Strong's Concordance
Original word: αὐλέω
Transliteration: auleó
Definition (short): flute
Definition (full): to play on a flute
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin: from aulos
Definition: to play on a flute
NASB Translation: played on the flute (1), played the flute (2).
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References
KJV:
And saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented.
NASB:
and say, 'We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.'
KJV:
They are like unto children sitting in the marketplace, and calling one to another, and saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned to you, and ye have not wept.
NASB:
"They are like children who sit in the market place and call to one another, and they say, 'We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not weep.'
KJV:
And even things without life giving sound, whether pipe or harp, except they give a distinction in the sounds, how shall it be known what is piped or harped?
NASB:
Yet even lifeless things, either flute or harp, in producing a sound, if they do not produce a distinction in the tones, how will it be known what is played on the flute or on the harp?