Greek noun (neuter) · G2768
κέρας
kerasker'-as
horn
11 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: kéras
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2768is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 2 of 27New Testament books
- 4spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G2768
a horn (literally or figuratively)
The King James renders it: horn.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
keras is rendered "horn". It stands 11 times in the Greek text, across two books.
- Ten of the uses stand in Revelation, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Luke 1:69He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of His servant David,
- The Greek text spells it four different ways.
The first use
He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of His servant David,
Luke 1:69κέρας
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Ten of the word's eleven uses are in Revelation.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- horns10
- a horn1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 11, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
4 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- κέρατα7
- κεράτων2
- κέρας1
- κέρατα.¶1
The grammar of each form
- noun · accusative (object) · neuter plural6N-APN
- noun · genitive (“of”) · neuter plural2N-GPN
- noun · nominative (subject) · neuter plural2N-NPN
- noun · accusative (object) · neuter singular1N-ASN
Luke
one use
He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of His servant David,
- κέραςkerasnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: a horn
Revelation
ten uses
Then I saw a Lamb who appeared to have been slain, standing in the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders. The Lamb had seven horns and seven eyes, which represent the seven Spirits of God sent out into all the earth.
- κέραταkeratanoun · accusative (object) · neuter pluraltagged: horns
Then the sixth angel sounded his trumpet, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar before God
- κεράτωνkeratonnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter pluraltagged: horns
Then another sign appeared in heaven: a huge red dragon with seven heads, ten horns, and seven royal crowns on his heads.
- κέραταkeratanoun · accusative (object) · neuter pluraltagged: horns
Then I saw a beast with ten horns and seven heads rising out of the sea. There were ten royal crowns on its horns and blasphemous names on its heads.
- κέραταkeratanoun · accusative (object) · neuter pluraltagged: horns
- κεράτωνkeratonnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter pluraltagged: horns
Then I saw another beast rising out of the earth. This beast had two horns like a lamb, but spoke like a dragon.
- κέραταkeratanoun · accusative (object) · neuter pluraltagged: horns
And the angel carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness, where I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was covered with blasphemous names and had seven heads and ten horns.
- κέραταkeratanoun · accusative (object) · neuter pluraltagged: horns
“Why are you so amazed?” said the angel. “I will tell you the mystery of the woman and of the beast that carries her, which has the seven heads and ten horns.
- κέρατα.¶keratanoun · accusative (object) · neuter pluraltagged: horns
The ten horns you saw are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but will receive one hour of authority as kings, along with the beast.
- κέραταkeratanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter pluraltagged: horns
And the ten horns and the beast that you saw will hate the prostitute. They will leave her desolate and naked, and will eat her flesh and burn her with fire.
- κέραταkeratanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter pluraltagged: horns
Where it leads
Studies that open this word1
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.