What does αὐλέω (auléō) mean in the Bible?
αὐλέω (auléō): Musical performance on wind instrument; in NT, often represents joyful celebration or mourning contexts.
Greek · G832
αὐλέω
To play the flute
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αὐλέω G832
Pronunciation auléō
What does αὐλέω (auléō) mean in the Bible?
αὐλέω (auléō): Musical performance on wind instrument; in NT, often represents joyful celebration or mourning contexts.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G832?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include We played the flute (2), . . . (1).
Where does αὐλέω (auléō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 11:17. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Corinthians (1), Luke (1), Matthew (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It We played the flute 2× Matthew 11:17, Luke 7:32
. . . 1× 1 Corinthians 14:7
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Matthew 11:17 Ηὐλήσαμεν to We played the flute Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Plural Luke 7:32 Ηὐλήσαμεν to We played the flute Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Plural 1 Corinthians 14:7 αὐλούμενον to . . . Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Neuter Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 11:17
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 3
Matthew 1 Luke 1 1 Corinthians 1
Source forms
Ηὐλήσαμεν 2x Ēulēsamen Matthew 11:17, Luke 7:32
αὐλούμενον 1x auloumenon 1 Corinthians 14:7
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Plural 2x Matthew 11:17, Luke 7:32
Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Neuter Singular 1x 1 Corinthians 14:7
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Musical performance on wind instrument; in NT, often represents joyful celebration or mourning contexts.
Strong's G832
Lexical occurrences 3 verses Greek text appearances 3 times Word forms 2 forms 3 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
to play the flute
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 11:17 Verb First Person Plural Aorist Active Indicative
Ηὐλήσαμεν hulhsamen
I play the flute, pipe
Read verse Luke 7:32 Verb First Person Plural Aorist Active Indicative
Ηὐλήσαμεν hulhsamen
I play the flute, pipe
Read verse 1 Corinthians 14:7 Verb Present Passive Participle Nominative Singular Neuter
αὐλούμενον auloumenon
I play the flute, pipe
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 2 Aligned forms 3 Tenses Aorist, Present Voices Active, Passive
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Tenses
Voices
Indicative states a fact or reality 2×
Aorist Active Matt 11:17 · Luke 7:32 2×
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 1×
Present Passive 1 Cor 14:7 1×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 3 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
aorist 2 present 1
Voice
active 2 passive 1
Mood
indicative 2 participle 1
NT Occurrences
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Word Origins
αὐλέω is built from this root:
αὐλός G836
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain