Brewer, E. Cobham. Dictionary of Phrase & Fable. Horn of the Son of Oil (The) (Isa. v. 1).

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Horn of Power.

Horn with Horn or Horn under Horn.

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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.


*Horn of the Son of Oil (The) (Isa. v. 1).*

The son of oil means Syria, famous for its olives and its olive oil, and the horn of Syria means the strip of land called Syria, which has the sea bounding it on the west and the desert on the east.	1

Horn of Power.

Horn with Horn or Horn under Horn.

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