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Anytime you see the word "horn" used in the Bible, it is referring to and is interchangeable with the English word "authority".
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It's just as simple as that.
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After considering every verse that uses this term, no definition other than "authority" can be consistently used.
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The only exceptions are when the term "horn" is being used to specifically refer to the horns of a specified and very clearly defined animal. Such as: "And he cut off the horns of a bull ...".
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But in those instances it's quite obvious that the term "horn" is being used to imply its literal meaning.
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Nevertheless: As far as understanding Bible Prophecy is concerned, no word has confused more people than the term "horn". Because the term "horn" is commonly used in conjunction with the term beast.
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However, the term "beast" simply refers to a government, not to an animal, unless of course the word "beast" is being used to refer to the "beasts of the earth" in which instance it is - usually - being used to refer to animals.
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The term "horn" also has a tendency to be taken literally by the readers of prophecy, thereby causing many to sincerely (but mistakenly) believe the Bible to be literally saying (for example), that a great beast (as in a wild animal) having ten horns and seven heads will rise up out of the sea, when these terms are symbolic, not literal.
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But, let's go all the way back to the Book of Psalms, then progress all the way forward to the Book of Revelation, and analyze the meaning given to the term "horn" in the early Books of the Bible. And it will become intuitively obvious that the term "horn" simply refers to earthly "authority". Below is a list of every verse in the Bible that uses the term "horn" in a manner not referring to the horns of a clearly specified animal. The term "authority" has been placed in parentheses along side the term "horn" to demonstrate that the term "horn" is referring to just that. ... An earthly authority.
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"All the horns (authority) of the wicked also will I cut off; But the horns (authority) of the righteous shall be exalted." (Psalms 75:10)
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"... He hath given to the poor; His righteousness endureth for ever; His horn (authority) shall be exalted with honour." (Psalms 112:9)
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"There will I make the horn (authority) of David to bud: I have ordained a lamp for mine anointed." (Psalms 132:17)
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"He also exalteth the horn (authority) of his people, the praise of all his saints; even of the children of Israel, a people near unto him. Praise ye the LORD." (Psalms 148:14)
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"The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond: it is graven upon the table of their heart, and upon the horns (authority) of your altars;" (Jeremiah 17:1)
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"He hath cut off in his fierce anger all the horn (authority) 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." (Lamenations 2:3)
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"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 (authority) of thine adversaries." (Lamenations 2:17)
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"In that day will I cause the horn (authority) 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." (Ezekiel 29:21)
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"After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: It was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; And it had ten horns(authorities). I considered the horns (authorities), and, behold, there came up among them another little horn (authority), before whom there were three of the first horns (authorities) plucked up by the roots: And, behold, in this horn (authority) were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things." (Daniel 7:7-8)
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"I beheld then because of the voice of the great words which the horn (authority) spake: I beheld even till the beast was slain, and his body destroyed, and given to the burning flame." (Daniel 7:11)
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"And of the ten horns (authorities) that were in his head, and of the other which came up, and before whom three fell; Even of that horn (authority)that had eyes, and a mouth that spake very great things, whose look was more stout than his fellows. I beheld, and the same horn (authority) made war with the saints, and prevailed against them;" (Daniel 7:20 -21)
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"And the ten horns (authorities) out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: And another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings." (Daniel 7:24)
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"Then I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, there stood before the river a ram which had two horns (authorities): And the two horns (authorities) were high; but one was higher than the other, and the higher came up last." (Daniel 8:3)
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"The ram which thou sawest having two horns (authorities) are the kings of Media and Persia." (Daniel 8:20)
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"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 (authority) between his eyes." (Daniel 8:5)
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"And the rough goat is the king of Grecia: And the great horn (authority) that is between his eyes is the first king." (Daniel 8:21)
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"And he came to the ram that had two horns (authorities), which I had seen standing before the river, and ran unto him in the fury of his power. And I saw him come close unto the ram, and he was moved with choler against him, and smote the ram, and brake his two horns (authorities): And there was no power in the ram to stand before him, but he cast him down to the ground, and stamped upon him: And there was none that could deliver the ram out of his hand." (Daniel 8:6-7)
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"Therefore the he goat waxed very great: and when he was strong, the great horn (authority)was broken; And for it came up four notable ones toward the four winds of heaven." (Daniel 8:8)
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"And out of one of them came forth a little horn (authority), which waxed exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the pleasant land (Israel)." (Daniel 8:9)
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"Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion: for I will make thine horn (authority) 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." (Micah 4:13)
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"And his brightness was as the light; He had horns (authorities) coming out of his hand: And there was the hiding of his power." (Habakkuk 3:4)
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"Then lifted I up mine eyes, and saw, and behold four horns (authorities). And I said unto the angel that talked with me, What be these? And he answered me, These are the horns (authorities) which have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem." (Zechariah 1:18-19)
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"Then said I, What come these to do? And he spake, saying, These are the horns (authorities) 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(authorities) of the Gentiles, which lifted up their horn (authority) over the land of Judah to scatter it." (Zechariah 1:21)
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"And hath raised up an horn (authority) of salvation (Jesus) for us in the house of his servant David; As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began: That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us;" (Luke 69-71)
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"And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns (authorities) and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth." (Revelation 5:6)
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"One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter." (Revelation 9:13)
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"And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns (authorities) of the golden altar which is before God," (Revelation 9:12) (Commonly referred to as "The Four Horseman Of The Apocalypse", which pertains to the Seven Seals mentioned in Revelation.)
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"And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns (authorities) , and seven crowns upon his heads. And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: And the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born." (Revelation 12:3-4)
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"And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns (authorities) , and upon his horns (authorities) ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy." (Revelation 13:1)
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"And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; And he had two horns (authorities) like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon. And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed." (Revelation 13:11-12)
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"So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns (authorities)." (Revelation 17:3)
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"And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns (authorities). The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: And they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is." (Revelation 17:7-8)
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"And the ten horns (authorities) which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive "power" as kings, one hour with the beast." (Revelation 17:12)
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"And the ten horns (authorities) which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire." (Revelation 17:16).
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