Lexical Summary qeren: a horn Original Word: קֶרֶןTransliteration: qeren Phonetic Spelling: (keh'-ren) Part of Speech: noun feminine; proper name, of a location; noun feminine Short Definition: a horn Meaning: a horn, a flask, cornet, an elephant's tooth, a corner, a peak, a ray, power Strong's 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 Brown-Driver-Briggs H7161. qeren 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- 8:3; 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 43:15 +; construct קַרְנֹת Exodus 29:12 +, suffix קַרְנֹתָיו 27:2 +, etc.; — horn: 1. a. of ram (אַיִל) Genesis 22:13, so in Daniel's vision Daniel 8:3 (twice in verse); 8:6-7, 20, and (of goat) 8:5; 8:8; 8:9; 8:21; of oppressors in Israel (under figure of rams) Ezekiel 34:21, so of nations Zechariah 2:2; 2:4 (3 t. in verse); of רְאֵם Deuteronomy 33:17; Psalm 22:22 (both figurative, compare 92:11); of Zion under figure of threshing-ox Micah 4:13; ׳ק בַּרְזֶל 1 Kings 22:11 2 Chronicles 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 הַמּוּח קֶרֶן below). c. ׳ק הַיּוֺבֵל, as wind-instrument Joshua 6:5 (compare שׁוֺפָר). d. שֵׁן קַרְנוֺת Ezekiel 27:15 (from curved shape of tusks). 2 figurative, of person, symbol of strength Deuteronomy 33:17, ׳ק יִשְׁעִי 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; 89:25; 92:11; 112:9, so perhaps 1 Chronicles 25:5 (see Kau; > Be blow loudly [compare 1c]), + לְעַמּוֺ Psalm 148:14 (subject ׳י); also haughtiness, arrogance 75:5; 75:6; opposed to ק ׳גָּדַע hew off horns, i.e. reduce, humiliate, Lamentations 2:3; Psalm 75:11, passive Jeremiah 48:25, so קַרְנִי בֶעָפָר וְעֹלַלְתִּי Job 16:15; ק ׳אַצְמִיהַ יִשׂ ׳לְבֵית Ezekiel 29:21 is apparently of restoration of might (as Psalm 148:14 above, with וַיָּרֶם), but ׳אַצ ׳ק לְדָוִד 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, 2:28. 4 hill (so in Arabic, peak, isolated hill, compare Ges) Isaiah 5:1. 5 לוֺ מִיָּדוֺ קַרְנַיִם 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 דְבָר לֹא above; ᵐ5 and most below קֶרֶן 2); probably in Bashan, = Καρναιν1Macc 5:43; 5:44, Καρνιον2Macc 12:21; also in ק ׳עַשְׁתְּרוֺת Genesis 14:5 (see III. עַשְׁתָּרוֺת above). קֶ֫רֶן noun feminineDaniel 7:8 horn (see Biblical Hebrew קרן); — absolute ׳ק 7:8; emphatic קַרְנָא 3:5 +; dual (often !) קַרְנַ֫יִן 7:7; emphatic נַיָּא- 7:8 +; — 1 instrument of music, Daniel 3:5, 7, 10, 15. 2 symbolic, in vision, Daniel 7:7-8, (3 t. in verse); 7:11, 20 (twice in verse); 7:21, 24. |
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