# H7161 קֶרֶן

קֶרֶן (qeren), Strong’s H7161: a horn (as projecting); by implication, a flask, cornet; by resemblance. an elephant's tooth (i.e. ivory), a corner (of the altar), a peak (of a mountain),… KJV…

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*qeren* — a horn (as projecting); by implication, a flask, cornet; by resemblance. an elephant's tooth (i.e. ivory), a corner (of the altar), a peak (of a mountain),…

KJV: [idiom] hill, horn.

Derived from [קָרַן qâran](https://besorah.bible/word/H7160) (to shoot out horns)

Occurs 76 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- קֶ֫רֶן 75 n.f. horn
- a of ram
- b used as oil-flask
- c as wind instr.
- d (from curved shape of tusks)
- 2 fig. of pers., symbol of strength
- 3 of altar, horn-like projections at corners
- 4 hill (so in Ar., peak, isolated hill)
- 5 rays at his side(s) he had (of lightning-flashes in theoph.)
- קַרְנַ֫יִם n.pr.loc
- קַרְנַ֫יִם n.pr.loc. conquered by Isr.; prob. in Bashan

## Where it occurs
- [Genesis 22:13](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/22?v=13) — Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and saw that behind him was a ram caught in the thicket by his horns. Abraham…
- [Exodus 27:2](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/27?v=2) — You shall make its horns on its four corners. Its horns shall be of one piece with it. You shall overlay it with bronze.
- [Exodus 29:12](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/29?v=12) — You shall take of the blood of the bull, and put it on the horns of the altar with your finger; and you shall pour out…
- [Exodus 30:2](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/30?v=2) — Its length shall be a cubit, and its width a cubit. It shall be square, and its height shall be two cubits. Its horns…
- [Exodus 30:3](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/30?v=3) — You shall overlay it with pure gold, its top, its sides around it, and its horns; and you shall make a gold molding…
- [Exodus 30:10](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/30?v=10) — Aaron shall make atonement on its horns once in the year; with the blood of the sin offering of atonement once in the…
- [Exodus 37:25](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/37?v=25) — He made the altar of incense of acacia wood. It was square: its length was a cubit, and its width a cubit. Its height…
- [Exodus 37:26](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/37?v=26) — He overlaid it with pure gold: its top, its sides around it, and its horns. He made a gold molding around it.
- [Exodus 38:2](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/38?v=2) — He made its horns on its four corners. Its horns were of one piece with it, and he overlaid it with bronze.
- [Leviticus 4:7](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/4?v=7) — The priest shall put some of the blood on the horns of the altar of sweet incense before the LORD, which is in the Tent…