Greek verb · G4537
σαλπίζω
salpizosal-pid'-zo
to sound a trumpet
12 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: salpízō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G4537is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 27New Testament books
- 6spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G4537
to trumpet, i.e. sound a blast (literally or figuratively)
The King James renders it: (which are yet to) sound (a trumpet).
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
salpizo is rendered "to sound a trumpet". It stands 12 times in the Greek text, across three books.
- Ten of the uses stand in Revelation, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 6:2So when you give to the needy, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by men. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward.
- The Greek text spells it six different ways.
The first use
So when you give to the needy, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by men. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward.
Matthew 6:2σαλπίσῃς
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Ten of the word's twelve uses are in Revelation.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- sounded trumpet7
- may sound a trumpet1
- they may sound the trumpets1
- to sound trumpet1
- to sound trumpets1
- trumpet will sound1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 12, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
6 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἐσάλπισεν7
- σαλπίζειν1
- σαλπίζειν.¶1
- σαλπίσει1
- σαλπίσῃς1
- σαλπίσωσιν.¶1
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singular7V-AAI-3S
- verb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)2V-PAN
- verb · aorist active, subjunctive · 2nd person singular1V-AAS-2S
- verb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person plural1V-AAS-3P
- verb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-FAI-3S
Matthew
one use
So when you give to the needy, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by men. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward.
- σαλπίσῃςsalpisesverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 2nd person singulartagged: may sound a trumpet
1 Corinthians
one use
in an instant, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.
- σαλπίσειsalpiseiverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: trumpet will sound
Revelation
ten uses
And the seven angels with the seven trumpets prepared to sound them.
- σαλπίσωσιν.¶salpisosinverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person pluraltagged: they may sound the trumpets
Then the first angel sounded his trumpet, and hail and fire mixed with blood were hurled down upon the earth. A third of the earth was burned up, along with a third of the trees and all the green grass.
- ἐσάλπισενesalpisenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: sounded trumpet
Then the second angel sounded his trumpet, and something like a great mountain burning with fire was thrown into the sea. A third of the sea turned to blood,
- ἐσάλπισενesalpisenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: sounded trumpet
Then the third angel sounded his trumpet, and a great star burning like a torch fell from heaven and landed on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water.
- ἐσάλπισενesalpisenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: sounded trumpet
Then the fourth angel sounded his trumpet, and a third of the sun and moon and stars were struck. A third of the stars were darkened, a third of the day was without light, and a third of the night as well.
- ἐσάλπισενesalpisenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: sounded trumpet
And as I observed, I heard an eagle flying overhead, calling in a loud voice, “Woe! Woe! Woe to those who dwell on the earth, because of the trumpet blasts about to be sounded by the remaining three angels!”
- σαλπίζειν.¶salpizeinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to sound trumpets
Then the fifth angel sounded his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from heaven to earth, and it was given the key to the pit of the Abyss.
- ἐσάλπισενesalpisenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: sounded trumpet
Then the sixth angel sounded his trumpet, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar before God
- ἐσάλπισενesalpisenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: sounded trumpet
But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he is about to sound his trumpet, the mystery of God will be fulfilled, just as He proclaimed to His servants the prophets.”
- σαλπίζεινsalpizeinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to sound trumpet
Then the seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and loud voices called out in heaven: “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, and He will reign forever and ever.”
- ἐσάλπισενesalpisenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: sounded trumpet
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.