How many times is trumpet mentioned in the Bible?
The word trumpet appears 60 times in the King James Version, in 59 verses. Counting every form (trumpet, trumpets), it appears 111 times in 101 verses across 27 of the 66 books. The World English Bible uses trumpet 62 times (114 with every form).
Trumpet in the King James Version and the World English Bible
Each form of trumpet counted in each translation.
| Form | KJV | WEB |
|---|---|---|
| trumpet | 60 | 62 |
| trumpets | 51 | 52 |
| Total | 111 | 114 |
Which books mention trumpet most
Trumpet appears in 27 books of the 66 in the King James Version. Joshua has the most (14), then 2 Chronicles (11) and Judges (10).
Also in: Isaiah (3), Job (2), Hosea (2), Joel (2), Amos (2), Matthew (2), 1 Corinthians (2), 1 Samuel (1), Ezra (1), Zephaniah (1), Zechariah (1), Hebrews (1).
First and last mention of trumpet
There shall not an hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast or man, it shall not live: when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount.
Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.
The verse that uses it most is Joshua 6:13, 3 times:
And seven priests bearing seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark of the LORD went on continually, and blew with the trumpets: and the armed men went before them; but the rereward came after the ark of the LORD, the priests going on, and blowing with the trumpets.
Where the two translations differ
1 verse matches in the KJV but not in the World English Bible, and 2 verses match only in the World English Bible, usually because the other translation chose a different word there.
Numbers 10:4: counted in the KJV only
And if they blow but with one trumpet, then the princes, which are heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves unto thee.
If they blow just one, then the princes, the heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves to you.
Jeremiah 4:19: counted in the World English Bible only
My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trump, the alarm of war.
My anguish, my anguish! I am pained at my very heart! My heart trembles within me. I can’t hold my peace, because you have heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.
1 Thessalonians 4:16: counted in the World English Bible only
For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with God’s trumpet. The dead in Christ will rise first,
Verses with trumpet on our topic pages
4 verses that use trumpet in the World English Bible are in our topic collections.
in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we will be changed.
On: Death, Resurrection, What Does the Bible Say About Cremation? 25 Verses, What Does the Bible Say About Reincarnation? 26 Verses
For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with God’s trumpet. The dead in Christ will rise first,
On: Resurrection, What Does the Bible Say About Cremation? 25 Verses, What Does the Bible Say About Reincarnation? 26 Verses, What Does the Bible Say About the Rapture? 24 Verses
Therefore when you do merciful deeds, don’t sound a trumpet before yourself, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may get glory from men. Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward.
He will send out his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together his chosen ones from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other.
Common questions
How many times is trumpet in the Old Testament and the New Testament?
In the King James Version, counting every form, 100 of the 111 uses are in the Old Testament and 11 in the New Testament. Trumpet appears in 27 books of the 66 in the King James Version. Joshua has the most (14), then 2 Chronicles (11) and Judges (10).
Where is trumpet first mentioned in the Bible?
The first use in the King James Version is Exodus 19:13: "There shall not an hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast or man, it shall not live: when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount." The last is Revelation 9:14.
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Counted by Bible Says About from the full public-domain text of the King James Version (1769 edition) and the World English Bible. Verse text only: headings and psalm titles are left out. A word is a run of letters: a hyphenated name like Beer-sheba counts as two, and an apostrophe stays inside its word (LORD'S is one). Matching ignores capital letters. Data compiled 2026-10-22.