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Strong's H7161 קֶרֶן (qeren)

Qeren means “horn” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Strong's Number H7161
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 69
Books 21

Strong's H7161 Quick Answer

Strong's H7161 קֶרֶן (qeren) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. qeren (keh'-ren) n-f. 1. a horn (as projecting) 2. (by implication) a flask, cornet It has 69 linked Bible usages across 21 books. Visible English usage signals include horns and horn. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
qeren (keh'-ren) n-f. 1. a horn (as projecting) 2. (by implication) a flask, cornet
Usage
69 linked usages
Books
21 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
horns and horn

Meaning and Definition

qeren (keh'-ren) n-f. 1. a horn (as projecting) 2. (by implication) a flask, cornet 3. (figuratively) power 4. (by resemblance) an elephant's tooth (i.e. ivory) 5. (hence) a peak (of a mountain) 6. (hence) a corner (of the altar) 7. (hence) a ray (of light) [from H7160] KJV: X hill, horn. Root(s): H7160

Original Word
קֶרֶן
Transliteration
qeren
Derivation
Root: קרן First root strongs: 7160
Morphology
noun fem

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H7161. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

horn

Usage: 1) horn 1a) horn 1b) of strength (fig) 1c) flask (container for oil) 1d) horn (as musical instrument) 1e) horn (of horn-like projections on the altar) 1f) of rays of light 1g) hill Aramaic equivalent: qe.ren (קֶ֫רֶן "horn" H7162)

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How Strong's H7161 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render qeren, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

horns Genesis 22:13 40× horn Joshua 6:5 28×

How Strong's H7161 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 69 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H7161 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H7161 in the Old Testament

69 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 22:13 KJV

And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son.

Exodus 27:2 KJV

And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof: his horns shall be of the same: and thou shalt overlay it with brass.

Exodus 29:12 KJV

And thou shalt take of the blood of the bullock, and put it upon the horns of the altar with thy finger, and pour all the blood beside the bottom of the altar.

Usage Excerpts

First 69 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H7161.

