קֶרֶן
qeren · keh'-ren
a horn (as projecting); by implication, a flask, cornet; by resemblance. an elephant's tooth (i.e. ivory), a corner (of the altar), a peak (of a mountain), a ray (of light); figuratively, power
Lexicon
Derivation: from H7160 (קָרַן);
a horn (as projecting); by implication, a flask, cornet; by resemblance. an elephant's tooth (i.e. ivory), a corner (of the altar), a peak (of a mountain), a ray (of light); figuratively, power
- a horn (as projecting)
- by implication, a flask, cornet
- by resemblance. an elephant's tooth (i.e. ivory), a corner (of the altar), a peak (of a mountain), a ray (of light)
- figuratively, power
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: [idiom] hill, horn.
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 קֶרֶן 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
76 occurrences · 76 OT · 0 NT · 58 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the horn9 · 15%
- it upon the horns7 · 12%
- horn5 · 8%
- horns5 · 8%
- the horns3 · 5%
- and the horns3 · 5%
- upon the horns3 · 5%
- on the horns3 · 5%
- of it; the horns2 · 3%
- thine horn2 · 3%
- and the horn2 · 3%
- him horns2 · 3%
- two horns2 · 3%
- by his horns1 · 2%
- thereof: his horns1 · 2%
- thereof: the horns1 · 2%
- and his horns1 · 2%
- are like the horns1 · 2%
- mine horn1 · 2%
- an horn1 · 2%
- my horn1 · 2%
- me from the horns1 · 2%
- your horn1 · 2%
- all the horns1 · 2%
- but the horns1 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
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.