A symbol that shows strength and courage.
About Horn (Symbol)
A symbol of power in the Bible (1 Kings 22:11). Horns can represent:
dominance over the weak (Ezekiel 34:21),
Key References
At that time Hannah prayed: “My heart rejoices in the LORD; my horn is exalted in the LORD. My mouth speaks boldly against my enemies, for I rejoice in Your salvation.
My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation. My stronghold, my refuge, and my Savior, You save me from violence.
I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; so shall I be saved from my enemies.
For exaltation comes neither from east nor west, nor out of the desert,
All Scripture References (24)
Deuteronomy (1)
His majesty is like a firstborn bull, and his horns are like those of a wild ox. With them he will gore the nations, even to the ends of the earth. Such are the myriads of Ephraim, and such are the thousands of Manasseh.”
1 Samuel (2)
At that time Hannah prayed: “My heart rejoices in the LORD; my horn is exalted in the LORD. My mouth speaks boldly against my enemies, for I rejoice in Your salvation.
Those who oppose the LORD will be shattered. He will thunder from heaven against them. The LORD will judge the ends of the earth and will give power to His king. He will exalt the horn of His anointed.”
2 Samuel (1)
My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation. My stronghold, my refuge, and my Savior, You save me from violence.
1 Chronicles (1)
All these sons of Heman the king’s seer were given him through the promises of God to exalt him, for God had given Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.
Job (1)
I have sewn sackcloth over my skin; I have buried my horn in the dust.
Psalms (10)
I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; so shall I be saved from my enemies.
Do not lift up your horn against heaven or speak with an outstretched neck.’”
For exaltation comes neither from east nor west, nor out of the desert,
Surely our shield belongs to the LORD, and our king to the Holy One of Israel.
I will set his hand over the sea, and his right hand upon the rivers.
My eyes see the downfall of my enemies; my ears hear the wailing of my wicked foes.
He has scattered abroad his gifts to the poor; his righteousness endures forever; his horn will be lifted high in honor.
There I will make a horn grow for David; I have prepared a lamp for My anointed one.
He has raised up a horn for His people, the praise of all His saints, of Israel, a people near to Him. Hallelujah!
Jeremiah (1)
The horn of Moab has been cut off, and his arm is broken,” declares the LORD.
Lamentations (2)
In fierce anger He has cut off every horn of Israel and withdrawn His right hand at the approach of the enemy. He has burned in Jacob like a flaming fire that consumes everything around it.
The LORD has done what He planned; He has accomplished His decree, which He ordained in days of old; He has overthrown you without pity. He has let the enemy gloat over you and exalted the horn of your foes.
Ezekiel (1)
In that day I will cause a horn to sprout for the house of Israel, and I will open your mouth to speak among them. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”
Micah (1)
Rise and thresh, O Daughter of Zion, for I will give you horns of iron and hooves of bronze to break to pieces many peoples. Then you will devote their gain to the LORD, their wealth to the Lord of all the earth.
Zechariah (3)
Then I lifted up my eyes and saw a man with a measuring line in his hand.
“Where are you going?” I asked. “To measure Jerusalem,” he replied, “and to determine its width and length.”
and said to him, “Run and tell that young man: ‘Jerusalem will be a city without walls because of the multitude of men and livestock within it.