Hebrew noun (masculine) · H7782
שׁוֹפָר
shopharsho-far'
trumpet
72 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: shôwphâr
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H7782is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 21 of 39Old Testament books
- 42spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H7782
a cornet (as giving a clear sound) or curved horn
The King James renders it: cornet, 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
shophar is rendered "trumpet". It stands 72 times in the Hebrew text, across twenty-one books.
- Fourteen of the uses stand in Joshua, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Exodus 19:16On the third day, when morning came, there was thunder and lightning. A thick cloud was upon the mountain, and a very loud blast of the ram’s horn went out, so that all the people in the camp trembled.
- The Greek text spells it forty-two different ways.
The first use
On the third day, when morning came, there was thunder and lightning. A thick cloud was upon the mountain, and a very loud blast of the ram’s horn went out, so that all the people in the camp trembled.
Exodus 19:16שֹׁפָ֖ר
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
The word stands in twenty-one of the 39 Old Testament books.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- a trumpet11
- on the trumpets10
- a ram's horn9
- on the trumpet9
- on the ram's horn6
- the ram's horn5
- a horn4
- the trumpet4
- trumpets of3
- the trumpets2
- a ram's horn of1
- and with ram's horns1
and 7 more, 72 uses in all
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.
The words it stands beside
All 72, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
42 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
- בַּשּׁוֹפָ֔ר7
- שׁוֹפָ֖ר6
- הַשּׁוֹפָ֔ר4
- שׁוֹפָ֑ר4
- שׁוֹפָֽר׃4
- בַּשּׁוֹפָ֖ר3
- בַּשּׁוֹפָרֽוֹת׃3
- שׁוֹפָר֙3
- בַּשּׁוֹפָר֑וֹת2
- הַשֹּׁפָ֔ר2
- שׁוֹפָ֔ר2
- שׁוֹפְר֤וֹת2
and 30 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- noun · masculine singular25HNcmsa
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular16HRd/Ncmsa
- preposition with the article + noun · feminine plural10HRd/Ncfpa
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular9HTd/Ncmsa
- noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)4HNcfpc
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine plural3HTd/Ncfpa
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine plural1HC/R/Ncfpa
- noun · feminine plural1HNcfpa
- noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1HNcfpc/Sp3mp
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HNcmsc
- preposition + noun · masculine singular1HR/Ncmsa
Exodus
three uses
On the third day, when morning came, there was thunder and lightning. A thick cloud was upon the mountain, and a very loud blast of the ram’s horn went out, so that all the people in the camp trembled.
- שֹׁפָ֖רshofarnoun · masculine singulartagged: a ram's horn
And as the sound of the ram’s horn grew louder and louder, Moses spoke and God answered him in the thunder.
- הַשּׁוֹפָ֔רhashofarthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the ram's horn
When all the people witnessed the thunder and lightning, the sounding of the ram’s horn, and the mountain enveloped in smoke, they trembled and stood at a distance.
- הַשֹּׁפָ֔רhashofarthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the ram's horn
Leviticus
two uses
Then you are to sound the horn far and wide on the tenth day of the seventh month, the Day of Atonement. You shall sound it throughout your land.
- שׁוֹפַ֤רshofarnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a ram's horn of
- שׁוֹפָ֖רshofarnoun · masculine singulartagged: a ram's horn
Joshua
fourteen uses
Have seven priests carry seven rams’ horns in front of the ark. Then on the seventh day, march around the city seven times, while the priests blow the horns.
- שׁוֹפְר֤וֹתshofrotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: the trumpets of
- בַּשּׁוֹפָרֽוֹת׃bashofarotpreposition with the article + noun · feminine pluraltagged: on the trumpets
And when there is a long blast of the ram’s horn and you hear its sound, have all the people give a mighty shout. Then the wall of the city will collapse and all your people will charge straight into the city.”
- הַשּׁוֹפָ֔רhashofarthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the trumpet
So Joshua son of Nun summoned the priests and said, “Take up the ark of the covenant and have seven priests carry seven rams’ horns in front of the ark of the LORD.”
- שֽׁוֹפְרוֹת֙shofrotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: trumpets of
After Joshua had spoken to the people, seven priests carrying seven rams’ horns before the LORD advanced and blew the horns, and the ark of the covenant of the LORD followed them.
