Words the Bible translates as horn
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 5 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- kerasκέραςa horn: the pointed growth on a creature's head, and by extension the strength or the ruler that a horn stands for
- qerenקֶרֶןhorn: an animal's horn, and by extension anything that projects outward as a sign of strength, from altar corners and oil flasks to kings, hilltops, and rays of light
- shopharשֹׁפָרthe ram's-horn trumpet: a curved animal horn sounded to give a loud, carrying signal
- yovelיוֹבֵלa ram, or the ram's-horn trumpet made from its horn and used to sound a long, carrying blast
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- the Jubilee: the fiftieth year, proclaimed by the ram's-horn blast, in which land returned to its families and slaves went free
- qerenקֶרֶןhorn: the hard, pointed horn on an animal's head, which in Daniel's visions stands for a king and his power
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- horn: a wind instrument made from an animal's horn, blown as a public signal
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