שׁוֹפָר
shôwphâr · sho-far'
a cornet (as giving a clear sound) or curved horn
Lexicon
Derivation: or שֹׁפָר; from H8231 (שָׁפַר) in the original sense of incising;
a cornet (as giving a clear sound) or curved horn
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: cornet, trumpet.
Letters
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › to fasten and establish › to speak, the word › the head, the highest
To consume, to destroy that works to fasten and establish that works to speak, the word of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שׁוֹפָר above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
72 occurrences · 72 OT · 0 NT · 42 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of the trumpet19 · 26%
- the trumpet10 · 14%
- with the trumpets8 · 11%
- a trumpet7 · 10%
- trumpets4 · 6%
- the trumpets4 · 6%
- ye the trumpet2 · 3%
- then shalt thou cause the trumpet1 · 1%
- shall ye make the trumpet1 · 1%
- and their trumpets1 · 1%
- with a trumpet1 · 1%
- ye the trumpets1 · 1%
- and the trumpets1 · 1%
- ye with the trumpet1 · 1%
- with trumpets1 · 1%
- of the cornet1 · 1%
- and with cornets1 · 1%
- of a trumpet1 · 1%
- of cornet1 · 1%
- trumpet1 · 1%
- like a trumpet1 · 1%
- not the trumpet1 · 1%
- ye the cornet1 · 1%
- set the trumpet1 · 1%
- shall a trumpet1 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.