σάλπιγξ
salpigx
trumpet
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Greek word σάλπιγξ (salpigx) is a noun that translates as "trumpet". This instrument was likely made of a metal sheath wrapped around a hollow reed, producing a loud and authoritative sound that could be heard over great distances. Throughout the 11 biblical occurrences of σάλπιγξ, it is used to describe various aspects of life in ancient Israel. In many cases, it is used in a military or ceremonial context, signifying announcements, calls to battle, or celebrations for significant events. The trumpet was also an instrument used in worship and to signal the start of important events.
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Occurrences in Scripture
11 total occurrences across the text
He will send out his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together his chosen ones from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other.
1 Corinthians 14:8For if the trumpet gave an uncertain sound, who would prepare himself for war?
1 Corinthians 15:52in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we will be changed.
1 Thessalonians 4:16For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with God’s trumpet. The dead in Christ will rise first,
Hebrews 12:19the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which those who heard it begged that not one more word should be spoken to them,
Revelation 1:10I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice, like a trumpet
Revelation 4:1After these things I looked and saw a door opened in heaven, and the first voice that I heard, like a trumpet speaking with me, was one saying, “Come up here, and I will show you the things which must happen after this.”
Revelation 8:2I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them.
Revelation 8:6The seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.
Revelation 8:13I saw, and I heard an eagle, flying in mid heaven, saying with a loud voice, “Woe! Woe! Woe for those who dwell on the earth, because of the other voices of the trumpets of the three angels, who are yet to sound!”
Revelation 9:14saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Free the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates!”