The corpus record

σαλπίζω

salpizo

sound the trumpet

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Where it lives

Joel 2 · 12.99/10k
Revelation 10 · 10.11/10k
Judices (cod. Al.) 8 · 5.47/10k
Machabaeorum I 8 · 4.59/10k
Numeri 10 · 4.33/10k
Josue (cod. Vat.) 5 · 3.76/10k
Paralipomenon II 6 · 3.05/10k
Osee 1 · 2.65/10k
Regnorum II 4 · 2.47/10k
Esdras I 2 · 2.43/10k
Psalmi Salomonis 1 · 2.1/10k
Zacharias 1 · 2.07/10k

Densest 12 of 27 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant — LSJ

sound the trumpet, trumpeted, the trumpet sounded

sound the trumpet, σάλπιγξι ῥυθμοὺς σ. X. An. 7.3.32: c. acc. cogn., σ. πολέμου κτύπον Batr. 200; σ. ἀνακλητικόν AP 11.136 (Lucill.); λιγὺν ἦχον Hedyl. ap. Ath. 11.497d; τὸ . . δείπνου σημεῖον Ath. 4.130b: abs., ὅταν ποιῇς ἐλεημοσύνην, μὴ σαλπίσῃς ἔμπροσθέν σου Ev.Matt. 6.2: metaph., ἀμφὶ δὲ σάλπιγξεν μέγας οὐρανός heaven trumpeted around, Il. 21.388: impers., ἐπεὶ ἐσάλπιγξε (sc. ὁ σαλπιγκτής) when the trumpet sounded, X. An. 1.2.17, cf. 1 Ep.Cor. 15.52.

2 proclaim, announce

c. acc., ἡμέραν σ. proclaim, announce day, of the cock, Luc. Ocyp. 114.

In the wild

σαλπίζει · salpizei Epictetus, Discourses 3.15 (DIORISIS sentence 4557)
σαλπίζει · salpizei Epictetus, Enchiridion 29 (DIORISIS sentence 197)
σάλπιγξεν · salpinxen Iliad 21.388
σαλπίσει · salpisei New Testament, 1 Corinthians 15.52 (DIORISIS sentence 506)
σαλπίσῃς · salpisēis New Testament, Matthew 6.2 (DIORISIS sentence 146)
σαλπίζειν · salpizein New Testament, Revelation 10.7 (DIORISIS sentence 185)

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Where it came from

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