קֶרֶןqeren

קֶ֫רֶן: horn

Pronunciation: keh'-ren · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7161

Meanings

1.

a. of ram (Genesis 22:13; Daniel 8:3; Daniel 8:6)

b. used as oil-flask (1 Samuel 16:1; 1 Samuel 16:13; 1 Kings 1:39)

c. as wind-instrument (Joshua 6:5)

d. (from curved shape of tusks) (Ezekiel 27:15)

2. especially as lifted up, figurative, of person, symbol of strength (Deuteronomy 33:17; 2 Samuel 22:3; Psalms 18:3)

3. of altar, horn-like projections at corners (Amos 3:14; Jeremiah 17:1; Ezekiel 43:15)

4. hill (Isaiah 5:1)

5. of lightning-flashes in theophany (Habakkuk 3:4; Amos 6:13)

קַרְנַ֫יִם: proper name [of a location]: conquered by Israel, probably in Bashan (Amos 6:13; Genesis 14:5)

קרן: horn

1. instrument of music (Daniel 3:5; Daniel 3:7; Daniel 3:10)

2. symbolic, in vision (Daniel 7:7; Daniel 7:8; Daniel 7:11)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 76 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 22:13 Then Abraham looked up and saw a ram caught by its horns in a thicket. So he took the ram and sacrificed it as a burnt offering in place of his son.
  • Exodus 27:2 Make horns for each of its four corners so that the horns and altar are all one piece. Overlay the altar with bronze.
  • Exodus 29:12 Put some of its blood on the horns of the altar with your finger, and pour out the rest at the base of the altar.
  • Exodus 30:2 Make it 18 inches square and 36 inches high, with horns at the corners carved from the same piece of wood as the altar itself.
  • Exodus 30:3 Overlay the top, sides, and horns of the altar with pure gold, and run a gold molding around the entire altar.
  • Exodus 30:10 “Once a year Aaron must purify the altar by smearing its horns with blood from the offering made to purify the people from their sin. This will be a regular, annual event from generation to generation, for this is the Lord’s most holy altar.”
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).