קָרַן
qâran · kaw-ran'
to shoot out horns; figuratively, rays
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root; to push or gore; used only as denominative from H7161 (קֶרֶן),
to shoot out horns; figuratively, rays
- to shoot out horns
- figuratively, rays
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: have horns, shine.
Letters
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
what comes behind, the returning cycle › the head, the highest › the seed, life continuing
What comes behind, the returning cycle of the head, the highest of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of קָרַן above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
4 occurrences · 4 OT · 0 NT · 4 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- shone3 · 75%
- that hath horns1 · 25%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.