Quick Definition
αὐλητής, οῦ, ὁ n.m. a flute-player
Strong's Definition
from 832; a flute-player
KJV Usage: minstrel, piper
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
αὐλητής, -οὔ, 6, (αὐλέω), a flute-player : Mt. ix. 23; Rev. xviii. 22. (In Grk. writ. fr. [Theogn. and] Hat. 6, 60 down.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
αὐλητής aulētēs 2x
a player on a pipe or flute, Mt. 9:23; Rev. 18:22*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* αὐλητής, -οῦ, ὁ
(< αὐλέω),
a flute-player: Mt 9:23, Re 18:22 (MM, s.v.).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
αὐλητής οἶκος could include both: P Fay 3115 (c. A.D. 129) πέμπτον μέρος ὅλης τῆς οἰκίας καὶ αὐλῆς Kal τοῦ ὅλου οἴκου “the fifth part of the whole house and court and of the whole tenement.’’ So far as we have observed, there is nothing in the Kotvy to support the contention that in the NT αὐλή ever means the house itself: see Meyer on Mt 263. The plural is used of ‘ guest-chambers,’’ as in the interesting P Tebt I. 338 (B.c. 112) (= Se/ectzons, p. 28) where, amongst the preparations for a Roman visitor, we read—opévticov ὡς ἐπὶ τῶν καθηκόντων τόπων al τε αὐλαὶ κατασκευασ[θ]ήσίοϊνται. Like the Latin az/a and our own court, the word readily comes to denote a Royal entourage, e.g. P Par 4917 (B.c. 164-58) (= Witkowski?, p. 70) δόξαντα ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ ἐν τῇ αὐλῇ εἶναι, “since he has a brother at Court’’; OGTS 735% (ii/B.c.) τῶν περὶ αὐλὴν διαδόχων], referring to certain officials attached to the court of Ptolemy Philometor; Vettius, p. 8015, ἐν βασιλικαῖς avAats: so also Preisigke 1568 (B.C. 146-17) πρῶτοι φίλοι kal χιλίαρχοι kal ἄλλοι οἱ περὶ αὐλήν. When, therefore, Suidas defined αὐλή as ἡ τοῦ βασιλέως οἰκία, he was not far out, though αὐλή seemingly cannot mean an ordinary house. BGU IV. 1098! (c. B.C, 17) τῷ Setv]u τῶι ἐπὶ Tod ἐν τῆι αὐλῆι κριτηρίου presents a court sitting in the αὐλή, as against Mk 1455, where the αὐλή is clearly outside the room where the Sanhedrists were in session. Sy// 102 58 (B.c, 290-87) ἐν τῆι αὐλεῖ τοῦ ἱεροῦ (a/.) illustrates Ps 84? 1° (LXX 83811): cf. also 20. 7348* (Cos), where it is forbidden ἀποθήκηι χρᾶσθαι τ[ῆι αὐλ]ῆι τῆι ἐν τῶι ἱερῶι μηδ᾽ ἐν τῶι περιπάτω[ι, ἂ]μ μὴ πόλεμος ἦι. In MGr = ‘‘court.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
αὐλητής (aulētēs) — flute player. αὐλ-ητής, οῦ, ὁ, flute-player, [Refs 6th c.BC+]; Boeotian dialect αὐλειτάς [Refs]
II. kind of wasp, [Refs 5th c.AD+]
III. αὐ. ὑπονόμων sanitary engineer, [Refs 5th c.AD+]