שֹׁפָר shophar

Hebrew word for “trumpet” · Strong’s H7782 · used 72 times in 63 verses

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Meaning

horn, ram's horn

How it is translated

Glosses given for shophar in context, with how often each is used:

• trumpet 26
• ram's horn 21
• trumpets 19
• horn 4
• ram's horns 1
• like trumpet 1

Where it is used

Also in 9 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Joshua 6 (8), Judges 7 (6), Ezekiel 33 (4), 1 Kings 1 (3), Jeremiah 4 (3), Exodus 19 (2), 2 Samuel 20 (2), Nehemiah 4 (2), Job 39 (2), Jeremiah 6 (2)

Forms

• שׁופר 23
• בשׁופר 14
• בשׁופרות 9
• השׁופר 7
• שׁופרות 5
• שׁפר 3
• השׁופרות 3
• השׁפר 2
• בשׁפר 2
• בשׁפרות 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with shophar more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• תָּקַע taqa “to blow” 34
• קוֹל qol “voice” 22
• תְּרוּעָה teruah “shout” 11
• שָׁמַע shama “to hear” 15
• רוּעַ rua “to shout” 6
• אֲרוֹן aron “ark” 7
• יוֹבֵל yovel “jubilee/horn” 5
• כֹּהֵן kohen “priest” 8
• זָהַר zahar “to warn” 4
• חֲצֹצְרָה chatsotserah “trumpet” 4
• גִּדְעוֹן gidon “Gideon” 4
• עִיר ir “city” 8

Key verses

The verses using shophar that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Exodus 19:16 — And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet…
• Joshua 6:4 — And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams’ horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall…
• 2 Samuel 20:1 — And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no part in…
• Isaiah 27:13 — And it shall come to pass in that day, that the great trumpet shall be blown, and they shall come which were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and the…
• Isaiah 58:1 — Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.
• Jeremiah 4:19 — My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the…
• Jeremiah 6:1 — O ye children of Benjamin, gather yourselves to flee out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a sign of fire in Beth-haccerem:…
• Jeremiah 51:27 — Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni,…
• Hosea 8:1 — Set the trumpet to thy mouth. He shall come as an eagle against the house of the LORD, because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my…
• Joel 2:1 — Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the LORD cometh, for it is…
• Amos 3:6 — Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the LORD hath not done it?
• Zechariah 9:14 — And the LORD shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning: and the Lord GOD shall blow the trumpet, and shall go with whirlwinds of…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.