Horn
קֶ֫רֶןStrong’s H7162qeren (qe-ren)
Appears in 10 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Qeren is the Aramaic word usually translated “horn the”, “horns the” and “horns”. It appears in 10 verses of the Old Testament.
“That at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up:”
Meaning
- Hornas musical instrument · symbolic (in visions) · of an animal
How it's translated
- horn the 5
- horns the 3
- and horn the 2
- and horns 1
- a horn 1
- on horn the 1
- and horns the 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Daniel 10
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 3:7In contextTherefore at that time, when all the people heard the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and all kinds of musick, all the people, the nations, and the languages, fell down and worshipped the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
- Daniel 3:10In contextThou, O king, hast made a decree, that every man that shall hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, shall fall down and worship the golden image:
- Daniel 3:15In contextNow if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the image which I have made; well: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands?
- Daniel 7:7In contextAfter this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns.
- Daniel 7:8In contextI considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things.
- Daniel 7:11In contextI beheld then because of the voice of the great words which the horn spake: I beheld even till the beast was slain, and his body destroyed, and given to the burning flame.
Aramaic dictionary
קֶ֫רֶן qeren · horn
1) horn 1a) as musical instrument 1b) symbolic (in visions) 1c) of an animal
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “horn” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
HORN, noun
[Latin cornu]
- A hard substance growing on the heads of certain animals, and particularly on cloven-footed quadrupeds; usually projecting to some length and terminating in a point.
- A wind instrument of music, made of horn; a trumpet.
- In modern times, a wind instrument made of metal.
- An extremity of the moon, when it is waxing or waning, and forming a crescent.
All definitions
- The feeler or antenna of an insect.
- The feeler of a snail, which may be withdrawn; hence, to pull or draw in the horns, is to repress one's ardor, or to restrain pride.
- A drinking cup; horns being used anciently for cups.
- A winding stream.
- Horns, in the plural, is used to characterize a cuckold.
- In Scripture, horn is a symbol of strength or power.“The horn of Moab is cut off” Jeremiah 48:25“My horn is exalted in the Lord” 1 Samuel 2:1
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 Aramaic, not from any one translation.