HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2485
חָלִיל
cha.lil — flute
pipe, flute
5 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
Flute
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4953
מַשְׁרוֹקִי
mash.ro.qi — flute
pipe
4 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G836
αὐλός
aulos — flute
αὐλός, -οῦ, ὁ (ἄω, to blow), [in LXX chiefly for חָלִיל ;] a pipe: 1Co.14:7.† (AS)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5155
נְחִילָה
ne.chi.lah — flute
1) meaning uncertain 1a) may be name of melody 1b) may be a musical instrument 1c) found only in title of Ps 5:1
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G2563
κάλαμος
kalamos — reed/stick/pen
κάλαμος, -ου, ὁ [in LXX chiefly for קָנֶה, Isa.42:3, Eze.40:3 ff., al. ;] a reed: Mat.11:7 12:20" (LXX) Luk.7:24; hence, accusative, to its various uses, (a) a reed-pipe, flute; (b) a reed-staff, staff (cf. 4Ki.18:21, ῥάβδος καλαμίνη): Mat.27:29-30, 48, Mrk.15:19, 36; (with) a measuring reed or rod (Ez, l.with): Rev.11:1 21:15-16; (d) a writing reed, a pen: III Jn 13 (cf. Milligan, NTD, 9, 7).† (AS)
12 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5748
עוּגָב
u.gav — pipe
1) a musical instrument 1a) perhaps a flute, reed-pipe, or panpipes
4 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G832
αὐλέω
auleō — to play the flute
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)
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G834
αὐλητής
aulētēs — flute player
αὐλητής, -οῦ, ὁ (αὐλέω), a flute-player: Mat.9:23, Rev.18:22 (MM, see word).† (AS)
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G9348
σῦριγξ
surigx — a flute
1. a pipe : 2. a musical pipe, a shepherd's pipe, Panspipe , (Iliad by Homer), attic 3. anything like a pipe : 4. a spear-case , = δορατοθήκη, (Iliad by Homer) 5. the hole in the nave of a wheel , [variant datesTragica Adespota 6. a duct or channel in the body, in plural the nostrils , (Sophocles Tragicus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Historical dictionary entry
A musical instrument, probably composed of a number of pipes, mentioned Dan. 3:5, 7, 10, 15. In Matt. 9:23, 24, notice is taken of players on the flute, here called “minstrels” (but in R.V. “flute-players”). Flutes were in common use among the ancient Egyptians.
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.