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ker´en-hap´uk, kē´ren-hap´uk (הפּוּך קרן, kÌ£eren happuÌ„kh, “horn of antimony,†i.e. beautifier; Septuagint ἈμαλθειÌας κεÌÏας, Amaltheı̄as keÌras): The 3rd daughter of Job (), 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.