Genesis 22:13 Old Testament, KJV
And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son.
Exodus 27:2 Old Testament, KJV
And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof: his horns shall be of the same: and thou shalt overlay it with brass.
Exodus 29:12 Old Testament, KJV
And thou shalt take of the blood of the bullock, and put it upon the horns of the altar with thy finger, and pour all the blood beside the bottom of the altar.
Exodus 30:2 Old Testament, KJV
A cubit shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof; foursquare shall it be: and two cubits shall be the height thereof: the horns thereof shall be of the same.
Exodus 30:3 Old Testament, KJV
And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, the top thereof, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns thereof; and thou shalt make unto it a crown of gold round about.
Exodus 30:10 Old Testament, KJV
And Aaron shall make an atonement upon the horns of it once in a year with the blood of the sin offering of atonements: once in the year shall he make atonement upon it throughout your generations: it is most holy unto the LORD.
Exodus 37:25 Old Testament, KJV
And he made the incense altar of shittim wood: the length of it was a cubit, and the breadth of it a cubit; it was foursquare; and two cubits was the height of it; the horns thereof were of the same.
Exodus 37:26 Old Testament, KJV
And he overlaid it with pure gold, both the top of it, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns of it: also he made unto it a crown of gold round about.
Exodus 38:2 Old Testament, KJV
And he made the horns thereof on the four corners of it; the horns thereof were of the same: and he overlaid it with brass.
Leviticus 4:7 Old Testament, KJV
And the priest shall put some of the blood upon the horns of the altar of sweet incense before the LORD, which is in the tabernacle of the congregation; and shall pour all the blood of the bullock at the bottom of the altar of the burnt offering, which is at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
Leviticus 4:18 Old Testament, KJV
And he shall put some of the blood upon the horns of the altar which is before the LORD, that is in the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall pour out all the blood at the bottom of the altar of the burnt offering, which is at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
Leviticus 4:25 Old Testament, KJV
And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall pour out his blood at the bottom of the altar of burnt offering.
Leviticus 4:30 Old Testament, KJV
And the priest shall take of the blood thereof with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall pour out all the blood thereof at the bottom of the altar.
Leviticus 4:34 Old Testament, KJV
And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall pour out all the blood thereof at the bottom of the altar:
Leviticus 8:15 Old Testament, KJV
And he slew it; and Moses took the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about with his finger, and purified the altar, and poured the blood at the bottom of the altar, and sanctified it, to make reconciliation upon it.
Leviticus 9:9 Old Testament, KJV
And the sons of Aaron brought the blood unto him: and he dipped his finger in the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar, and poured out the blood at the bottom of the altar:
Leviticus 16:18 Old Testament, KJV
And he shall go out unto the altar that is before the LORD, and make an atonement for it; and shall take of the blood of the bullock, and of the blood of the goat, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about.
Deuteronomy 33:17 Old Testament, KJV
His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth: and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh.
Joshua 6:5 Old Testament, KJV
And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast with the ram's horn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall ascend up every man straight before him.
1 Samuel 2:1 Old Testament, KJV
And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the LORD, mine horn is exalted in the LORD: my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation.
1 Samuel 2:10 Old Testament, KJV
The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them: the LORD shall judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.
1 Samuel 16:1 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.
1 Samuel 16:13 Old Testament, KJV
Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.
2 Samuel 22:3 Old Testament, KJV
The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence.
1 Kings 1:39 Old Testament, KJV
And Zadok the priest took an horn of oil out of the tabernacle, and anointed Solomon. And they blew the trumpet; and all the people said, God save king Solomon.
1 Kings 1:50 Old Testament, KJV
And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.
1 Kings 1:51 Old Testament, KJV
And it was told Solomon, saying, Behold, Adonijah feareth king Solomon: for, lo, he hath caught hold on the horns of the altar, saying, Let king Solomon swear unto me today that he will not slay his servant with the sword.
1 Kings 2:28 Old Testament, KJV
Then tidings came to Joab: for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he turned not after Absalom. And Joab fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.
1 Kings 22:11 Old Testament, KJV
And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron: and he said, Thus saith the LORD, With these shalt thou push the Syrians, until thou have consumed them.
1 Chronicles 25:5 Old Testament, KJV
All these were the sons of Heman the king's seer in the words of God, to lift up the horn. And God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.
2 Chronicles 18:10 Old Testament, KJV
And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah had made him horns of iron, and said, Thus saith the LORD, With these thou shalt push Syria until they be consumed.
Job 16:15 Old Testament, KJV
I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.
Psalms 18:2 Old Testament, KJV
The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
Psalms 22:21 Old Testament, KJV
Save me from the lion's mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.
Psalms 75:4 Old Testament, KJV
I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:
Psalms 75:5 Old Testament, KJV
Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck.
Psalms 75:10 Old Testament, KJV
All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.
Psalms 89:17 Old Testament, KJV
For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted.
Psalms 89:24 Old Testament, KJV
But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted.
Psalms 92:10 Old Testament, KJV
But my horn shalt thou exalt like the horn of an unicorn: I shall be anointed with fresh oil.
