BDB7597 [H7161]

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

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