- שׁוֹפְר֤וֹתshofrotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: trumpets of
- בַּשּֽׁוֹפָר֑וֹתbashofarotpreposition with the article + noun · feminine pluraltagged: on the trumpets
While the horns continued to sound, the armed troops marched ahead of the priests who blew the horns, and the rear guard followed the ark.
- הַשּֽׁוֹפָר֑וֹתhashofarotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: of the trumpets
- בַּשּׁוֹפָרֽוֹת׃bashofarotpreposition with the article + noun · feminine pluraltagged: on the trumpets
And the seven priests carrying seven rams’ horns kept marching ahead of the ark of the LORD and blowing the horns. The armed troops went in front of them and the rear guard followed the ark of the LORD, while the horns kept sounding.
- שׁוֹפְר֜וֹתshofrotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: trumpets of
- בַּשּׁוֹפָר֑וֹתbashofarotpreposition with the article + noun · feminine pluraltagged: on the trumpets
- בַּשּׁוֹפָרֽוֹת׃bashofarotpreposition with the article + noun · feminine pluraltagged: on the trumpets
After the seventh time around, the priests blew the horns, and Joshua commanded the people, “Shout! For the LORD has given you the city!
- בַּשּׁוֹפָר֑וֹתbashofarotpreposition with the article + noun · feminine pluraltagged: on the trumpets
So when the rams’ horns sounded, the people shouted. When they heard the blast of the horn, the people gave a great shout, and the wall collapsed. Then all the people charged straight into the city and captured it.
- בַּשֹּֽׁפָר֑וֹתbashofarotpreposition with the article + noun · feminine pluraltagged: on the trumpets
- הַשּׁוֹפָ֗רhashofarthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the trumpet
Judges
ten uses
On arriving in Seirah, he blew the ram’s horn throughout the hill country of Ephraim. The Israelites came down with him from the hills, and he became their leader.
- בַּשּׁוֹפָ֖רbashofarpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: on the ram's horn
So the Spirit of the LORD came upon Gideon, who blew the ram’s horn and rallied the Abiezrites behind him.
- בַּשּׁוֹפָ֔רbashofarpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: on the ram's horn
So Gideon sent the rest of the Israelites to their tents but kept the three hundred men, who took charge of the provisions and rams’ horns of the others. And the camp of Midian lay below him in the valley.
- שׁוֹפְרֹֽתֵיהֶ֗םshofroteihemnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: trumpets their
And he divided the three hundred men into three companies and gave each man a ram’s horn in one hand and a large jar in the other, containing a torch.
- שׁוֹפָר֤וֹתshofarotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: trumpets
When I and all who are with me blow our horns, then you are also to blow your horns from all around the camp and shout, ‘For the LORD and for Gideon!’”
- בַּשּׁוֹפָ֔רbashofarpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: on the trumpet
- בַּשּׁוֹפָר֜וֹתbashofarotpreposition with the article + noun · feminine pluraltagged: on the trumpets
Gideon and the hundred men with him reached the outskirts of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch, just after the changing of the guard. They blew their horns and broke the jars that were in their hands.
- בַּשּׁ֣וֹפָר֔וֹתbashofarotpreposition with the article + noun · feminine pluraltagged: on the trumpets
The three companies blew their horns and shattered their jars. Holding the torches in their left hands and the horns in their right hands, they shouted, “A sword for the LORD and for Gideon!”
- בַּשּֽׁוֹפָרוֹת֮bashofarotpreposition with the article + noun · feminine pluraltagged: on the trumpets
- הַשּׁוֹפָר֖וֹתhashofarotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the trumpets
And when the three hundred rams’ horns sounded, the LORD set all the men in the camp against one another with their swords. The army fled to Beth-shittah toward Zererah as far as the border of Abel-meholah near Tabbath.
- הַשּׁוֹפָרוֹת֒hashofarotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the trumpets
1 Samuel
one use
Then Jonathan attacked the Philistine outpost at Geba, and the Philistines heard about it. So Saul blew the ram’s horn throughout the land, saying, “Let the Hebrews hear!”
- בַּשּׁוֹפָ֤רbashofarpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: on the trumpet
2 Samuel
six uses
So Joab blew the ram’s horn, and all the troops stopped; they no longer pursued Israel or continued to fight.
- בַּשּׁוֹפָ֔רbashofarpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: on the trumpet
while he and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the LORD with shouting and the sounding of the ram’s horn.
