Long Horn
Bull's Horn
Ram's Horn
Double Horn
Ancient Horns for a Variety of Different Sounds
In ancient times the horn was a musical instrument used both in music and celebration, as well as an instrument to call the people together.Joshua 6:5 - And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long [blast] with the ram's horn, [and] when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall ascend up every man straight before him.
Joshua 6:6 - And Joshua
the son of Nun called the priests, and said unto them, Take up the
ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of
rams' horns before the ark of the LORD.
Psalms
148:14 - He also exalteth the horn of his
people, the praise of all his saints; [even] of the children of
Israel, a people near unto him. Praise ye the LORD.
Lamentations 2:17 - The LORD hath done [that] which he had devised; he hath fulfilled his word that he had commanded in the days of old: he hath thrown down, and hath not pitied: and he hath caused [thine] enemy to rejoice over thee, he hath set up the horn of thine adversaries.
Psalms 75:4
- I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift
not up the horn:
Psalms 75:5
- Lift not up your horn on high: speak [not with] a
stiff neck.
The Bible mentions
the "horn" many times and in many contexts:
Micah 4:13
- Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion: for I will make thine
horn iron, and I will make thy hoofs brass: and thou shalt
beat in pieces many people: and I will consecrate their gain unto
the LORD, and their substance unto the Lord of the whole earth.
Exodus
21:29 - But if the ox were wont to push with his horn
in time past, and it hath been testified to his owner, and he hath
not kept him in, but that he hath killed a man or a woman; the ox
shall be stoned, and his owner also shall be put to death.
1 Samuel
2:1 - And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the
LORD, mine horn is exalted in the LORD: my mouth is
enlarged over mine enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation.
Zechariah
1:21 - Then said I, What come these to do? And he spake,
saying, These [are] the horns which have scattered
Judah, so that no man did lift up his head: but these are come to
fray them, to cast out the horns of the Gentiles,
which lifted up [their] horn over the land of Judah to
scatter it.
1
Chronicles 25:5 - All these [were] the sons of Heman the
king's seer in the words of God, to lift up the horn.
And God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.
1 Samuel
16:1 - And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou
mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over
Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send
thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king among
his sons.
1 Samuel
2:10 - The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to
pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them: the LORD shall
judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give strength unto his
king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.
Lamentations 2:3 - He hath cut off in [his] fierce anger all
the horn of Israel: he hath drawn back his right hand
from before the enemy, and he burned against Jacob like a flaming
fire, [which] devoureth round about.
Daniel 7:11
- I beheld then because of the voice of the great words which the
horn spake: I beheld [even] till the beast was slain, and
his body destroyed, and given to the burning flame.
1 Samuel
16:13 - Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and
anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the
LORD came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and
went to Ramah.
1 Kings
1:39 - And Zadok the priest took an horn of
oil out of the tabernacle, and anointed Solomon. And they blew the
trumpet; and all the people said, God save king Solomon.
Daniel 8:5
- And as I was considering, behold, an he goat came from the west on
the face of the whole earth, and touched not the ground: and the
goat [had] a notable horn between his eyes.
Daniel 8:8
- Therefore the he goat waxed very great: and when he was strong,
the great horn was broken; and for it came up four
notable ones toward the four winds of heaven.
Daniel 8:21
- And the rough goat [is] the king of Grecia: and the great
horn that [is] between his eyes [is] the first king.
Psalms
112:9 - He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his
righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be
exalted with honour.
2 Samuel
22:3 - The God of my rock; in him will I trust: [he is] my
shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower,
and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence.
Psalms 18:2
- The LORD [is] my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God,
my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn
of my salvation, [and] my high tower.
Daniel 7:20
- And of the ten horns that [were] in his head, and
[of] the other which came up, and before whom three fell; even [of]
that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spake very
great things, whose look [was] more stout than his fellows.
Ezekiel
29:21 - In that day will I cause the horn of
the house of Israel to bud forth, and I will give thee the opening
of the mouth in the midst of them; and they shall know that I [am]
the LORD.
Daniel 8:9
- And out of one of them came forth a little horn,
which waxed exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east,
and toward the pleasant [land].
Psalms
132:17 - There will I make the horn of David
to bud: I have ordained a lamp for mine anointed.
Luke 1:69
- And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in
the house of his servant David;
Job 16:15
- I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn
in the dust.
Psalms
89:17 - For thou [art] the glory of their strength: and in
thy favour our horn shall be exalted.
Jeremiah
48:25 - The horn of Moab is cut off, and his
arm is broken, saith the LORD.