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trumpet

Definition

The term "trumpet" refers to an instrument for producing music or for calling people to gather together for an announcement or meeting.

  • A trumpet was commonly made of either metal, sea shell, or an animal horn.
  • Trumpets were most commonly blown to call people to come together for battle, and for Israel's public assemblies.
  • The book of Revelation describes a scene in the end times in which angels blow their trumpets to signal the outpouring of the wrath of God on the earth.