Keren Yishi — Horn of My Salvation
קֶרֶן יִשְׁעִי
The horn of my salvation — strength personified, the raised horn of the victorious.
When Zechariah's tongue is loosed at John's birth, he reaches straight for David's phrase — the horn raised at last. A minor title with a major afterlife, bridging the testaments in one image.
First occurrence
2Sam 22:3 — David's deliverance song
Key passages
Ps 18:2 — The parallel psalm
Luke 1:69 — Zechariah: 'He has raised up a horn of salvation in the house of David'
In the Greek Scriptures
κέρας σωτηρίας