84 occurrences

'Horns' in the Bible

And lifting up his eyes, Abraham saw a sheep fixed by its horns in the brushwood: and Abraham took the sheep and made a burned offering of it in place of his son.

Verse ConceptsAbrahamHornsRamsSubstitutionNames Of GodHorns Of AnimalsVicarious Substitution

Put horns at the four angles of it, made of the same, plating it all with brass.

Verse ConceptsHornsFour HornsOverlaid With BronzeOne Material Thing

Then take some of the blood of the ox, and put it on the horns of the altar with your finger, draining out all the rest of the blood at the base of the altar.

Verse ConceptsFingersHornsApplied With The FingerSacrifice On The Bronze AltarBase Of Things

The altar is to be square, a cubit long and a cubit wide, and two cubits high, and its horns are to be made of the same.

Verse ConceptsSquaresDimensions Of Temple FurnitureOne Material Thing

It is to be plated with the best gold, the top of it and the sides and the horns, with an edging of gold all round it.

Verse ConceptsAltar Of IncenseOverlaid With GoldGold Items For The TabernaclEdge Of Other Things

And once every year Aaron is to make its horns clean: with the blood of the sin-offering he is to make it clean once every year from generation to generation: it is most holy to the Lord.

Verse ConceptsAtonementExpiationAtonement, in OTWorship, Times ForAaron, As High PriestAltar Of IncenseEvery YearAtoning By Sacrifices

And he made the altar for the burning of spices, using the same hard wood; it was square, a cubit long and a cubit wide and two cubits high; the horns made of the same.

Verse ConceptsBreadthAltar Of IncenseSquaresDimensions Of Temple FurnitureOne Material Thing

The top and the sides and the horns were all plated with the best gold; and he put an edge of gold all round it.

Verse ConceptsAltar Of IncenseOverlaid With GoldGold Items For The TabernaclEdge Of Other Things

And he put horns at its four angles made of the same, plating it all with brass;

Verse ConceptsHornsFour HornsOverlaid With BronzeOne Material Thing

And the priest is to put some of the blood on the horns of the altar on which perfume is burned before the Lord in the Tent of meeting, draining out all the rest of the blood of the ox at the base of the altar of burned offering which is at the door of the Tent of meeting.

Verse ConceptsHornsAltar Of IncenseSetting Up The Bronze AltarBase Of Things

And he is to put some of the blood on the horns of the altar which is before the Lord in the Tent of meeting; and all the rest of the blood is to be drained out at the base of the altar of burned offering at the door of the Tent of meeting.

Verse ConceptsSacrifices At The DoorwaySetting Up The Bronze AltarBase Of Things

And the priest is to take some of the blood of the offering with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar of burned offering, draining out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar of burned offering.

Verse ConceptsSin OfferingApplied With The FingerSacrifice On The Bronze AltarBase Of Things

And the priest is to take some of the blood with his finger, and put it on the horns of the altar of burned offering, and all the rest of its blood is to be drained out at the base of the altar.

Verse ConceptsApplied With The FingerSacrifice On The Bronze AltarBase Of Things

And the priest is to take some of the blood of the offering with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar of burned offering, and all the rest of the blood is to be drained out at the base of the altar;

Verse ConceptsApplied With The FingerSacrifice On The Bronze AltarBase Of Things

And he put it to death; and Moses took the blood and put it on the horns of the altar and round it with his finger, and made the altar clean, draining out the blood at the base of the altar; so he made it holy, taking away what was unclean.

Verse ConceptsFingersHornsPouringClean ObjectsApplied With The FingerAtoning By SacrificesKilling Sacrifices

And the sons of Aaron gave him the blood and he put his finger in the blood and put it on the horns of the altar, draining out the blood at the base of the altar;

Verse ConceptsFingersHornsApplied With The FingerSacrifice On The Bronze AltarBase Of Things

And he is to go out to the altar which is before the Lord and make it free from sin; and he is to take some of the blood of the ox and the blood of the goat and put it on the horns of the altar and round it;

Verse ConceptsHornsPriests Atoning

Say to the children of Israel, In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, let there be a special day of rest for you, a day of memory, marked by the blowing of horns, a meeting for worship.

