Though commonly translated as “trumpet” the Greek word here is κέλευμα kélevma (G2752) and means an order, command, specifically a stimulating cry, either that by which animals are roused and urged on by man, as horses by charioteers, hounds by hunters, etc., or that by which a signal is given to men, e.g. to rowers by the master of a ship, to soldiers by a commander (with a loud summons, a trumpet call). 1 Thessalonians 4:16 is translated as בִּתְרוּעָה biteru’ah (H8643) in Franz Delitzsch’s 1877 translation of the Gospels and Apostolic Scriptures from Greek into Hebrew. בִּתְרוּעָה biteru’ah means “in” or “with” a great shout or sound of alarm of war or for rejoicing.
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