קֶ֫רֶן
qe.ren
horn
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
Supported# קֶרֶן (qeren): Horn The Hebrew word קֶרֶן (qeren) denotes a horn, appearing 75 times throughout the biblical text. This frequency indicates the term was significant enough to warrant regular use across various contexts, suggesting horns held practical, symbolic, or religious importance in ancient Israelite culture. The word's multiple appearances across different biblical books and contexts suggest it functioned both as a literal reference to animal horns and potentially in figurative or ceremonial capacities. The substantial number of occurrences—75 instances—implies the concept was woven into everyday vocabulary, religious practice, and metaphorical language. Without additional lexical data on specific usage patterns, we can infer that qeren served as a fundamental term for describing a tangible, recognizable feature of the natural world that writers and readers would have encountered regularly. The persistence of this term across the biblical corpus indicates that horns maintained consistent relevance whether in agricultural, ritual, or symbolic contexts. The definition's straightforward nature—simply "horn"—suggests the term's core meaning remained stable, though its application in various biblical passages likely extended beyond mere anatomical reference to encompass religious, military, or metaphorical dimensions that specific passages would clarify.
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Occurrences in Scripture
75 total occurrences across the text — showing 50
I have sewed sackcloth on my skin, and have thrust my horn in the dust.
Psalms 18:2Yahweh is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.
Psalms 22:21Save me from the lion’s mouth! Yes, you have rescued me from the horns of the wild oxen.
Psalms 75:4I said to the arrogant, “Don’t boast!” I said to the wicked, “Don’t lift up the horn.
Psalms 75:5Don’t lift up your horn on high. Don’t speak with a stiff neck.”
Psalms 75:10I will cut off all the horns of the wicked, but the horns of the righteous shall be lifted up.
Psalms 75:10I will cut off all the horns of the wicked, but the horns of the righteous shall be lifted up.
Psalms 89:17For you are the glory of their strength. In your favor, our horn will be exalted.
Psalms 89:24But my faithfulness and my loving kindness will be with him. In my name, his horn will be exalted.
Psalms 92:10But you have exalted my horn like that of the wild ox. I am anointed with fresh oil.
Psalms 112:9He has dispersed, he has given to the poor. His righteousness endures forever. His horn will be exalted with honor.
Psalms 118:27Yahweh is God, and he has given us light. Bind the sacrifice with cords, even to the horns of the altar.
Psalms 132:17I will make the horn of David to bud there. I have ordained a lamp for my anointed.
Psalms 148:14He has lifted up the horn of his people, the praise of all his saints, even of the children of Israel, a people near to him. Praise Yah!
Isaiah 5:1Let me sing for my well beloved a song of my beloved about his vineyard. My beloved had a vineyard on a very fruitful hill.
Jeremiah 17:1“The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond. It is engraved on the tablet of their heart, and on the horns of your altars.
Jeremiah 48:25The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken,” says Yahweh.
Lamentations 2:3He has cut off all the horn of Israel in fierce anger. He has drawn back his right hand from before the enemy. He has burned up Jacob like a flaming fire, which devours all around.
Lamentations 2:17Yahweh has done that which he planned. He has fulfilled his word that he commanded in the days of old. He has thrown down, and has not pitied. He has caused the enemy to rejoice over you. He has exalted the horn of your adversaries.
Ezekiel 27:15“ ‘ “The men of Dedan traded with you. Many islands were the market of your hand. They brought you horns of ivory and ebony in exchange.
Ezekiel 29:21“In that day I will cause a horn to sprout for the house of Israel, and I will open your mouth among them. Then they will know that I am Yahweh.”
Ezekiel 34:21Because you thrust with side and with shoulder, and push all the diseased with your horns, until you have scattered them abroad;
Ezekiel 43:15The upper altar shall be four cubits; and from the altar hearth and upward there shall be four horns.
Ezekiel 43:20You shall take of its blood, and put it on its four horns, and on the four corners of the ledge, and on the border all around. You shall cleanse it and make atonement for it that way.
