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σάλπιγξ

Third declension Noun; Transliteration:

Principal Part: σάλπιγξ σάλπιγγος

Structure: σαλπιγγ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: from salpi/zw

Sense

  1. a war-trumpet, trump
  2. a trumpet-call

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • καὶ ἐν ταῖσ ἡμέραισ τῆσ εὐφροσύνησ ὑμῶν καὶ ἐν ταῖσ ἑορταῖσ ὑμῶν καὶ ἐν ταῖσ νουμηνίαισ ὑμῶν σαλπιεῖτε ταῖσ σάλπιγξιν ἐπὶ τοῖσ ὁλοκαυτώμασι καὶ ἐπὶ ταῖσ θυσίαισ τῶν σωτηρίων ὑμῶν, καὶ ἔσται ὑμῖν ἀνάμνησισ ἔναντι τοῦ Θεοῦ ὑμῶν. ἐγὼ Κύριοσ ὁ Θεὸσ ὑμῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 10:10)
  • καὶ ἐσάλπισαν ταῖσ σάλπιγξιν οἱ ἱερεῖσ. ὡσ δὲ ἤκουσεν ὁ λαὸσ τῶν σαλπίγγων, ἠλάλαξε πᾶσ ὁ λαὸσ ἅμα ἀλαλαγμῷ μεγάλῳ καὶ ἰσχυρῷ καὶ ἔπεσεν ἅπαν τὸ τεῖχοσ κύκλῳ, καὶ ἀνέβη πᾶσ ὁ λαὸσ εἰσ τὴν πόλιν. (Septuagint, Liber Iosue 6:20)
  • καὶ Σοβνία καὶ Ἰωσαφὰτ καὶ Ναθαναὴλ καὶ Ἀμασαί̈ καὶ Ζαχαρία καὶ Βαναί̈ καὶ Ἐλιέζερ οἱ ἱερεῖσ σαλπίζοντεσ ταῖσ σάλπιγξιν ἔμπροσθεν τῆσ κιβωτοῦ τοῦ Θεοῦ. καὶ Ἀβδεδὸμ καὶ Ἰεί̈α πυλωροὶ τῆσ κιβωτοῦ τοῦ Θεοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber I Paralipomenon 15:24)
  • καὶ οἱ ἱερεῖσ ἐπὶ τὰσ φυλακὰσ αὐτῶν ἑστηκότεσ, καὶ οἱ Λευῖται ἐν ὀργάνοισ ᾠδῶν Κυρίου τοῦ Δαυὶδ τοῦ βασιλέωσ τοῦ ἐξομολογεῖσθαι ἔναντι Κυρίου, ὅτι εἰσ τὸν αἰῶνα τὸ ἔλεοσ αὐτοῦ, ἐν ὕμνοισ Δαυὶδ διὰ χειρὸσ αὐτῶν, καὶ οἱ ἱερεῖσ σαλπίζοντεσ ταῖσ σάλπιγξιν ἐναντίον αὐτῶν, καὶ πᾶσ Ἰσραὴλ ἑστηκώσ. (Septuagint, Liber II Paralipomenon 7:6)
  • καὶ εἰσῆλθον εἰσ Ἱερουσαλὴμ ἐν νάβλαισ καὶ κινύραισ καὶ ἐν σάλπιγξιν εἰσ οἶκον Κυρίου. (Septuagint, Liber II Paralipomenon 20:28)

Synonyms

  1. a trumpet-call

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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