SPECIAL TOPIC: ANIMAL HORNS (BDB 901)

Animal horns were idiomatic and proverbial for strength and power.

  1. on the corners of the tabernacle's and temple's altars (cf. Exod. 27:2; 29:12; 30:2,3,10; 37:25-26; Lev. 4:7,18,25,30,34; Rev. 9:13)
    Special Topic: Altar of Incense
    Special Topic: Altar of Sacrifice
  2. imagery for Divine strength
    1. YHWH ‒ 2 Sam. 22:3; Ps. 18:2; 112:9; 148:14
    2. His Messiah ‒ 1 Sam. 2:10; Ps. 132:17; Ezek. 29:21; Luke 1:69; Rev. 5:6
  3. imagery for nations and their leaders
    1. YHWH's covenant people
      1. king ‒ 1 Sam. 2:10; Ps. 89:24; 92:10
      2. nations ‒ Ps. 89:17; Jer. 48:25; Lam. 2:3
      3. individual tribe ‒ Deut. 33:17; Micah 4:13
    2. pagan nations
    3. anti-God nations ‒ Dan. 8; Zech. 1:18-21; Rev. 12:3; 13:1,11; 17:3,7,12,16
  4. prophetic imagery ‒ 1 Kgs. 22:11; 2 Chr. 18:10
  5. human strength
    1. righteous ‒ Job 16:15; 1 Sam. 2:1; 1 Chr. 25:5
    2. wicked ‒ Ps. 75:4,5,10; Ezek. 34:21