1 Corinthians 14:7
Things without life ( αψυχα ). Without a soul ( α privative, ψυχη ) or life. Old word only here in N.T.Pipe ( αυλος ). Old word (from αω, αυω, to blow), only here in N.T.
Harp ( κιθαρα ). Old word. Stringed instrument as pipe, a wind instrument.
If they give not a distinction in the sounds ( εαν διαστολην τοις φθογγοις μη δω ). Third class condition with second aorist active subjunctive δω from διδωμ. Common word in late Greek for difference ( διαστελλω, to send apart). In N.T. only here and Ro 3:22; 10:12. Φθογγος old word (from φθεγγομα ) for musical sounds vocal or instrumental. In N.T. only here and Ro 10:18.
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