Flute
αὐλόςStrong’s G0836aulos
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Aulos is the Greek word usually translated “flute”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“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?”
Meaning
Usually translated “flute”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- flute 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Corinthians 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Greek dictionary
αὐλός aulos · flute
αὐλός, -οῦ, ὁ (ἄω, to blow), [in LXX chiefly for חָלִיל ;] a pipe: 1Co.14:7.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “flute” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
FLUTE, noun
[Latin flo, flatus, to blow, or Latin fluta, a lamprey, with the same number of holes.]
- A small wind instrument; a pipe with lateral holes or stops, played by blowing with the mouth, and by stopping and opening the holes with the fingers.
- A channel in a column or pillar; a perpendicular furrow or cavity, cut along the shaft of a column or pilaster; so called from its resemblance to a flute It is used chiefly in the Ionic order; sometimes in the Composite and Corinthian; rarely in the Doric and Tuscan.
- A long vessel or boat, with flat ribs or floor timbers, round behind, and swelled in the middle; a different orthography of float, flota.
All definitions and other forms of “flute”
FLUTE, verb intransitive
To play on a flute
FLUTE, verb transitive
To form flutes or channels in a column.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.