Verse ConceptsNew Year, TheAutumnTrumpetMonth 7Music To CelebrateSabbaths Instituted

Make two silver horns of hammered work, to be used for getting the people together and to give the sign for the moving of the tents.

Verse ConceptsSilverMusical Instruments, Made OfTwo Other Things

The horns are to be sounded by the sons of Aaron, the priests; this is to be a law for you for ever, from generation to generation.

Verse ConceptsOrdinancesPriests, Function In Ot TimesInstrumentalists

And on days of joy and on your regular feasts and on the first day of every month, let the horns be sounded over your burned offerings and your peace-offerings; and they will put the Lord in mind of you: I am the Lord your God.

Verse ConceptsJoy, Of IsraelMemorialNew Moon FestivalTrumpetAnimal Sacrifices, BurntAnimal Sacrifices, Peace OfferingTrumpets For CelebrationThe Lord Is GodFestivals ObservedRegulating Sacrifices

It is God who has taken them out of Egypt; his horns are like those of the mountain ox.

Verse ConceptsHorns VictoriousWild OxGod Bringing Israel Out Of EgyptUnicornsGuidance And Strength

It is God who has taken him out of Egypt; his horns are like those of the mountain ox; the nations warring against him will be his food, their bones will be broken, they will be wounded with his arrows.

Verse ConceptsBones BrokenHorns VictoriousWild OxPeople OvercomingGod Bringing Israel Out Of EgyptUnicorns

In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, let there be a holy meeting; on it you may do no field-work; let the day be marked by the blowing of horns;

Verse ConceptsFeast Of TrumpetsHolidayHoliness, As Set Apart For GodMonthNew Year, TheAutumnTrumpetYearsConvocationsMonth 7Trumpets For CelebrationNo Work On Feast DaysMonths

And Moses sent them out to war, a thousand from every tribe, and with them Phinehas, the son of Eleazar the priest, taking in his hands the vessels of the holy place and the horns for sounding the note of war.

Verse ConceptsA Thousand PeopleTrumpets For SignallingPriests In ActionTemple Utensils In UseMemorabilia

He is a young ox, glory is his; his horns are the horns of the mountain ox, with which all peoples will be wounded, even to the ends of the earth: they are the ten thousands of Ephraim and the thousands of Manasseh.

Verse ConceptsFirstbornBullsHornsThousandsHorns VictoriousPropellingWild OxPowerful IndividualsUnicorns

And let seven priests go before the ark with seven loud-sounding horns in their hands: on the seventh day you are to go round the town seven times, the priests blowing their horns.

Verse Conceptsequipping, physicalHornsPriests, Function In Ot TimesRamsSevenSeven PeopleSeven ThingsSeven TimesThe Ark Moved AroundTrumpets For BattleSeven TrumpetsFalling

And at the sound of a long note on the horns, let all the people give a loud cry; and the wall of the town will come down flat, and all the people are to go straight forward.

Verse ConceptsFortificationsShoutingWallsBattle CriesThings Falling

Then Joshua, the son of Nun, sent for the priests and said to them, Take up the ark of the agreement, and let seven priests take seven horns in their hands and go before the ark of the Lord.

Verse ConceptsSeven PeopleSeven ThingsThe Ark Moved AroundSeven Trumpets

So after Joshua had said this to the people, the seven priests with their seven horns went forward before the Lord, blowing on their horns: and the ark of the Lord's agreement went after them.

Verse Conceptsequipping, physicalMusical Instruments, Made OfSeven PeopleSeven ThingsThe Ark Moved AroundSeven Trumpets

And the armed men went before the priests who were blowing the horns, and the mass of the people went after the ark, blowing their horns.

And the seven priests with their seven horns went on before the ark of the Lord, blowing their horns: the armed men went before them, and the mass of the people went after the ark of the Lord, blowing their horns.

Verse ConceptsSeven PeopleSeven ThingsTrumpets For BattleSeven Trumpets

And the seventh time, at the sound of the priests' horns, Joshua said to the people, Now give a loud cry; for the Lord has given you the town.