Psalms 112:9 Old Testament, KJV
He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour.
Psalms 118:27 Old Testament, KJV
God is the LORD, which hath shewed us light: bind the sacrifice with cords, even unto the horns of the altar.
Psalms 132:17 Old Testament, KJV
There will I make the horn of David to bud: I have ordained a lamp for mine anointed.
Psalms 148:14 Old Testament, KJV
He also exalteth the horn of his people, the praise of all his saints; even of the children of Israel, a people near unto him. Praise ye the LORD.
Isaiah 5:1 Old Testament, KJV
Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill:
Jeremiah 17:1 Old Testament, KJV
The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond: it is graven upon the table of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars;
Jeremiah 48:25 Old Testament, KJV
The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, saith the LORD.
Lamentations 2:3 Old Testament, KJV
He hath cut off in his fierce anger all the horn of Israel: he hath drawn back his right hand from before the enemy, and he burned against Jacob like a flaming fire, which devoureth round about.
Lamentations 2:17 Old Testament, KJV
The LORD hath done that which he had devised; he hath fulfilled his word that he had commanded in the days of old: he hath thrown down, and hath not pitied: and he hath caused thine enemy to rejoice over thee, he hath set up the horn of thine adversaries.
Ezekiel 27:15 Old Testament, KJV
The men of Dedan were thy merchants; many isles were the merchandise of thine hand: they brought thee for a present horns of ivory and ebony.
Ezekiel 29:21 Old Testament, KJV
In that day will I cause the horn of the house of Israel to bud forth, and I will give thee the opening of the mouth in the midst of them; and they shall know that I am the LORD.
Ezekiel 34:21 Old Testament, KJV
Because ye have thrust with side and with shoulder, and pushed all the diseased with your horns, till ye have scattered them abroad;
Ezekiel 43:15 Old Testament, KJV
So the altar shall be four cubits; and from the altar and upward shall be four horns.
Ezekiel 43:20 Old Testament, KJV
And thou shalt take of the blood thereof, and put it on the four horns of it, and on the four corners of the settle, and upon the border round about: thus shalt thou cleanse and purge it.
Daniel 8:3 Old Testament, KJV
Then I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, there stood before the river a ram which had two horns: and the two horns were high; but one was higher than the other, and the higher came up last.
Daniel 8:5 Old Testament, KJV
And as I was considering, behold, an he goat came from the west on the face of the whole earth, and touched not the ground: and the goat had a notable horn between his eyes.
Daniel 8:6 Old Testament, KJV
And he came to the ram that had two horns, which I had seen standing before the river, and ran unto him in the fury of his power.
Daniel 8:7 Old Testament, KJV
And I saw him come close unto the ram, and he was moved with choler against him, and smote the ram, and brake his two horns: and there was no power in the ram to stand before him, but he cast him down to the ground, and stamped upon him: and there was none that could deliver the ram out of his hand.
Daniel 8:8 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore the he goat waxed very great: and when he was strong, the great horn was broken; and for it came up four notable ones toward the four winds of heaven.
Daniel 8:9 Old Testament, KJV
And out of one of them came forth a little horn, which waxed exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the pleasant land.
Daniel 8:20 Old Testament, KJV
The ram which thou sawest having two horns are the kings of Media and Persia.
Daniel 8:21 Old Testament, KJV
And the rough goat is the king of Grecia: and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king.
Amos 3:14 Old Testament, KJV
That in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel upon him I will also visit the altars of Bethel: and the horns of the altar shall be cut off, and fall to the ground.
Amos 6:13 Old Testament, KJV
Ye which rejoice in a thing of nought, which say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength?
Micah 4:13 Old Testament, KJV
Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion: for I will make thine horn iron, and I will make thy hoofs brass: and thou shalt beat in pieces many people: and I will consecrate their gain unto the LORD, and their substance unto the Lord of the whole earth.
Habakkuk 3:4 Old Testament, KJV
And his brightness was as the light; he had horns coming out of his hand: and there was the hiding of his power.
Zechariah 1:18 Old Testament, KJV
Then lifted I up mine eyes, and saw, and behold four horns.
Zechariah 1:19 Old Testament, KJV
And I said unto the angel that talked with me, What be these? And he answered me, These are the horns which have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.
Zechariah 1:21 Old Testament, KJV
Then said I, What come these to do? And he spake, saying, These are the horns which have scattered Judah, so that no man did lift up his head: but these are come to fray them, to cast out the horns of the Gentiles, which lifted up their horn over the land of Judah to scatter it.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H7161, grouped by book.

Genesis 1 usage, Old Testament
Exodus 8 usages, Old Testament
Leviticus 8 usages, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 1 usage, Old Testament
Joshua 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Samuel 4 usages, Old Testament
2 Samuel 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Kings 5 usages, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 1 usage, Old Testament
Job 1 usage, Old Testament
Psalms 12 usages, Old Testament
Isaiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Jeremiah 2 usages, Old Testament
Lamentations 2 usages, Old Testament
Ezekiel 5 usages, Old Testament
Daniel 8 usages, Old Testament
Amos 2 usages, Old Testament
Micah 1 usage, Old Testament
Habakkuk 1 usage, Old Testament
Zechariah 3 usages, Old Testament

Strong's H7161 FAQ

What does qeren (קֶרֶן) mean?

Qeren (Strong's H7161) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "horn". qeren (keh'-ren) n-f. 1. a horn (as projecting) 2. (by implication) a flask, cornet

How many times is qeren (קֶרֶן) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 69 linked usages for Strong's H7161 across 21 books.

Where can I study qeren (קֶרֶן) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H7161 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate qeren (קֶרֶן)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as horns and horn. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.