noun · masculine
salpistos
Greekσαλπιστής (salpistēs)
Strong’sG4538
a trumpeter
stem salpist-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
* σαλπιστής
(so Inscr. and late writers for Att. σαλπιγκτής), -οῦ, ὁ,
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4538 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidsal-pis-tace'
a trumpeter
Fromfrom G4537;
King Jamestrumpeter.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | salpistos | salpistois |
| object accusative | salpiston | salpistoin |
| direct address vocative | salpistor | salpistoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | salpistou | salpistoiu1×σαλπιστῶν |
| to, for dative | salpisto | salpistoi |
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
salpisto 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
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
salpistoiu“trumpeters”of, belonging togenitive plural1×
Revelation 18:22“trumpeters”kai fōnas kitharōdoiu kai mousikoiu kai aulētoiu kai salpistoiu ouk mē akouiteia en si ēti, kai pantos technitos pantau technau ouk mē heuriskiteia en si ēti, kai fōnas mulou ouk mē akouiteia en si ēti,And the sound of harpists and musicians, of flute players and trumpeters, will never ring out in you again. Nor will any craftsmen of any trade be found in you again, nor the sound of a millstone be heard in you again.