Keren-happuch
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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
Keren-Happuch
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 lustrous� Hence, the suggestiveness of this name of an article of the ladies' toilet, a little horn or receptacle for the eye-paint.
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