Word Study · Strong's G832 · Greek

αὐλέω

auleo

ow-leh'-o

Strong's 1890 spelling: auléō

“to play the flute”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

to play the flute

Rendered in the KJV as

pipe.

3
occurrencesin the New Testament
3 of 27
New Testament bookswhere the word stands
2
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 3 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 2

ηὐλήσαμεν2
αὐλούμενον1

How it is rendered · 2

We piped2
is being piped1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 2

verb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 1st person plural2
verb · present passive, participle (“the one who…”) · nominative (subject) · neuter singular1

Show the grammar codes as tagged

V-AAI-1P · 2
V-PPP-NSN · 1

All 3, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Matthew1 of 3 · 33%
Luke1 of 3 · 33%
1 Corinthians1 of 3 · 33%

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Matthew1 occurrence

Matthew 11:17ηὐλήσαμενēulēsamenverb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 1st person plural‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.’here: We piped

Luke1 occurrence

Luke 7:32ηὐλήσαμενēulēsamenverb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 1st person pluralThey are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling out to one another: ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not weep.’here: We piped

1 Corinthians1 occurrence

1 Corinthians 14:7αὐλούμενονauloumenonverb · present passive, participle (“the one who…”) · nominative (subject) · neuter singularEven 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?here: is being piped

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