- שׁוֹפָֽר׃shofarnoun · masculine singulartagged: a trumpet
Then Absalom sent spies throughout the tribes of Israel with this message: “When you hear the sound of the horn, you are to say, ‘Absalom reigns in Hebron!’”
- הַשֹּׁפָ֔רhashofarthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the ram's horn
Then Joab blew the ram’s horn, and the troops broke off their pursuit of Israel because Joab had restrained them.
- בַּשֹּׁפָ֔רbashofarpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: on the trumpet
Now a worthless man named Sheba son of Bichri, a Benjamite, happened to be there, and he blew the ram’s horn and shouted: “We have no share in David, no inheritance in Jesse’s son. Every man to his tent, O Israel!”
- בַּשֹּׁפָ֗רbashofarpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: on the trumpet
Then the woman went to all the people with her wise counsel, and they cut off the head of Sheba son of Bichri and threw it to Joab. So he blew the ram’s horn and his men dispersed from the city, each to his own home. And Joab returned to the king in Jerusalem.
- בַּשּׁוֹפָ֔רbashofarpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: on the trumpet
1 Kings
three uses
There Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet are to anoint him king over Israel. You are to blow the ram’s horn and declare, ‘Long live King Solomon!’
- בַּשּׁוֹפָ֔רbashofarpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: on the ram's horn
Zadok the priest took the horn of oil from the tabernacle and anointed Solomon. Then they blew the ram’s horn, and all the people proclaimed, “Long live King Solomon!”
- בַּשּׁוֹפָ֔רbashofarpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: on the ram's horn
Now Adonijah and all his guests were finishing their feast when they heard the sound of the ram’s horn. “Why is the city in such a loud uproar?” asked Joab.
- הַשּׁוֹפָ֔רhashofarthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the ram's horn
2 Kings
one use
Quickly, each man took his garment and put it under Jehu on the bare steps. Then they blew the ram’s horn and proclaimed, “Jehu is king!”
- בַּשּׁוֹפָ֔רbashofarpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: on the trumpet
1 Chronicles
one use
So all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouting, with the sounding of rams’ horns and trumpets, and with cymbals and the music of harps and lyres.
- שׁוֹפָ֔רshofarnoun · masculine singulartagged: a ram's horn
2 Chronicles
one use
They took an oath to the LORD with a loud voice, with shouting, trumpets, and rams’ horns.
- וּבְשׁוֹפָרֽוֹת׃uveshofarotconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine pluraltagged: and with ram's horns
Nehemiah
two uses
And each of the builders worked with his sword strapped at his side. But the trumpeter stayed beside me.
- בַּשּׁוֹפָ֖רbashofarpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: on the ram's horn
Wherever you hear the sound of the horn, rally to us there. Our God will fight for us!”
- הַשּׁוֹפָ֔רhashofarthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the ram's horn
Job
two uses
Trembling with excitement, he devours the distance; he cannot stand still when the ram’s horn sounds.
- שׁוֹפָֽר׃shofarnoun · masculine singulartagged: a horn
At the blast of the horn, he snorts with fervor. He catches the scent of battle from afar— the shouts of captains and the cry of war.
- שֹׁפָ֨ר׀shofarnoun · masculine singulartagged: a horn
Psalms
four uses
God has ascended amid shouts of joy, the LORD with the sound of the horn.
- שׁוֹפָֽר׃shofarnoun · masculine singulartagged: a ram's horn
Sound the ram’s horn at the New Moon, and at the full moon on the day of our Feast.
- שׁוֹפָ֑רshofarnoun · masculine singulartagged: a ram's horn
With trumpets and the blast of the ram’s horn shout for joy before the LORD, the King.
- שׁוֹפָ֑רshofarnoun · masculine singulartagged: a ram's horn
Praise Him with the sound of the horn; praise Him with the harp and lyre.
- שׁוֹפָ֑רshofarnoun · masculine singulartagged: a ram's horn
Isaiah
three uses
All you people of the world and dwellers of the earth, when a banner is raised on the mountains, you will see it; when a ram’s horn sounds, you will hear it.
- שׁוֹפָ֖רshofarnoun · masculine singulartagged: a trumpet
And in that day a great ram’s horn will sound, and those who were perishing in Assyria will come forth with those who were exiles in Egypt. And they will worship the LORD on the holy mountain in Jerusalem.
- בְּשׁוֹפָ֣רbeshofarpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: on a trumpet
“Cry aloud, do not hold back! Raise your voice like a ram’s horn. Declare to My people their transgression and to the house of Jacob their sins.
