Commentaries:Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
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1 Corinthians 14:7
Things without life (ayuxa). Without a soul (a privative, yuxh) or life. Old word only here in N.T.
Pipe (aulov). Old word (from aw, auw, to blow), only here in N.T.
Harp (kiqara). Old word. Stringed instrument as pipe, a wind instrument.
If they give not a distinction in the sounds (ean diastolhn toiv fqoggoiv mh dw). Third class condition with second aorist active subjunctive dw from didwmi. Common word in late Greek for difference (diastellw, to send apart). In N.T. only here and Romans 3:22; Romans 10:12. Fqoggov old word (from fqeggomai) for musical sounds vocal or instrumental. In N.T. only here and Romans 10:18.
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing 1 Corinthians 14:7:
John 12:42
Acts 2:4
Acts 2:6
Acts 10:46
Romans 3:22
Romans 10:18
Revelation 14:2
Revelation 18:22
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