Strong G4536σάλπιγξ
trumpet
- Transliteration
- salpigx
- Pronunciation
- sal'-pinx
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
Perhaps from G4535 (through the idea of quavering or reverberation); a trumpet: - trump (-et).
Detailed definition
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)
[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)
In the Bible
Strong G4536 appears in 11 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- trumpet9
- trump2
- the1
First verses
- Matthew 24:31And 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.
- 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.
- Revelation 8:2And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them were given seven trumpets.
- Revelation 8:6And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.
- Revelation 8:13And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound!
- Revelation 9:14Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.
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Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
σάλπ-ιγξ, ιγγος, ἡ,
war-trumpet, ὅτε τ᾽ ἴαχε σάλπιγξ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.219; σ. ἡ ἱερά 2nd c.AD: Artemidorus Daldianus Onirocriticus 1.56, compare 6th c.AD: Lydus, Joannes Laurentius Historicus “de Mensibus” 4.73:—on various σάλπιγγες, see 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 4.85f, Scholia 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” [same place]:— σ. Τυρσηνική 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 568, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1378, “Heracl.” 831)]; ὑπαὶ σάλπιγγος by sound of trumpet, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 711, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 1001)]; also ἀπὸ σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitum magistro” 3.12, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 4.13.1.)]
2 metaphorically, Πιερικὰ σ., of Pindar, [Refs (“Anthologia Graeca” 7.34 (Antip. Sid.))]; οὐρανίη σ. thunder, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd-4th c.AD: Tryphiodorus Epicus 327, 4th-5th c.AD(?): Nonnus Epicus “Dionysiaca” 2.558.)]
II ={σάλπισμα}, cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1408a9.)]
III σ. θαλασσία, ={στρόμβος}[Refs 7th c.BC+ (2, 7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 192)]; compare σάλπη.
IV name of a bird, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus (perhaps ={σαλπιγκτής} 2).)]
V a kind of comet, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Ptolemaeus Mathematicus “Tetrabiblos” 90.)]
VI epithet of Athena at Argos, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Lycophron Tragicus 915,986, 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 2.21.3.)]
war-trumpet, ὅτε τ᾽ ἴαχε σάλπιγξ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.219; σ. ἡ ἱερά 2nd c.AD: Artemidorus Daldianus Onirocriticus 1.56, compare 6th c.AD: Lydus, Joannes Laurentius Historicus “de Mensibus” 4.73:—on various σάλπιγγες, see 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 4.85f, Scholia 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” [same place]:— σ. Τυρσηνική 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 568, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1378, “Heracl.” 831)]; ὑπαὶ σάλπιγγος by sound of trumpet, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 711, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 1001)]; also ἀπὸ σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitum magistro” 3.12, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 4.13.1.)]
2 metaphorically, Πιερικὰ σ., of Pindar, [Refs (“Anthologia Graeca” 7.34 (Antip. Sid.))]; οὐρανίη σ. thunder, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd-4th c.AD: Tryphiodorus Epicus 327, 4th-5th c.AD(?): Nonnus Epicus “Dionysiaca” 2.558.)]
II ={σάλπισμα}, cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1408a9.)]
III σ. θαλασσία, ={στρόμβος}[Refs 7th c.BC+ (2, 7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 192)]; compare σάλπη.
IV name of a bird, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus (perhaps ={σαλπιγκτής} 2).)]
V a kind of comet, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Ptolemaeus Mathematicus “Tetrabiblos” 90.)]
VI epithet of Athena at Argos, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Lycophron Tragicus 915,986, 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 2.21.3.)]