Topic
Keren-happuch
1 passage cited, from 3 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Job 42:14Easton · ISBE · Nave The youngest daughter of Job
And he called the name of the first, Jemima; and the name of the second, Kezia; and the name of the third, Keren-happuch.
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 1 references
Horn of the face-paint = cosmetic-box, the name of Job’s third daughter (Job. 42:14), born after prosperity had returned to him.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 1 references
ker'-en-hap'-uk, ke'-ren-hap'-uk (qeren happukh, "horn of antimony," i.e. beautifier; Septuagint Amaltheias keras): The 3rd daughter of Job (Job 42:14), born after his restoration from affliction. Antimony, producing a brilliant black, was used among the Orientals for coloring the edges of the eyelids, making the eyes large and lustrousú Hence, the suggestiveness of this name of an article of the ladies' toilet, a little horn or receptacle for the eye-paint.
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 1 references, grouped by sub-topic
- → The youngest daughter of Job Job 42:14
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.