Verse ConceptsBattle CriesTrumpets For BattleThose God Gave Into Their Hands

So the people gave a loud cry, and the horns were sounded; and on hearing the horns the people gave a loud cry, and the wall came down flat, so that the people went up into the town, every man going straight before him, and they took the town.

Verse ConceptsFortificationsInvasionsShouting For JoyConquestChantingNot Turning AsidePeople TumblingBattle CriesTrumpets For BattleThings Fallingdrums

So they took the vessels of the people, and their horns from their hands, and he sent them away, every man to his tent, keeping only the three hundred; and the tents of Midian were lower down in the valley.

Verse ConceptsTrumpetTrumpets For BattleSending people homegideon

At the sound of my horn, and the horns of those who are with me, let your horns be sounded all round the tents, and say, For the Lord and for Gideon.

Verse ConceptsTrumpets For Battlegideon

So Gideon and the three hundred men who were with him came to the outer line of tents, at the start of the middle watch, when the watchmen had only then taken their stations; and the horns were sounded and the vessels broken.

Verse ConceptsBeginningNightOne Hundredgideon

So the three bands all gave a loud note on their horns, and when the vessels had been broken, they took the flaming branches in their left hands, and the horns in their right hands ready for blowing, crying out, For the Lord and for Gideon.

Verse ConceptsShoutingBattle CriesGod's Swordgideon

And the three hundred gave a loud note on their horns, and every man's sword was turned by the Lord against his brother all through the army; and the army went in flight as far as Beth-shittah in the direction of Zeredah, to the edge of Abel-meholah by Tabbath.

Verse ConceptsChaosThree To Four HundredTrumpets For BattleThree Hundred And AboveKilling One Another

So David and all the men of Israel took up the ark of the Lord with cries of joy and sounding of horns.

Verse ConceptsShoutingShouting For JoyGroups ShoutingTrumpets For Celebration

And Adonijah himself was full of fear because of Solomon; and he got up and went to the altar, and put his hands on its horns.

And they gave Solomon word of it, saying, See, Adonijah goes in such fear of King Solomon, that he has put his hands on the horns of the altar, saying, Let King Solomon first give me his oath that he will not put his servant to death with the sword.

Verse ConceptsFear Of IndividualsPeople Bound By Oaths

And news of this came to Joab; for Joab had been one of Adonijah's supporters, though he had not been on Absalom's side. Then Joab went in flight to the Tent of the Lord, and put his hands on the horns of the altar.

Verse ConceptsHornsConspiracy

And Zedekiah, the son of Chenaanah, made himself horns of iron and said, The Lord says, Pushing back the Aramaeans with these, you will put an end to them completely.

Verse ConceptsHornsIronProphecy, Methods Of OtHorns VictoriousIron ObjectsPowerful Individuals

And looking, she saw the king in his regular place by the pillar, and the captains and the horns near him; and all the people of the land giving signs of joy and sounding the horns. Then Athaliah, violently parting her robes, gave a cry, saying, Broken faith, broken faith!

Verse ConceptsCustomTreacheryTrumpetMusical Instruments, types ofTreasonDuplicating WordsPillars For Solomon's TempleTrumpets For CelebrationThose Who Tore ClothesUnfaithfulRejoicing In God's Workstraitors

Then David and all Israel made melody before God with all their strength, with songs and corded instruments of music, and with brass instruments and horns.

Verse ConceptsMusical Instruments, types ofSongsTrumpetCymbalsMusic To CelebrateTambourinesHarpsLyresdrums

And Shebaniah and Joshaphat and Nethanel and Amasai and Zechariah and Benaiah and Eliezer, the priests, made music on the horns before the ark of God; and Obed-edom and Jehiah were door-keepers for the ark.

Verse ConceptsTrumpet

So all Israel took up the ark of the agreement of the Lord, with loud cries and with horns and brass and corded instruments sounding loudly.

Verse ConceptsHarpsHornsMusical Instruments, types ofRamsShoutingShouting For JoyCymbalsLyres

And Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests, blowing horns all the time before the ark of the agreement of God.

Verse ConceptsTrumpet

And Heman and Jeduthun had horns and brass instruments sounding loudly, and instruments of music for the songs of God; and the sons of Jeduthun were to be at the door.

