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σαλπιστής
salpistēs
G4538
G:N-M Greek

trumpeter

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Salpistes denotes members of the group whose sound is said to cease in the city.

The attested use places the term among groups whose sound will no longer be heard in the addressed city.

Senses in use

  1. A group whose sound is no longer heard · dominant

    In Revelation 18:22, the genitive plural form occurs in the phrase about the voice of several kinds of performers no longer being heard in the addressed city; the APB renders the clause, "And voice of harpists and musicians and flute players and trumpeters may not be heard in you still."

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Revelation 18:22, the APB includes the term in a list of performers as "trumpeters,".

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