As the last note of the shophar died away, Cohen cried. From Wordnik.com. [The Mark of the Beast] Reference
The shophar gives the signal call to solitude and prayer. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner] Reference
(Heb. shophar), a loud-sounding instrument, made of the horn of. From Wordnik.com. [Smith's Bible Dictionary] Reference
It would seem, then, that the shophar and not the hacocerah was in Biblical times used on the feast of the new moon of Tishri. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner] Reference
In preparation for the great feast, the shophar is sounded morning and evening excepting Sabbaths, throughout the entire preceeding month of Elul. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner] Reference
The shophar was made of horn, as we see from its now and then being called qeren, "horn" (cf. Jos., vi, 5); in fact, in the foregoing passage, it is designated a "ram's horn", qeren yobel. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner] Reference
Heb. shophar, "brightness," with reference to the clearness of its sound (1 Chr. 15: 28; 2 Chr. 15: 14; Ps. 98: 6; Hos. From Wordnik.com. [Easton's Bible Dictionary] Reference
"of trumpets" (salpiggon), a word which together with keratine (made of horn) always designates in the Septuagint, shophar and never the hacocerah. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner] Reference
+ The trumpet (shophar) same as horn, 2. From Wordnik.com. [Smith's Bible Dictionary] Reference
The shophar, rendered "trumpet" (Josh. From Wordnik.com. [Easton's Bible Dictionary] Reference
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