noun · masculine

aulos

Greekαὐλός (aulos)

Strong’sG836

a flute, pipe

stem aul-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

flute1×

What it means

αὐλός, -οῦ, ὁ

(< ἄω, to blow), [in LXX chiefly for חָלִיל;]

a pipe: I Co 14:7.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G836 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidow-los'

a flute (as blown)

Fromfrom the same as G109;

King Jamespipe.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	aulos1×αὐλὸς	aulois
object accusative	aulon	auloin
direct address vocative	aulor	auloir
of, belonging to genitive	aulou	auloiu
to, for dative	aulo	auloi

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

aulstem+ogender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

aulo is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Words built on the same stem

aulas — αὐλή, court-yard, fore-court, palace, house aulamō — αὐλέω, I play the flute, pipe

Where it appears

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

aulos“flute”subjectnominative singular1×

1 Corinthians 14:7“flute”homōs teim apsucheim fōnan dōarōteim, eite aulos eite kitharas, ean diastolan toi fthongoi mē dōateia, pōs gnōskiti tem aulirōtem ē tem kitharizirōtem?Even in the case of lifeless instruments, such as the flute or harp, how will anyone recognize the tune they are playing unless the notes are distinct?