קֶרֶן
qeren · keh'-ren
a horn (literally or for sound)
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) corresponding to H7161 (קֶרֶן);
a horn (literally or for sound)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: horn, cornet.
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
14 occurrences · 14 OT · 0 NT · 12 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of the cornet4 · 29%
- horns4 · 29%
- horn3 · 21%
- the horns1 · 7%
- which the horn1 · 7%
- even of that horn1 · 7%
Where it is used, by book.
- Daniel14
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.