Word

κέρας

kéras · G2768 · Greek · 11 occurrences

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Meanings

horn

The hard bony outgrowth on the heads of certain animals

Examples
Revelation 5:6 And I saw between the throne (with the four living creatures) and the elders a Lamb standing, as if slaughtered, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth.
Revelation 12:3 Then another sign appeared in heaven: and behold, a great red dragon having seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads were seven crowns.
Revelation 13:1 And the dragon stood on the sand of the seashore. Then I saw a beast coming up out of the sea, having ten horns and seven heads, and on his horns were ten crowns, and on his heads were blasphemous names.
projection, corner

A projection at the corner of an object

Examples
Revelation 9:13 Then the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,
power, mighty power

(A figurative extension of meaning of κέρας ‘horn,’) Power of unusual significance

Examples
Luke 1:69 And has raised up a horn of salvation for us In the house of His servant David—

How it’s used In 7 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

3 occurrences in 3 groups

θυσιαστήριονaltar 1
σωτηρίαsalvation 1
αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 1

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

8 occurrences in 3 groups

δέκαten 6
δύοtwo 1
ἑπτάseven 1

Named alongside itApposition

2 occurrences in 1 groups

εἴδωto know 2

What is done to itIt is the object

7 occurrences in 2 groups

ἔχωto have 6
ἐγείρωto raise, to get up 1

What it is said to bePredicate

1 occurrences in 1 groups

βασιλεύςking 1

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

1 occurrences in 1 groups

διάδημαdiadem crown 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

2 occurrences in 2 groups

ἐκfrom 2
ἐπίon 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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In the other Testament 2 words

קֶרֶן qeren · H7161 · horn: The Greek κέρας (kéras, G2768) directly translates the Hebrew קֶרֶן (qeren, H7161) across its literal sense (animal horn, horn-shaped vessel) and figurative uses (symbol of power/strength), maintaining semantic equivalence in both concrete and metaphorical contexts throughout LXX usage.
קֶרֶן qeren · H7162 · horn, cornet: κέρας (kéras, G2768) κέρας is the standard Greek rendering of Aramaic קֶרֶן (qeren, H7162) קֶרֶן across both literal (animal horn, horn as instrument) and figurative (horn as symbol of power/strength) senses, representing direct translation equivalence in LXX Daniel passages.

Semantic domains 3 entries

Power, mighty power76.16: κέρας can be used figuratively of great power, drawing on the horn as a symbol of strength. Luke 1:69 praises God, who “has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of His servant David,” the horn standing for the mighty saving power God has provided.
Projection, corner79.105: The same word can describe a literal projecting horn-shaped feature on an object or figure. Revelation 5:6 describes the Lamb as “having seven horns and seven eyes,” the κέρατα being visible projections symbolizing complete power and vision.
Horn8.17: Most basically, κέρας names the literal horn of an animal or a beast in vision. Revelation 13:1 describes a beast rising from the sea “having ten horns and seven heads, and on his horns were ten crowns,” the κέρατα here the beast’s own bodily horns.

Word family 4 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

κέραςkéras · G2768κρανίον kraníon · G2898 · a skull · 4×κεραία keraía · G2762 · stroke, short mark, short line of a letter · 2×κεράτιον kerátion · G2769 · carob pod · 1×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon κερατος, plural κέρατα, genitive κεράτων (Winers Grammar, 65 (63); Buttmann, 15 (13)), τό…

κερατος, plural κέρατα, genitive κεράτων (Winers Grammar, 65 (63); Buttmann, 15 (13)), τό (from Homer down), Hebrew קֶרֶן, a horn;
a. properly: of animals, Rev 5:6; Rev 12:3; Rev 13:1, Rev 13:11; Rev 17:3, Rev 17:7, Rev 17:12, Rev 17:16.
b. Since animals (especially bulls) defend themselves with their horns, the horn with the Hebrews (and other nations) is a symbol of strength and courage, and is used as such in a variety of phrases (Ps 88:18; Psalm 131:17; ; 1 Sam 2:10; Sir. 47:5, 7, 11; 1 Macc. 2:48, etc.; cf. Gesenius, Thesaurus, iii., p. 1238; (B. D. under the word )); hence, κέρας σωτηρίας (of God, Ps 17:3; 2 Sam 22:3), equivalent to a mighty and valiant helper, the author of deliverance, of the Messiah, Lk 1:69.
c. tropically, a projecting extremity in shape like a horn, a point, apex: as, of an altar, Rev 9:13; (Ex 29:12; Lev 4:7, Lev 4:18; Lev 16:18; Amos 3:14; Psalm 117:27).

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 3 entries

Parts of the Body9 occurrences Power, Force1 occurrence Shapes1 occurrence

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0