the horn or child of beauty
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
KEREN-HAPPUCH (lit. horn of antimony).The youngest daughter born to Job in his second estate of prosperity (Job_42:14). The name is indicative of beautiful eyes, from the dye made of antimony, used to tinge the eyelashes (2Ki_9:30, Jer_4:30).
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
Ke'ren-hap'puch. (the horn of beauty). The youngest of the daughters of Job, born to him during the period of his reviving prosperity. Job_42:14.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
ker?en-hap?uk, kē?ren-hap?uk (הפּוּך קרן, ḳeren happūkh, ?horn of antimony,? i.e. beautifier; Septuagint Ἀμαλθείας κέρας, Amaltheı̄as kéras): 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.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Keren-Happuch
(Heb. Ke'ren-hap-Puk', הִפּוּךְ קֶרֶן, horn of the face-paint, i.e. cosmetic- box; Sept. Α᾿μαλθείας [v. r. Α᾿μαλθαίας, Α᾿μαλθίας, Μαλθέας], κέρας, i.e. horn of plenty; Vulg. correctly Cornu stibii, i.e. of antimony), a name given to Job's third daughter (Job xlii, 14), after the Oriental ideas of elegance (see Kitto's Daily Bib. Il. ad loc.). B.C. cir. 2220. SEE PAINT.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.