Meaning
Horn <1,,2768, keras>
"a horn," is used in the plural, as the symbol of strength, (a) in the apocalyptic visions; (1) on the head of the Lamb as symbolic of Christ, Rev 5:6; (2) on the heads of beasts as symbolic of national potentates, Rev 12:3, Rev 13:1, Rev 13:11, Rev 17:3, Rev 17:7, Rev 17:12, Rev 17:16 (cp. Dan 7:8, Dan 8:9, Zec 1:18, etc.); (3) at the corners of the golden altar, Rev 9:13 (cp. Exo 30:2; the horns were of one piece with the altar, as in the case of the brazen altar, Exo 27:2, and were emblematic of the efficacy of the ministry connected with it); (b) metaphorically, in the singular, "a horn of salvation," Luk 1:69 (a frequent metaphor in the OT, e.g., Psa 18:2; cp. 1Sa 2:10, Lam 2:3).
