To shine
קָרַןStrong’s H7160qaran (qa-ran)
Appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Qaran is the Hebrew word usually translated “it shone” and “having horns”. It appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
“And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai with the two tables of testimony in Moses’ hand, when he came down from the mount, that Moses wist not that the skin of his face shone while he talked with him.”
Meaning
- To shine(Qal) to send out rays · (Hiphil) to display or grow horns, be horned
How it's translated
- it shone 3
- having horns 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Exodus 3
- Psalms 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Exodus 34:30And when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone; and they were afraid to come nigh him.
- Exodus 34:35And the children of Israel saw the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses’ face shone: and Moses put the vail upon his face again, until he went in to speak with him.
- Psalms 69:31This also shall please the LORD better than an ox or bullock that hath horns and hoofs.
Hebrew dictionary
קָרַן qaran · to shine
1) to shine 1a) (Qal) to send out rays 1b) (Hiphil) to display or grow horns, be horned
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “shine” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SHINE, verb intransitive
[If s is a prefix, this word accords with the root of Latin canus, caneo.
- To emit rays of light; to give light; to beam with steady radiance; to exhibit lightness or splendor; as, the sun shines by day; the moon shines by night.
- To be bright; to be lively and animated; to be brilliant.
- To be unclouded; as, the moon shines.
- To be glossy or bright, as silk.
All definitions and other forms of “shine”
- To be gay or splendid.
- To be beautiful.
- To be eminent, conspicuous or distinguished; as, to shine in courts.
- To give light, real or figurative.
- To manifest glorious excellencies.
- To be clearly published.
- To be conspicuously displayed; to be manifest.“Let your light so shine before men-” Matthew 5:16
SHINE, noun
- Fair weather.
- Brightness; splendor; luster; gloss.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.