Trumpet
שֹׁפָרStrong’s H7782shophar (sho-phar)
Appears in 63 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Shophar is the Hebrew word usually translated “trumpet”, “on the trumpets” and “ram s horn”. It appears in 63 verses of the Old Testament.
“And the LORD shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning: and the LORD God shall blow the trumpet, and shall go with whirlwinds of the south.”
Meaning
- Horn, ram's horn
How it's translated
- a trumpet 11
- on the trumpets 10
- a ram s horn 9
- on the trumpet 9
- on the ram s horn 6
- the ram s horn 5
- trumpets of 4
- the trumpet 4
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Joshua 8
- Judges 8
- Jeremiah 7
- 2 Samuel 6
- Psalms 4
- Ezekiel 4
21 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Exodus 19:16And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled.
- Exodus 19:19And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by a voice.
- Exodus 20:18And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off.
- Leviticus 25:9Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of the jubile to sound on the tenth day of the seventh month, in the day of atonement shall ye make the trumpet sound throughout all your land.
- Joshua 6:4And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams’ horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets.
- Joshua 6:5And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast with the ram’s horn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall ascend up every man straight before him.
All 63 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
שֹׁפָר shophar · trumpet
horn, ram's horn
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
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 Hebrew, not from any one translation.