Strong G832αὐλέω
to play the flute
- Transliteration
- auleō
- Pronunciation
- ow-leh'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From G836; to play the flute: - pipe.
Detailed definition
αὐλέω, -ῶ
(αὐλός), [in Al.: 3Ki.1:40 *;]
to play on a flute, to pipe: mid., Mat.11:17, Luk.7:32, 1Co.14:7.†
(AS)
(αὐλός), [in Al.: 3Ki.1:40 *;]
to play on a flute, to pipe: mid., Mat.11:17, Luk.7:32, 1Co.14:7.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G832 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- pip3
First verses
- Matthew 11:17And saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented.
- Luke 7:32They are like unto children sitting in the marketplace, and calling one to another, and saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned to you, and ye have not wept.
- 1 Corinthians 14:7And even things without life giving sound, whether pipe or harp, except they give a distinction in the sounds, how shall it be known what is piped or harped?
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Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
αὐλέω,
Boeotian dialect participle αὐλίων[Refs (“IG” 7.3211,3212 (Orchom. _Boeotian dialect_))]: (αὐλός):—play on the flute, Φρύγιον αὔλησεν μέλος[Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th c.BC: Alcman Lyricus 82, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.141, 2.60, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 327a: with _dative_ _person_, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 2.8, etc.)]; αὐ. ἔξοδον play a finale, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 582)]; αὐ. εἰρεσίαν, of the boatswain, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Alcibiades” 2)]:— passive, of tunes, to be played on the flute, ὁ Βακχεῖος ῥυθμὸς ηὐλεῖτο[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 9.3; αὐλεῖται πᾶν μέλαθρον)]is filled with music, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 367.)]
2 of persons, play to, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 2.34, compare 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 302.1)]:—mostly in passive, to be played to, hear music, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 6.1.11, “Cyr.” 4.5.7, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 917b19)] (but possibly middle as in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 791a), 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 19.10, 20.10.)]
II generally, play, κέρατι[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DDeor.” 12.1, compare 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 4.74.)]
Boeotian dialect participle αὐλίων[Refs (“IG” 7.3211,3212 (Orchom. _Boeotian dialect_))]: (αὐλός):—play on the flute, Φρύγιον αὔλησεν μέλος[Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th c.BC: Alcman Lyricus 82, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.141, 2.60, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 327a: with _dative_ _person_, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 2.8, etc.)]; αὐ. ἔξοδον play a finale, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 582)]; αὐ. εἰρεσίαν, of the boatswain, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Alcibiades” 2)]:— passive, of tunes, to be played on the flute, ὁ Βακχεῖος ῥυθμὸς ηὐλεῖτο[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 9.3; αὐλεῖται πᾶν μέλαθρον)]is filled with music, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 367.)]
2 of persons, play to, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 2.34, compare 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 302.1)]:—mostly in passive, to be played to, hear music, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 6.1.11, “Cyr.” 4.5.7, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 917b19)] (but possibly middle as in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 791a), 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 19.10, 20.10.)]
II generally, play, κέρατι[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DDeor.” 12.1, compare 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 4.74.)]