Dict: easton - Horn

easton:

Horn @ Trumpets were at first horns perforated at the tip, used for various purposes kjv@Joshua:6:4-5). Flasks or vessels were made of horn ( kjv@1Samuel:16:1 kjv@1Samuel:16:13 kjvKings:1:39). But the word is used also metaphorically to denote the projecting corners of the altar of burnt offerings kjv@Exodus:27:2) and of incense (30:2). The horns of the altar of burnt offerings were to be smeared with the blood of the slain bullock (29:12; kjv@Leviticus:4:7-18). The criminal, when his crime was accidental, found an asylum by laying hold of the horns of the altar (kjvKings:1:50; 2:28). The word also denotes the peak or summit of a hill kjv@Isaiah:5:1, where the word "hill" is the rendering of the same Hebrew word). This word is used metaphorically also for strength kjv@Deuteronomy:33:17) and honour kjv@Job:16:15; kjv@Lamentations:2:3). Horns are emblems of power, dominion, glory, and fierceness, as they are the chief means of attack and defence with the animals endowed with them kjv@Daniel:8:5 kjv@Daniel:8:9 kjv@1Samuel:2:1 kjv@1Samuel:16:1 kjv@1Samuel:16:13; kjvKings:1:39; 22:11; kjv@Joshua:6:4-5; kjv@Psalms:75:5 kjv@Psalms:75:10 kjv@Psalms:132:17; kjv@Luke:1:69, etc.). The expression "horn of salvation," applied to Christ, means a salvation of strength, or a strong Saviour kjv@Luke:1:69). To have the horn "exalted" denotes prosperity and triumph kjv@Psalms:89:17 kjv@Psalms:89:24). To "lift up" the horn is to act proudly kjv@Zechariah:1:21). Horns are also the symbol of royal dignity and power kjv@Jeremiah:48:25; kjv@Zechariah:1:18; kjv@Daniel:8:24).