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A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, 3rd ed. is unavailable, but you can change that!

Described as an "invaluable reference work" (Classical Philology) and "a tool indispensable for the study of early Christian literature" (Religious Studies Review) in its previous edition, this new updated American edition of Walter Bauer's Wörterbuch zu den Schriften des Neuen Testaments builds on its predecessor's staggering deposit of extraordinary erudition relating to Greek literature from...

power, horn (of power) fig. extension of mng. 1 (cp. Ps 88:18; 131:17; 148:14; 1 Km 2:1, 10; Sir 47:7, 11; 1 Macc 2:48. But also Cephalion [c. 120 A.D.]: 93 Fgm. 7 p. 445, 29 Jac. as a poetic expr. κέρας …, ὅπερ ἐστὶ … δύναμις), hence κ. σωτηρίας horn of salvation (of God Ps 17:3; 2 Km 22:3) of the Messiah ἤγειρεν κ. σωτ. ἡμῖν Lk 1:69 (Goodsp., Probs. 70f a mighty Savior).—IScheftelowitz, D. Hörnermotiv in den Religionen: ARW 15, 1912, 451–87.—B. 209. DELG. M-M. TW. Sv.
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