Word

σάλπιγξ

sálpinx · G4536 · Greek · 11 occurrences

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Horn, ram’s hornWind instruments80 verses

Meanings

trumpet

A musical wind instrument; made of metal; frequently used in signaling, especially in connection with war

Examples
1 Corinthians 14:8 For if the trumpet produces an indistinct sound, who will prepare himself for battle?
Revelation 1:10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice like the sound of a trumpet,
Revelation 4:1 After these things I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven, and the first voice which I had heard, like the sound of a trumpet speaking with me, said, “Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after these things.”
trumpet blast, trumpet sound

(Derivative of σαλπίζω ‘to play the trumpet,’) The sound made by a trumpet

Examples
Matthew 24:31 “And He will send forth His angels with A GREAT TRUMPET BLAST, and THEY WILL GATHER TOGETHER His elect from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other.
1 Corinthians 15:52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet; for the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.
1 Thessalonians 4:16 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.

How it’s used In 6 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

2 occurrences in 2 groups

θεόςGod 1
ἄγγελοςangel, messenger 1

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

4 occurrences in 3 groups

ἑπτάseven 2
ἔσχατοςlast 1
μέγαςgreat, large 1

What it doesIt is the subject

2 occurrences in 1 groups

δίδωμιto give, to grant 2

What is done to itIt is the object

2 occurrences in 1 groups

ἔχωto have 2

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

3 occurrences in 2 groups

ἐνin 2
μετάwith, after 2

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

2 occurrences in 2 groups

ἦχοςsound 1
φωνήvoice, sound 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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In the other Testament 2 words

שׁוֹפָר shôwphâr · H7782 · trumpet, horn: Hebrew שׁוֹפָר (shôwphâr, H7782) denotes the ram's horn trumpet used in ancient Israelite ritual and military contexts, directly equivalent to Greek σάλπιγξ (sálpinx, G4536) when LXX translators rendered Hebrew trumpet references into Greek.
חֲצֹצְרָה chătsôtsᵉrâh · H2689 · trumpet: Hebrew חֲצֹצְרָה (chătsôtsᵉrâh, H2689) and Greek σάλπιγξ (sálpinx, G4536) both denote the trumpet as a signaling instrument, used in military, liturgical, and eschatological contexts throughout Scripture.

Semantic domains 2 entries

Trumpet6.89: The noun names the literal musical instrument. Paul asks rhetorically, “For if the trumpet produces an indistinct sound, who will prepare himself for battle?” (1 Corinthians 14:8).
Trumpet blast, trumpet sound6.93: The same noun can also denote the sound the instrument produces rather than the instrument itself. Jesus foretells His return: “He will send forth His angels with A GREAT TRUMPET BLAST” (Matthew 24:31).

Word family 3 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

σάλπιγξsálpinx · G4536σαλπίζω salpízō · G4537 · to play the trumpet, to sound a trumpet, a trumpet sounds · 12×σαλπιστής salpistḗs · G4538 · trumpeter · 1×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon σάλπιγγος, ἡ, a trumpet: Mt 24:31 (cf. Buttmann, 161 (141); 343 (295)); 1 Cor 14:8; Heb…

σάλπιγγος, ἡ, a trumpet: Mt 24:31 (cf. Buttmann, 161 (141); 343 (295)); 1 Cor 14:8; Heb 12:19; Rev 1:10; Rev 4:1; Rev 8:2, Rev 8:6, Rev 8:13; Rev 9:14; ἐν σάλπιγγι Θεοῦ, a trumpet which sounds at God's command (Winer's Grammar, § 36, 3 b.), 1 Thess 4:16; ἐν τῇ ἐσχάτῃ σάλπιγγι, the trumpet which will sound at the last day, 1 Cor 15:52 (4 (2) Esdr. 2 Esdras 6:23>; see commentaries on 1 Thessalonians as above). (From Homer down; the Sept. for שׁופָר and חֲצֹצְרָה.)

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Musical Instruments11 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0