Lexicon :: Strong's G2768 - keras

Abraham looked up and saw a ram[fn] caught in the thicket by its horns. So Abraham went and took the ram and offered it as a burnt offering in place of his son.

“Make horns for it on its four corners; the horns are to be of one piece.[fn] Overlay it with bronze.

“Take some of the bull’s blood and apply it to the horns of the altar with your finger; then pour out all the rest of the blood at the base of the altar.

“It must be square, eighteen inches long and eighteen inches wide;[fn] it must be thirty-six inches high.[fn] Its horns must be of one piece with it.

“Once a year Aaron is to perform the atonement ceremony for the altar. Throughout your generations he is to perform the atonement ceremony for[fn] it once a year, with the blood of the sin offering for atonement on the horns. The altar is especially holy to the LORD.”

“The priest is to apply some of the blood to the horns of the altar of fragrant incense that is before the LORD in the tent of meeting. He must pour out the rest of the bull’s blood at the base of the altar of burnt offering that is at the entrance to the tent of meeting.

“He is to apply some of the blood to the horns of the altar that is before the LORD in the tent of meeting. He will pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar of burnt offering that is at the entrance to the tent of meeting.

“Then the priest is to take some of the blood from the sin offering with his finger and apply it to the horns of the altar of burnt offering. The rest of its blood he is to pour out at the base of the altar of burnt offering.

“Then the priest is to take some of its blood with his finger and apply it to the horns of the altar of burnt offering. He is to pour out the rest of its blood at the base of the altar.

“Then the priest is to take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger and apply it to the horns of the altar of burnt offering. He is to pour out the rest of its blood at the base of the altar.

Then Moses slaughtered it,[fn] took the blood, and applied it with his finger to the horns of the altar on all sides, purifying the altar. He poured out the blood at the base of the altar and consecrated it so that atonement can be made on it.[fn]

Aaron’s sons brought the blood to him, and he dipped his finger in the blood and applied it to the horns of the altar. He poured out the blood at the base of the altar.

“Then he will go out to the altar that is before the LORD and make atonement for it. He is to take some of the bull’s blood and some of the goat’s blood and put it on the horns on all sides of the altar.

His firstborn bull has[fn] splendor,

and horns like[fn] those of a wild ox;

he gores all the peoples with them

to the ends of the earth.

Such are the ten thousands of Ephraim,

and such are the thousands of Manasseh.

Hannah prayed:

My heart rejoices in the LORD;

my horn is lifted up by the LORD.

My mouth boasts over my enemies,

because I rejoice in your salvation.

Those who oppose the LORD will be shattered;[fn]

he will thunder in the heavens against them.

The LORD will judge the ends of the earth.

He will give power to his king;

he will lift up the horn of his anointed.[fn]

The LORD said to Samuel, “How long are you going to mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem because I have selected for myself a king from his sons.”

So Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the presence of his brothers, and the Spirit of the LORD came powerfully on David from that day forward. Then Samuel set out and went to Ramah.

my God,[fn] my rock where I seek refuge.

My shield, the horn of my salvation, my stronghold, my refuge,

and my Savior, you save me from violence.

The priest Zadok took the horn of oil from the tabernacle and anointed Solomon. Then they blew the ram’s horn, and all the people proclaimed, “Long live King Solomon! ”

Adonijah was afraid of Solomon, so he got up and went to take hold of the horns of the altar.

The news reached Joab. Since he had supported Adonijah but not Absalom, Joab fled to the LORD’s tabernacle and took hold of the horns of the altar.

Then Zedekiah son of Chenaanah made iron horns and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘You will gore the Arameans with these until they are finished off.’ ”

All these sons of Heman, the king’s seer, were given by the promises of God to exalt him,[fn] for God had given Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.

Then Zedekiah son of Chenaanah made iron horns and said, “This is what the LORD says: You will gore the Arameans with these until they are finished off.”

He named his first daughter Jemimah, his second Keziah, and his third Keren-happuch.

The LORD is my rock,

my fortress, and my deliverer,

my God, my rock where I seek refuge,

my shield and the horn of my salvation,

my stronghold.

Save me from the lion’s mouth,

from the horns of wild oxen.

You answered me![fn]

That will please the LORD more than an ox,

more than a bull with horns and hooves.

“I say to the boastful, ‘Do not boast,’

and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up your horn.

“I will cut off all the horns of the wicked,

but the horns of the righteous will be lifted up.”

For you are their magnificent strength;

by your favor our horn is exalted.

“My faithfulness and love will be with him,

and through my name

his horn will be exalted.

You have lifted up my horn

like that of a wild ox;

I have been anointed[fn] with the finest oil.

He distributes freely to the poor;

his righteousness endures forever.

His horn will be exalted in honor.

The LORD is God and has given us light.

Bind the festival sacrifice with cords

to the horns of the altar.

“There I will make a horn grow for David;

I have prepared a lamp[fn] for my anointed one.

He has raised up a horn for his people,

resulting in praise to all his faithful ones,

to the Israelites, the people close to him.

Hallelujah!

I will sing about the one I love,

a song about my loved one’s vineyard:

The one I love had a vineyard

on a very fertile hill.

Therefore look, the days are coming —

this is the LORD’s declaration —

when I will send pourers to him, who will pour him out.

They will empty his containers

and smash his jars.

“Moab’s horn is chopped off; his arm is shattered.”

This is the LORD’s declaration.

He has cut off every horn of Israel

in his burning anger

and withdrawn his right hand

in the presence of the enemy.

He has blazed against Jacob like a flaming fire

that consumes everything.

The LORD has done what he planned;

he has accomplished his decree,

which he ordained in days of old.

He has demolished without compassion,

letting the enemy gloat over you

and exalting the horn of your adversaries.

“In that day I will cause a horn to sprout for the house of Israel, and I will enable you to speak out among them. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”

“Since you have pushed with flank and shoulder and butted all the weak ones with your horns until you scattered them all over,

The altar was[fn] made of wood, 5 ¹/₄ feet[fn] high and 3 ¹/₂ feet long.[fn] It had corners, and its length[fn] and sides were of wood. The man told me, “This is the table that stands before the LORD.”