Daniel 8:3Then I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and behold, there stood before the river a ram which had two horns. The two horns were high; but one was higher than the other, and the higher came up last.
Daniel 8:3Then I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and behold, there stood before the river a ram which had two horns. The two horns were high; but one was higher than the other, and the higher came up last.
Daniel 8:5As I was considering, behold, a male goat came from the west over the surface of the whole earth, and didn’t touch the ground. The goat had a notable horn between his eyes.
Daniel 8:6He came to the ram that had the two horns, which I saw standing before the river, and ran on him in the fury of his power.
Daniel 8:7I saw him come close to the ram, and he was moved with anger against him, and struck the ram, and broke his two horns. There was no power in the ram to stand before him; but he cast him down to the ground, and trampled on him. There was no one who could deliver the ram out of his hand.
Daniel 8:8The male goat magnified himself exceedingly. When he was strong, the great horn was broken; and instead of it there came up four notable horns toward the four winds of the sky.
Daniel 8:9Out of one of them came out a little horn, which grew exceedingly great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the glorious land.
Daniel 8:20The ram which you saw, that had the two horns, they are the kings of Media and Persia.
Daniel 8:21The rough male goat is the king of Greece. The great horn that is between his eyes is the first king.
Amos 3:14“For in the day that I visit the transgressions of Israel on him, I will also visit the altars of Bethel; and the horns of the altar will be cut off, and fall to the ground.
Micah 4:13Arise and thresh, daughter of Zion; for I will make your horn iron, and I will make your hoofs bronze; and you will beat in pieces many peoples: and I will devote their gain to Yahweh, and their substance to the Lord of the whole earth.
Habakkuk 3:4His splendor is like the sunrise. Rays shine from his hand, where his power is hidden.
Zechariah 1:18I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and behold, four horns.
Zechariah 1:19I asked the angel who talked with me, “What are these?” He answered me, “These are the horns which have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.”
Zechariah 1:21Then I asked, “What are these coming to do?” He said, “These are the horns which scattered Judah, so that no man lifted up his head; but these have come to terrify them, to cast down the horns of the nations, which lifted up their horn against the land of Judah to scatter it.”
Zechariah 1:21Then I asked, “What are these coming to do?” He said, “These are the horns which scattered Judah, so that no man lifted up his head; but these have come to terrify them, to cast down the horns of the nations, which lifted up their horn against the land of Judah to scatter it.”
Zechariah 1:21Then I asked, “What are these coming to do?” He said, “These are the horns which scattered Judah, so that no man lifted up his head; but these have come to terrify them, to cast down the horns of the nations, which lifted up their horn against the land of Judah to scatter it.”
Genesis 22:13Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and saw that behind him was a ram caught in the thicket by his horns. Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering instead of his son.
Exodus 27:2You shall make its horns on its four corners. Its horns shall be of one piece with it. You shall overlay it with bronze.
Exodus 27:2You shall make its horns on its four corners. Its horns shall be of one piece with it. You shall overlay it with bronze.
Exodus 29:12You shall take of the blood of the bull, and put it on the horns of the altar with your finger; and you shall pour out all the blood at the base of the altar.
Exodus 30:2Its length shall be a cubit, and its width a cubit. It shall be square, and its height shall be two cubits. Its horns shall be of one piece with it.
Exodus 30:3You shall overlay it with pure gold, its top, its sides around it, and its horns; and you shall make a gold molding around it.
Exodus 30:10Aaron shall make atonement on its horns once in the year; with the blood of the sin offering of atonement once in the year he shall make atonement for it throughout your generations. It is most holy to Yahweh.”
Exodus 37:25He made the altar of incense of acacia wood. It was square: its length was a cubit, and its width a cubit. Its height was two cubits. Its horns were of one piece with it.
Exodus 37:26He overlaid it with pure gold: its top, its sides around it, and its horns. He made a gold molding around it.