Know the Word.

Greek word

sálpinx

σάλπιγξ

What it means

a trumpet

Where it comes from

perhaps from sálos (σάλος) (through the idea of quavering or reverberation)

How the King James translates it

  • trumpet6
  • trump2
  • trumpets1

Every place it appears 9

Matthew24:31
1 Corinthians14:815:52
1 Thessalonians4:16
Hebrews12:19
Revelation4:18:68:139:14
sálpinx — Greek word meaning “a trumpet”