Aulos denotes a wind instrument used as an example of a lifeless instrument whose distinct sounds make a tune recognizable.

The attested use names a wind instrument within an illustration that recognizable playing depends on distinct sounds.

1. Wind instrument in a musical illustration · dominant

   In 1 Corinthians 14:7, the nominative singular masculine form occurs among lifeless things that give sound; the APB renders the example with “flute or harp” and asks how what is played on each instrument will be known without distinct sounds.

   1 Corinthians 14:7

In the Anselm Project Bible: In 1 Corinthians 14:7, the APB presents the instrument as “flute” and again speaks of what is “played on the flute.” The verse is read as a whole.