קֶרֶן

n.f. Je 48:25 horn;—abs. ק׳ Is 5:1 +, קָ֑רֶן, ψ 75:5; cstr. קֶ֫רֶן Jos 6:5 +; sf. קַרְנִי 1 S 2:1 ψ 92:11, etc.; du. קַרְנַיִם Hb 3:4, קְרָנַיִם Dn 8:3, 6, -נָ֑יִם v 3, 20; cstr. קַרְנֵי, קַרְנוֹת ψ 75:11, sf. קַרְנָיו Gn 22:13 Dt 33:17, קְרָנָיו Dn 8:7, קַרְנֵיכֶם Ez 34:21; pl. (usually in der. senses) קְרָנוֹת Ez 43:15 +; cstr. קַרְנֹת Ex 29:12 +, sf. קַרְנֹתָיו 27:2 +, etc.;—horn: of ram (אַיִל) Gn 22:13, so in Daniel’s vision Dn 8:3(×2), 6, 7, 20, and (of goat) v 5, 8, 9, 21; of oppressors in Isr. (under fig. of rams) Ez 34:21, so of nations Zc 2:2(×3); of רְאֵם Dt 33:17 ψ 22:22 (both fig., cf. 92:11); of Zion under fig. of threshing-ox Mi 4:13; ק׳ בַּרְזֶל 1 K 22:11 = 2 Ch 18:10 (symbol.); seen in Zech.’s vision Zc 2:1. used as oil-flask 1 S 16:1, 13 1 K 1:39 (cf. קֶרֶן הַפּוּךְ Infr.). ק׳ הַיּוֹבֵל, as wind-instr. Jos 6:5 (cf. שׁוֹפָר). קַרְנוֹת שֵׁן Ez 27:15 (from curved shape of tusks). fig., of pers., symbl of strength Dt 33:17, ק׳ יִשְׁעִי 2 S 22:3 = ψ 18:3 (of י׳ as deliverer); others sub 3 or 4; especially as lifted up (רום, as of a lordly animal, cf. Dr 1 S 2:1), denoting increase of might, dignity 1 S 2:1, 10 La 2:17 ψ 75:11; 89:18, 25; 92:11; 112:9, so perhaps 1 Ch 25:5 (v. Kau; > Be blow loudly [cf. 1 c]), + לְעַמּוֹ ψ 148:14 (subj. י׳); also haughtiness, arrogance 75:5, 6; opp. גָּדַע ק׳ hew off horns, i.e. reduce, humiliate, La 2:3 ψ 75:11, pass. Je 48:25, so וְעֹלַלתִּי בֶעָפָר קַרְנִי Jb 16:15; אַצְמִיחַ ק׳ לְבֵית יִשׂ׳ Ez 29:21 is appar. of restoration of might (as ψ 148:14 supr., c. וַיָּרֶם), but אַצ׳ ק׳ לְדָוִד ψ 132:17 of raising up individual ruler of Davidic line. of altar, horn-like projections at corners (26 times), Am 3:14; Je 17:1; Ez 43:15, 20 ψ 118:27 Ex 27:2(×2) + 8 times Ex, Lv 4:7, 18 + 6 times Lv (all P); as sanctuary, refuge 1 K 1:50, 51; 2:28. hill (so in Arabic, peak, isolated hill, cf. Ges) Is 5:1. קַרְנַיִם מִיָּדוֹ לוֹ Hb 3:4 rays at his side(s) had he (of lightning-flashes in theoph, cf. Now Da).—Am 6:13 v. קַרְנַיִם n.pr.loc.