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Pipe

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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)

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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)

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GREEK · G856

ἀφεδρών

aphedrōn — latrine

ἀφεδρών, -ῶνος, ὁ (cf. ἄφεδρος, Lev.12:5) = cl. ἄφοδος (MM, see word), a privy, drain: Mat.15:17, Mrk.7:19 (ὀχετόν, WH, mg.).† **ὀχετός, -οῦ, ὁ (ὀχέω, to carry) [in Sm.: Job.22:24, Psa.65:10 al. ;] 1. a water-pipe, channel. 2. the intestinal canal: Mrk.7:19, WH, mg. (for ἀφεδρών).† (AS)

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GREEK · G836

αὐλός

aulos — flute

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

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GREEK · G7437

ἐπιπέμπω

epipempō — to bring in addition

1. to send besides or again , of messages, (Herdotus Historicus) 2. of the gods, to send upon or to , (Herdotus Historicus); especiallyby way of punishment, to send upon or against, let loose upon , (Euripides) (ML)

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GREEK · G9013

ῥάπτω

rhaptō — to sew

1. to sew or stitch together, stich , (Iliad by Homer):—; Mid., ῥάπτεσθαι ὀχετὸν δερμάτων to make oneself a pipe of leather, (Herdotus Historicus); ῥαψάμενος τουτί (i.e. τὸ προσκεφάλαιον) having got it stitched , (Aristophanes Comicus); but also, to sew on or to one , (Aristophanes Comicus):—;Pass., ἐρράφθαι τὸ χεῖλος to have one's lip sewed up , (Demosthenes Orator) 2. metaphorically to devise, contrive, plot , (Homer), etc.; proverbial, τὸ ὑπόδημα ἔρραψας μὲν σύ, ὑπεδήσατο δὲ Ἀρισταγόρης you made the shoe , but Aristagoras put it on, (Herdotus Historicus) (ML)

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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)

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GREEK · G9349

συρίζω

surizō — to hiss

1. to play the σῦριγξ, to pipe , (Euripides); with accusative cognate, συρίζων ὑμεναίους (Euripides) 2. to whistle, hiss , (Aeschulus Tragicus):—;with accusative cognate, συρίζων φόνον hissing forth murder, (Aeschulus Tragicus) 3. to hiss an actor, Lat. explodere, (Demosthenes Orator) (ML)

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GREEK · G9643

φιμός

phimos — a rein

1. a muzzle , Lat. capistrum, (Lucian) 2. the nose-band of a horse's bridle, fitted with pipes through which the horses' breath made a whistling sound, (Aeschulus Tragicus) 3. a kind of cup , used as a dice-box , Lat. fritillus, (Aeschines Orator) (ML)

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GREEK · G9684

φυσάω

phusaō — to blow

1. transitive to puff or blow up, distend , (Aristophanes Comicus); of bag-pipers, (Aristophanes Comicus); φ. τὰς γνάθους to puff them out , (Demosthenes Orator):—;Pass. to be inflated , ἡ γαστὴρ ἐπεφύσητό μοι (Aristophanes Comicus) 2. metaphorically to puff one up, make him vain , and so to cheat , (Demosthenes Orator):—;Pass. to be puffed up , ἐπί τινι at a thing, (Xenophon Historicus) 3. to blow up, kindle a fire: but also 4. to blow out, extinguish , τὴν λαμπάδα (Aristophanes Comicus) 5. to blow out, spurt out , (Sophocles Tragicus) 6. to blow a wind-instrument, (Euripides) (ML)

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Historical dictionary entry

(1 Sam. 10:5; 1 Kings 1:40; Isa. 5:12; 30:29). The Hebrew word halil, so rendered, means “bored through,” and is the name given to various kinds of wind instruments, as the fife, flute, Pan-pipes, etc. In Amos 6:5 this word is rendered “instrument of music.” This instrument is mentioned also in the New Testament (Matt. 11:17; 1 Cor. 14:7). It is still used in Palestine, and is, as in ancient times, made of different materials, as reed, copper, bronze, etc.

Scripture references

Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.

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