6. The feeler of a snail, which may be withdrawn; hence, to pull or draw in the horns, is to repress one's ardor, or to restrain pride.
7. A drinking cup; horns being used anciently for cups.
8. A winding stream.
9. Horns, in the plural, is used to characterize a cuckold.
He wears the horns.
10. In Scripture, horn is a symbol of strength or power.
The horn of Moab is cut off. Jeremiah 48:25.
HORN is also an emblem of glory, honor, dignity.
My horn is exalted in the Lord. 1 Samuel 2:1.
In Daniel, horn represents a kingdom or state.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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