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κέρας

MainId: 002780000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: True

AlphaPos: κ

StrongCodes: G2768

BaseForms:

1. BaseFormID: 002780001000000

   PartsOfSpeech: noun, n.

   Inflections:

   1. Lemma: κέρας

      BaseFormIndex: 1

      Realizations: -ατος

   RelatedLemmas: [{'Word': 'κεραία', 'Meanings': []}, {'Word': 'κεράτιον', 'Meanings': []}]

   LEXMeanings:

   1. LEXID: 002780001001000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M

      LEXEntryCode: 8.17

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Body, Body Parts, and Body Products

      LEXSubDomains: Parts of the Body

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-10-05 12:46:21

         DefinitionShort: the hard bony outgrowth on the heads of certain animals

         Glosses: horn

         Comments: Finding a term for ‘horn’ is usually not at all difficult. The problem arises when a term for ‘horn’ is already employed in a receptor language as a euphemistic expression for the male genital organ. It may therefore be necessary in {S:06600500600042} to speak of ‘a lamb with seven horns on his head.’|In speaking of the horn-shaped corners of the altar ({S:06600901300026}), it is often better not to use a term meaning literally horn, since this might imply that the altar had the horns of animals stuck on to the corners. One can normally say ‘corners of the altar shaped like horns’ or ‘… looking like horns or projections on the corners of the altar.’ See {D:79.105}.

      LEXReferences: REV 5:6, REV 12:3, REV 13:1, REV 13:1, REV 13:11, REV 17:3, REV 17:7, REV 17:12, REV 17:16

   2. LEXID: 002780001002000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M

      LEXEntryCode: 79.105

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Features of Objects

      LEXSubDomains: Shapes

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-10-05 12:46:21

         DefinitionShort: a projection at the corner of an object

         Glosses: ['projection', 'corner']

      LEXReferences: REV 9:13

   3. LEXID: 002780001003000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M

      LEXEntryCode: 76.16

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Power, Force

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-10-05 12:46:21

         DefinitionShort: (a figurative extension of meaning of {L:κέρας}[a] ‘horn,’ {D:8.17}) power of unusual significance

         Glosses: ['power', 'mighty power']

         Comments: In {S:04200106900006} the reference of the phrase κέρας σωτηρίας is to the role of the Messiah, and accordingly one may often best render this phrase as ‘mighty Savior’ or ‘powerful Savior.’

      LEXReferences: LUKE 1:69