Châtsar — H2690

Definition

verb

to trumpet, i.e. blow on that instrument

1. to sound a trumpet
1. (Piel) players on clarions (participle)
2. (Hiphil) sound with clarions (participle)

Usually translated as

blow, sound, trumpeter

Origin

a primitive root; properly, to surround with a stockade, and thus separate from the open country; but used only in the reduplicated form chătsôtsêr; or (2 Chronicles 5:12) chătsôrêr; as dem. from H2689

• Derived from Chătsôtsᵉrâh (H2689)

Greek equivalents

• salpízō (G4537)

Occurrences

Châtsar occurs 6 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Chronicles (1), 2 Chronicles (5)

• 1 Chronicles 15:24 — And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow (מַחְצְרִים֙) with the trumpets before the ark of God: and Obed-edom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark.
• 2 Chronicles 5:12 — Also the Levites which were the singers, all of them of Asaph, of Heman, of Jeduthun, with their sons and their brethren, being arrayed in white linen, having cymbals and psalteries and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and with them an hundred and twenty priests sounding (מַחְצְרִ֖ים) with trumpets:)
• 2 Chronicles 5:13 — It came even to pass, as the trumpeters (לַמְחַצְּרִ֨ים) and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the LORD; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of musick, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the LORD;
• 2 Chronicles 7:6 — And the priests waited on their offices: the Levites also with instruments of musick of the LORD, which David the king had made to praise the LORD, because his mercy endureth for ever, when David praised by their ministry; and the priests sounded (מַחְצְרִ֣ים) trumpets before them, and all Israel stood.
• 2 Chronicles 13:14 — And when Judah looked back, behold, the battle was before and behind: and they cried unto the LORD, and the priests sounded (מַחְצְרִ֖ים) with the trumpets.
• 2 Chronicles 29:28 — And all the congregation worshipped, and the singers sang, and the trumpeters sounded (מַחְצְרִ֑ים): and all this continued until the burnt offering was finished.