noun · feminine
salpingas
Strong’sG4536
a trumpet
stem salping-11 times in the New Testamentin 5 of 27 books6 of 10 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
σάλπιγξ, -ιγγος, ἡ
[in LXX chiefly for שׁוֹפָר, חֲצֹצְרָה;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4536 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidsal'-pinx
a trumpet
Fromperhaps from G4535 (through the idea of quavering or reverberation);
King Jamestrump(-et).
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
war-trumpet, ὅτε τ᾽ ἴαχε σάλπιγξ Refs 8th c.BC+; ὑπαὶ σάλπιγγος by sound of trumpet, Refs 5th c.BC+; also ἀπὸ σ. Refs 5th c.BC+
2 metaphorically, Πιερικὰ σ., of Pindar, Refs; οὐρανίη σ. thunder, Refs 3rd c.AD+
II ={σάλπισμα}, cited in Refs 4th c.BC+
III σ. θαλασσία, ={στρόμβος}Refs 7th c.BC+; compare σάλπη.
IV name of a bird, Refs 5th c.AD+
V a kind of comet, Refs 2nd c.AD+
VI epithet of Athena at Argos, Refs 3rd c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | salpingas1×σάλπιγξ | salpingais1×σάλπιγγες |
| object accusative | salpingan1×σάλπιγγα | salpingain1×σάλπιγγας |
| direct address vocative | salpingar | salpingair |
| of, belonging to genitive | salpingau5×σάλπιγγος | salpingaiu |
| to, for dative | salpinga2×σάλπιγγι | salpingai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
salpinga is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
11 occurrences, every one of them listed
salpingas“bugle”subjectnominative singular1×
1 Corinthians 14:8“bugle”kai gar ean adēlan fōnan salpingas dōateia, tinos paraskeuazeti eis polemon?Again, if the trumpet sounds a muffled call, who will prepare for battle?
salpingan“trumpet”objectaccusative singular1×
Revelation 9:14… to hekto angelo, tos echarōntos tan salpingan; Luasar toin tessares angeloin toin dorēntoin …… to the sixth angel with the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are …
salpingau“trumpet”of, belonging togenitive singular5×
Matthew 24:31kai apostelati toin angeloin autou meta salpingau megau, kai episunagali toin eklektoin autou …… out His angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather His …
Hebrews 12:19kai salpingau ēcho kai fōna rēmeiu, hau tois …to a trumpet blast or to a voice that …
Revelation 1:10… akouama opisō mu fōnan megan hōs salpingau… me a loud voice like a trumpet,
Revelation 4:1… fōnas tas prōtas han akouama hōs salpingau lalarōntau meta mu, legarōntos; Anabainasar hōde, …… heard speak to me like a trumpet was saying, “Come up here, and …
Revelation 8:13… gēau ek taiu loipaiu fōnaiu tau salpingau toiu treis angeloiu toiu mellarōntoiu salpizarō.… on the earth, because of the trumpet blasts about to be sounded by …
salpinga“trumpet”to, fordative singular2×
1 Corinthians 15:52… en ripa ofthalmou, en ta eschata salpinga; salpizati gar, kai tois nekrois egerili …… at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be …
1 Thessalonians 4:16… keleusme, en fōna archangelou kai en salpinga theou, katabaineti apo ouranou, kai tois …… of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in …
salpingais“trumpets”subjectnominative plural1×
Revelation 8:2… theou stēalē, kai dōila autoi hepta salpingais.… God, and they were given seven trumpets.
salpingain“trumpets”objectaccusative plural1×
Revelation 8:6… hepta angelois tois echarōntois tain hepta salpingain hetoimazala heautoin hina salpizaleia.… the seven angels with the seven trumpets prepared to sound them.