σάλπιγξ

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greekNew TestamentNoun · feminine11 occurrences5 books11 verses

Definition

σάλπιγξ, -ιγγος, ἡ

[in LXX chiefly for שׁוֹפָר, חֲצֹצְרָה ;]

a trumpet, used in war and in religious ceremonies: 1 Corinthians 14:8, Hebrews 12:19, Revelation 1:10; 4:1; 8:2, 6; 8:11; 9:14 By meton., a trumpet blast: μετὰ σ. μεγάλης, Matthew 24:31; ἐν σ. θεοῦ, 1 Thessalonians 4:16; ἐν τ. ἐσχάτῃ σ., 1 Corinthians 15:52.

Hebrew words it translates

The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as σάλπιγξ:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

11 total
  1. Matthew 24:31σάλπιγγος · trumpet call
    And He will send out His angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.
  2. 1 Corinthians 14:8σάλπιγξ · [the] trumpet
    Again, if the trumpet sounds a muffled call, who will prepare for battle?
  3. 1 Corinthians 15:52σάλπιγγι · trumpet
    …in an instant, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.
  4. 1 Thessalonians 4:16σάλπιγγι · [the] trumpet
    For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will be the first to rise.
  5. Hebrews 12:19σάλπιγγος · to a trumpet
    …to a trumpet blast or to a voice that made its hearers beg that no further word be spoken.
  6. Revelation 1:10σάλπιγγος · a trumpet
    On the Lord’s day I was in the Spirit, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet,
  7. Revelation 4:1σάλπιγγος · a trumpet
    After this I looked and saw a door standing open in heaven. And the voice I had previously heard speak to me like a trumpet was saying, “Come up here, and I will show you what must happen after these things.”
  8. Revelation 8:2σάλπιγγες · trumpets
    And I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and they were given seven trumpets.
  9. Revelation 8:6σάλπιγγας · trumpets
    And the seven angels with the seven trumpets prepared to sound them.
  10. Revelation 8:13σάλπιγγος · trumpet
    And as I observed, I heard an eagle flying overhead, calling in a loud voice, “Woe! Woe! Woe to those who dwell on the earth, because of the trumpet blasts about to be sounded by the remaining three angels!”
  11. Revelation 9:14σάλπιγγα · trumpet
    …saying to the sixth angel with the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.”