Strong G836αὐλός

flute

Transliteration
aulos
Pronunciation
ow-los'
Morphology
Greek Noun (Masculine)

Definition

From the same as G109 a flute (as blown): - pipe.

Detailed definition

αὐλός, -οῦ, ὁ
(ἄω, to blow), [in LXX chiefly for חָלִיל;]
a pipe: 1Co.14:7.†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G836 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • pipe1

First verses

  1. 1 Corinthians 14:7
    And 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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Detailed Greek dictionary
αὐλός, ὁ,
pipe, flute, clarionet, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.13, 18.495, “hymnus ad Mercurium” 452; Λύδιος 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 5.19)]; Ἔλυμος, i.e. Φρύγιος (which see), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 398; Λίβυς 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 347)]; αὐ. γυναικήιος, ἀνδρήιος, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.17)]; αὐ. ἀνδρεῖοι, παιδικοί, παρθένιοι, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 4.176f, 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 4.81; ὁ παρθένιος αὐ. τοῦ παιδικοῦ ὀξύτερος 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 581b11; διδύμοις αὐλοῖσιν ἀεῖσαι 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus “Epigrammata” 5.1; ἐμφυσᾶν εἰς αὐλούς 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 3.59)]; αὐ. Ἐνυαλίου, i.e. a trumpet, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (Anthologia Graeca 6.151 (3rd c.BC: Tymnes Epigrammaticus))]; ὑπ᾽ αὐλοῦ to the sound of the flute, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus)] [same place]; πρὸς τὸν αὐ., ὑπὸ τὸν αὐ., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 6.3, etc.: _plural_, αὐλοὶ πηκτίδος)] pipes of the πηκτίς, [Refs (“IG” 4.53 (from Aegina).)]
2 hollow tube, pipe, groove, περόνη τέτυκτο αὐλοῖσιν διδύμοισι the buckle was furnished with two pipes or grooves (into which the tongue fitted), [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.227)]; ἐγκέφαλος παρ᾽ αὐλὸν ἀνέδραμε spirted up beside the vizard (compare αὐλῶπις), or beside the socket of the spear-head into which the shaft fitted, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.297; but in 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.18 αὐλὸς παχύς)] means the jet of blood through the tube of the nostril; αὐλὸς ἐκ χαλκείου the smith's bellows, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 47, 77, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.100)]; tube of the clepsydra, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 914b14; βλέπειν δι᾽ αὐλοῦ [prev. author] “GA” 780b19.)]
3 in animals, blow-hole of cetacea, [Refs ([prev. author] “HA” 589b19, “PA” 697a17)]; funnel of a cuttle-fish, [Refs ([prev. author] “HA” 524a10)]; conus arteriosus in fishes,[Refs ([prev. work] 507a10, “Resp.” 478b8)]; duct, probably in [Refs ([prev. author] “GC” 322a28.)]
4 stadium (compare δίαυλος), [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Lycophron Tragicus 40.)]
5 haulm of grain, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (Scholia 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 10.46.)]
6 cow-bane, Cicuta virosa, Ps.-[Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Fluv.” 10.3.)]
7 εἶδος ἀκολάστου σχήματος, [Refs (“Etymologicum Magnum” 170.28.)]
II razor-shell, ={σωλήν} (which see), [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Diphilus Siphnius Rerum Naturalium Scriptor cited in 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 3.90d, 1st c.AD: Plinius Rerum Naturalium Scriptor “Historia Naturalis” 32.103.)]