Trumpet
σάλπιγξStrong’s G4536salpigx
Appears in 11 verses of the New Testament
In short
Salpigx is the Greek word usually translated “trumpet”, “trumpets” and “trumpet call”. It appears in 11 verses of the New Testament.
“And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.”
Meaning
Usually translated “trumpet”, “trumpets” and “trumpet call”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- trumpet 5
- of a trumpet 2
- trumpets 2
- a trumpet call 1
- a trumpet 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Revelation 6
- 1 Corinthians 2
- Matthew 1
- 1 Thessalonians 1
- Hebrews 1
5 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Corinthians 14:8For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?
- 1 Corinthians 15:52In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:16For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
- Hebrews 12:19And the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice they that heard intreated that the word should not be spoken to them any more:
- Revelation 1:10I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,
- Revelation 4:1After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.
Greek dictionary
σάλπιγξ salpigx · trumpet
σάλπιγξ, -ιγγος, ἡ [in LXX chiefly for שׁוֹפָר, חֲצֹצְרָה ;] a trumpet, used in war and in religious ceremonies: 1Co.14:8, Heb.12:19, Rev.1:10 4:1 8:2, 6 8:11 9:14 By meton., a trumpet blast: μετὰ σ. μεγάλης, Mat.24:31; ἐν σ. θεοῦ, 1Th.4:16; ἐν τ. ἐσχάτῃ σ., 1Co.15:52.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “trumpet” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
TRUMP'ET, noun
- A wind instrument of music, used chiefly in war and military exercises.
- In the military style, a trumpeter.
- One who praises or propagates praise, or is the instrument or propagating it.
All definitions and other forms of “trumpet”
TRUMP'ET, verb transitive
To publish by sound of trumpet; also, to proclaim; as, to trumpet good tidings.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.