- כַּשּׁוֹפָ֖רkashofarpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: like the trumpet
Jeremiah
seven uses
Announce in Judah, proclaim in Jerusalem, and say: “Blow the ram’s horn throughout the land. Cry aloud and say, ‘Assemble yourselves and let us flee to the fortified cities.’
- שׁוֹפָ֖רshofarnoun · masculine singulartagged: a trumpet
My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain! Oh, the pain in my chest! My heart pounds within me; I cannot be silent. For I have heard the sound of the horn, the alarm of battle.
- שׁוֹפָר֙shofarnoun · masculine singulartagged: a trumpet
How long must I see the signal flag and hear the sound of the horn?
- שׁוֹפָֽר׃ סshofarnoun · masculine singulartagged: a trumpet
“Run for cover, O sons of Benjamin; flee from Jerusalem! Sound the ram’s horn in Tekoa; send up a signal over Beth-haccherem, for disaster looms from the north, even great destruction.
- שׁוֹפָ֔רshofarnoun · masculine singulartagged: a trumpet
I appointed watchmen over you and said, ‘Listen for the sound of the ram’s horn.’ But they answered, ‘We will not listen!’
- שׁוֹפָ֑רshofarnoun · masculine singulartagged: a trumpet
and if you say, ‘No, but we will go to the land of Egypt and live there, where we will not see war or hear the sound of the ram’s horn or hunger for bread,’
- שׁוֹפָ֖רshofarnoun · masculine singulartagged: a trumpet
“Raise a banner in the land! Blow the ram’s horn among the nations! Prepare the nations against her. Summon the kingdoms against her—Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. Appoint a captain against her; bring up horses like swarming locusts.
- שׁוֹפָ֤רshofarnoun · masculine singulartagged: a trumpet
Ezekiel
four uses
and he sees the sword coming against that land and blows the ram’s horn to warn the people.
- בַּשּׁוֹפָ֖רbashofarpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: on the trumpet
Then if anyone hears the sound of the horn but fails to heed the warning, and the sword comes and takes him away, his blood will be on his own head.
- הַשּׁוֹפָר֙hashofarthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the trumpet
Since he heard the sound of the horn but failed to heed the warning, his blood will be on his own head. If he had heeded the warning, he would have saved his life.
- הַשּׁוֹפָ֤רhashofarthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the trumpet
But if the watchman sees the sword coming and fails to blow the horn to warn the people, and the sword comes and takes away a life, then that one will be taken away in his iniquity, but I will hold the watchman accountable for his blood.’
- בַּשּׁוֹפָר֙bashofarpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: on the trumpet
Hosea
two uses
Blow the ram’s horn in Gibeah, the trumpet in Ramah; raise the battle cry in Beth-aven: Lead on, O Benjamin!
- שׁוֹפָר֙shofarnoun · masculine singulartagged: a horn
Put the ram’s horn to your lips! An eagle looms over the house of the LORD, because the people have transgressed My covenant and rebelled against My law.
- שֹׁפָ֔רshofarnoun · masculine singulartagged: a horn
Joel
two uses
Blow the ram’s horn in Zion; sound the alarm on My holy mountain! Let all who dwell in the land tremble, for the Day of the LORD is coming; indeed, it is near—
- שׁוֹפָ֜רshofarnoun · masculine singulartagged: a ram's horn
Blow the ram’s horn in Zion, consecrate a fast, proclaim a sacred assembly.
- שׁוֹפָ֖רshofarnoun · masculine singulartagged: a ram's horn
Amos
two uses
So I will send fire against Moab to consume the citadels of Kerioth. Moab will die in tumult, amid war cries and the sound of the ram’s horn.
- שׁוֹפָֽר׃shofarnoun · masculine singulartagged: a trumpet
If a ram’s horn sounds in a city, do the people not tremble? If calamity comes to a city, has not the LORD caused it?
- שׁוֹפָר֙shofarnoun · masculine singulartagged: a trumpet
Zephaniah
one use
a day of horn blast and battle cry against the fortified cities, and against the high corner towers.
- שׁוֹפָ֖רshofarnoun · masculine singulartagged: trumpet
Zechariah
one use
Then the LORD will appear over them, and His arrow will go forth like lightning. The Lord GOD will sound the ram’s horn and advance in the whirlwinds of the south.
- בַּשּׁוֹפָ֣רbashofarpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: on the ram's horn
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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 words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
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.
