What does αὐλητής (aulētḗs) mean in the Bible?
αὐλητής (aulētḗs): Professional musician who plays the aulos (double-pipe wind instrument), not modern flute.
Greek · G834
αὐλητής
A flute-player
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αὐλητής G834
Pronunciation aulētḗs
What does αὐλητής (aulētḗs) mean in the Bible?
αὐλητής (aulētḗs): Professional musician who plays the aulos (double-pipe wind instrument), not modern flute.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G834?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include flute players (1), of flute players (1).
Where does αὐλητής (aulētḗs) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 9:23. Its strongest book concentrations include Matthew (1), Revelation (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 flute players 1× Matthew 9:23
of flute players 1× Revelation 18:22
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 9:23
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 2
Matthew 1 Revelation 1
Source forms
αὐλητὰς 1x aulētas Matthew 9:23
αὐλητῶν 1x aulētōn Revelation 18:22
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural 1x Matthew 9:23
Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural 1x Revelation 18:22
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Professional musician who plays the aulos (double-pipe wind instrument), not modern flute.
Strong's G834
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 2 forms 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
a flute-player
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 9:23 Noun Accusative Plural Masculine
αὐλητὰς aulhtav
a flute-player
Read verse Revelation 18:22 Noun Genitive Plural Masculine
αὐλητῶν aulhtwn
a flute-player
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 this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 2 Aligned forms 2 Case pattern Accusative (1) Number pattern Plural (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Plural · Masculine Rev 18:22 1×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Matt 9:23 1×
Word Origins
αὐλητής is built from this root:
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