Verse ConceptsOccupationsTrumpetPortersInstrumentalists

And the Levites who made the music, all of them, Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and their sons and brothers, robed in fair linen, were in their places with their brass and corded instruments at the east side of the altar, and with them a hundred and twenty priests blowing horns;)

Verse ConceptsHarpsLinenLyreOrchestrasA Hundred And Some

And when the players on horns, and those who made melody in song, with one voice were sounding the praise and glory of the Lord; with loud voices and with wind instruments, and brass and corded instruments of music, praising the Lord and saying, He is good; his mercy is unchanging for ever: then the house was full of the cloud of the glory of the Lord,

Verse ConceptsGod, Goodness OfDivine ManifestationsGod, The EternalPraise, Manner And Methods OfSongsVoicesCloud of gloryinstruments

And the priests were in their places, and the Levites with their instruments of music for the Lord's song, which David the king had made for the praise of the Lord whose mercy is unchanging for ever, when David gave praise by their hand; and the priests were sounding horns before them; and all Israel were on their feet.

Verse ConceptsPraise, Manner And Methods OfTrumpetInventions

And now God is with us at our head, and his priests with their loud horns sounding against you. O children of Israel, do not make war on the Lord, the God of your fathers, for it will not go well for you.

Verse ConceptsImmanuelPriests, Function In Ot TimesStriving With GodTrumpet

And Judah, turning their faces, saw that they were being attacked in front and at the back; and they gave a cry for help to the Lord, while the priests were sounding their horns.

Verse ConceptsCrying To God

And they made an oath to the Lord, with a loud voice, sounding wind-instruments and horns.

Verse ConceptsHornsMusical Instruments, types ofShoutingShouting For Joy

And Zedekiah, the son of Chenaanah, made himself iron horns and said, The Lord says, Pushing back the Aramaeans with these, you will put an end to them completely.

Verse ConceptsHornsIron

And looking, she saw the king in his place by the pillar at the doorway, and the captains and the horns by his side; and all the people of the land were giving signs of joy and sounding the horns; and the makers of melody were playing on instruments of music, taking the chief part in the song of praise. Then Athaliah, violently parting her robes, said, Broken faith, broken faith!

Verse ConceptsSingersTreacheryTrumpetExcitementTreasonPillars For Solomon's Temple

So the Levites took their places with David's instruments, and the priests with their horns.

Verse ConceptsTrumpetInventionsinstruments

And Hezekiah gave the word for the burned offering to be offered on the altar. And when the burned offering was started, then the song of the Lord was started, with the blowing of horns and with all the instruments of David, king of Israel.

Verse ConceptsMusical Instruments, types ofOrchestras

And all the people gave worship, to the sound of songs and the blowing of horns; and this went on till the burned offering was ended.

Verse ConceptsBowingAssemblyAccompaniment

And when the builders put in position the base of the Temple of the Lord, the priests, dressed in their robes, took their places with horns, and the Levites, the sons of Asaph, with brass instruments, to give praise to the Lord in the way ordered by David, king of Israel.

Verse ConceptsBuildingClothing, Kinds OfBuildingMusical Instruments, types ofTrumpetOrchestrasCymbalsPraising GodSaul And DavidThe First Temple

Be my saviour from the lion's mouth; let me go free from the horns of the cruel oxen.

Verse ConceptsHornsMouthsDeliverance From LionsWild OxUnicorns

By him will all the horns of the sinners be cut off; but the horns of the upright will be lifted up.

Verse ConceptsHornsHorns VictoriousHorns WeakenedHorns BrokenUnicornscutting

The Lord is God, and he has given us light; let the holy dance be ordered with branches, even up to the horns of the altar.

Verse ConceptsHolidayHornsGod Giving LightSacrifice On The Bronze AltarBinding As AnimalsRegulating SacrificesThe Lord [Yahweh] Is God

The sin of Judah is recorded with a pen of iron, and with the sharp point of a jewel it is cut on their hearts of stone, and on the horns of their altars for a sign to them:

Verse ConceptsFlintengravingDiamondsArtHornsInscriptionsIronMind, The HumanTabletsToolsWritingPrecious StonesWriting On PeopleIron Objects

The men of Rodan were your traders: a great number of sea-lands did business with you: they gave you horns of ivory and ebony as an offering.

Verse ConceptsIvoryCommerce

Because you have been pushing with side and leg, pushing the diseased with your horns till they were sent away in every direction;

Verse ConceptsHornsShouldersScattered Like SheepHorns Of AnimalsHorns WeakenedPropelling

And the fireplace is four cubits high: and coming up from the fireplace are the horns, a cubit high.

Verse ConceptsHornsFour Horns

You are to take some of its blood and put it on the four horns and on the four angles of the shelf and on the edge all round: and you are to make it clean and free from sin.

Verse ConceptsFour HornsCornersAtoning By Sacrifices

After this, in my vision of the night, I saw a fourth beast, a thing causing fear and very troubling, full of power and very strong; and it had great iron teeth: it took its food, crushing some of it to bits and stamping down the rest with its feet: it was different from all the beasts before it; and it had ten horns.

Verse ConceptsIronFractions, One FourthTen ThingsStrength Of AnimalsHorns In AllegoryTeethStampingIron ObjectsResidueDifferent ThingsFourthFear And AnimalsFour Beasts Of Daniel

I was watching the horns with care, and I saw another coming up among them, a little one, before which three of the first horns were pulled up by the roots: and there were eyes like a man's eyes in this horn, and a mouth saying great things.

Verse ConceptsAntichristIrreverenceSuperiorityAntichrist, Names ForHorns In AllegoryPlucking OutEyes In ProphecyHorns BrokenThree Other ThingsLike MenSpeaking With The Mouth

And about the ten horns on his head and the other which came up, causing the fall of three; that horn which had eyes, and a mouth saying great things, which seemed to be greater than the other horns.

Verse ConceptsTen ThingsHorns In AllegoryEyes In ProphecyThree Other Things

And as for the ten horns, out of this kingdom ten kings will come to power; and after them another will come up: he will be different from the first ones and will put down three kings.

Verse ConceptsThree MenTen PeopleTen ThingsHorns In AllegoryDifferent PersonDeposing

And lifting up my eyes, I saw, there before the stream, a male sheep with two horns: and the two horns were high, but one was higher than the other, the higher one coming up last.

Verse ConceptsRamsLong ThingsHorns In AllegoryTwo Of Body Parts

And I saw him come right up to the sheep, and he was moved with wrath against him, attacking the sheep so that his two horns were broken; and the sheep had not strength to keep his place before him, but was pushed down on the earth and crushed under his feet: and there was no one to get the sheep out of his power.

Verse ConceptsWeak AnimalsBeating AnimalsTrampling AnimalsHorns BrokenTwo Of Body PartsNo One Can SavePutting Animals Down

And the he-goat became very great: and when he was strong, the great horn was broken, and in its place came up four other horns turned to the four winds of heaven.

Verse ConceptsHeightCompassesFour HornsFour WindsHorns In AllegoryHorns Broken

The sheep which you saw with two horns, they are the kings of Media and Persia.

Verse ConceptsHorns In AllegoryCosmic CreaturesTwo Other Things

For in the day when I give Israel punishment for his sins, I will send punishment on the altars of Beth-el, and the horns of the altar will be cut off and come down to the earth.

Verse ConceptsHornsSin, God's Judgment OnHorns BrokenThings Falling

You whose joy is in a thing of no value, who say, Have we not taken for ourselves horns by the strength which is ours?

Verse ConceptsFalse ConfidenceUseless ThingsHorns VictoriousRejoicing In Evil

And I said to the angel who was talking to me, What are these? And he said to me, These are the horns which have sent Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem in flight.

Verse Conceptsdispersion, theHorns In AllegoryWhat Is This?jerusalem

Then I said, What have these come to do? And he said, These are the horns which sent Judah in flight, and kept him from lifting up his head: but these men have come to send fear on them and to put down the nations who are lifting up their horns against the land of Judah to send it in flight.

Verse ConceptsHorns WeakenedHorns In AllegoryLifting HeadsWhat Do They Do?craftsmanship

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