Pipe
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Smith's Bible Dictionary
Pipe

(Heb. chalil). The Hebrew word so rendered is derived from a root signifying "to bore, perforate" and is represented with sufficient correctness by the English "pipe" or "flute," as in the margin of (1 Kings 1:40) The pipe was the type of perforated wind instruments, as the harp was of stringed instruments. It was made of reed, bronze or copper. It is one of the simplest, and therefore probably one of the oldest, of musical Instruments. It is associated with the tabret as an instrument of a peaceful and social character. The pipe and tabret were used at the banquets of the Hebrews, (Isaiah 5:12) and accompanied the simpler religious services when the young prophets, returning from the high place, caught their inspiration from the harmony, (1 Samuel 10:5) or the pilgrims, on their way to the great festivals of their ritual, beguiled the weariness of the march with psalms sung to the simple music of the pipe. (Isaiah 30:29) The sound of the pipe was apparently a soft wailing note, which made it appropriate to be used in mourning and at funerals (Matthew 9:23) and in the lament of the prophet over the destruction of Moab. (Jeremiah 48:36) It was even used in the temple choir, as appears from (Psalms 87:7) In later times the funeral and death-bed were never without the professional pipers or flute-players, (Matthew 9:23) a custom which still exists. In the social and festive life of the Egyptians the pipe played as prominent a part as among the Hebrews.

ATS Bible Dictionary
Pipe

A musical wind instrument, consisting of a tube with holes, like a flute or clarinet, 1 Samuel 10:5 1 Kings 1:40 Isaiah 5:12 30:29 Jeremiah 48:36 Matthew 9:23. The double pipe had two tubes, uniting in the mouthpiece; the tube played with the left hand emitting a few deep sounds, and serving as a base. The Scotch Deputation of Inquiry speak of overtaking among the hills of Judea "an Arab playing with all his might upon a shepherd's pipe made of two reeds. This was the first time we had seen any marks of joy in the land, for certainly �all joy in darkened, the mirth of the land is gone,-" Isaiah 24:11. See MUSIC.

Easton's Bible Dictionary
(1 Samuel 10:5; 1 Kings 1:40; Isaiah 5:12; 30:29). The Hebrew word halil, so rendered, means "bored through," and is the name given to various kinds of wind instruments, as the fife, flute, Pan-pipes, etc. In Amos 6:5 this word is rendered "instrument of music." This instrument is mentioned also in the New Testament (Matthew 11:17; 1 Corinthians 14:7). It is still used in Palestine, and is, as in ancient times, made of different materials, as reed, copper, bronze, etc.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (n.) A wind instrument of music, consisting of a tube or tubes of straw, reed, wood, or metal; any tube which produces musical sounds; as, a shepherd's pipe; the pipe of an organ.

2. (n.) Any long tube or hollow body of wood, metal, earthenware, or the like: especially, one used as a conductor of water, steam, gas, etc.

3. (n.) A small bowl with a hollow steam, -- used in smoking tobacco, and, sometimes, other substances.

4. (n.) A passageway for the air in speaking and breathing; the windpipe, or one of its divisions.

5. (n.) The key or sound of the voice.

6. (n.) The peeping whistle, call, or note of a bird.

7. (n.) The bagpipe; as, the pipes of Lucknow.

8. (n.) An elongated body or vein of ore.

9. (n.) A roll formerly used in the English exchequer, otherwise called the Great Roll, on which were taken down the accounts of debts to the king; -- so called because put together like a pipe.

10. (n.) A boatswain's whistle, used to call the crew to their duties; also, the sound of it.

11. (n.) A cask usually containing two hogsheads, or 126 wine gallons; also, the quantity which it contains.

12. (v. i.) To play on a pipe, fife, flute, or other tubular wind instrument of music.

13. (v. i.) To call, convey orders, etc., by means of signals on a pipe or whistle carried by a boatswain.

14. (v. i.) To emit or have a shrill sound like that of a pipe; to whistle.

15. (v. i.) To become hollow in the process of solidifying; -- said of an ingot, as of steel.

16. (v. t.) To perform, as a tune, by playing on a pipe, flute, fife, etc.; to utter in the shrill tone of a pipe.

17. (v. t.) To call or direct, as a crew, by the boatswain's whistle.

18. (v. t.) To furnish or equip with pipes; as, to pipe an engine, or a building.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PIPE

pip.

See CANDLESTICK; LAMP; MUSIC.

Greek
836. aulos -- a pipe, flute
... a pipe, flute. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: aulos Phonetic Spelling:
(ow-los') Short Definition: a flute, pipe Definition: a flute, pipe. ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/836.htm - 6k

832. auleo -- to play on a flute
... to play on a flute. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: auleo Phonetic Spelling:
(ow-leh'-o) Short Definition: I play the flute, pipe Definition: I play the ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/832.htm - 6k

Strong's Hebrew
4166. mutseqeth -- a pipe, casting
... 4165, 4166. mutseqeth. 4167 . a pipe, casting. Transliteration: mutseqeth Phonetic
Spelling: (moo-tsaw-kaw') Short Definition: piece. ... when it was cast, pipe ...
/hebrew/4166.htm - 6k

2490b. chalal -- to play the pipe, to pipe
... 2490a, 2490b. chalal. 2490c . to play the pipe, to pipe. Transliteration:
chalal Short Definition: flutes. Word Origin denominative ...
/hebrew/2490b.htm - 5k

2485. chalil -- flute, pipe
... chalil. 2486 . flute, pipe. Transliteration: chalil Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-leel')
Short Definition: flute. ... pipe. From chalal; a flute (as perforated) -- pipe ...
/hebrew/2485.htm - 6k

4953. mashroqi -- a (musical) pipe
... 4952, 4953. mashroqi. 4954 . a (musical) pipe. Transliteration: mashroqi
Phonetic Spelling: (mash-ro-kee') Short Definition: flute. ...
/hebrew/4953.htm - 6k

6794b. tsinnor -- a pipe, spout, conduit
... 6794a, 6794b. tsinnor. 6795 . a pipe, spout, conduit. Transliteration:
tsinnor Short Definition: tunnel. Word Origin from an unused ...
/hebrew/6794b.htm - 5k

8319. sharaq -- to hiss, whistle, pipe
... 8318, 8319. sharaq. 8320 . to hiss, whistle, pipe. Transliteration: sharaq
Phonetic Spelling: (shaw-rak') Short Definition: hiss. Word Origin a prim. ...
/hebrew/8319.htm - 6k

5345. neqeb -- perhaps sockets (technical term of jeweler's work)
... of jeweler's work) NASB Word Usage sockets (1). pipe. A bezel (for a gem) --
pipe. 5344b, 5345. neqeb. 5346 . Strong's Numbers.
/hebrew/5345.htm - 6k

6804. tsanteroth -- pipes
... Word Origin from the same as tsinnor Definition pipes NASB Word Usage pipes (1).
pipe. Probably from the same as tsinnuwr; a tube -- pipe. see HEBREW tsinnuwr. ...
/hebrew/6804.htm - 6k

8212. shophkah -- male organ
... privy member. Feminine of a derivative from shaphak; a pipe (for pouring forth,
eg Wine), ie The penis -- privy member. see HEBREW shaphak. 8211, 8212. ...
/hebrew/8212.htm - 6k

2490. chalal -- to bore, pierce
... the flute) -- begin (X men began), defile, X break, defile, X eat (as common things),
X first, X gather the grape thereof, X take inheritance, pipe, player on ...
/hebrew/2490.htm - 6k

Library

In the Sod Cellar
... One day when John went into the cellar with his cousin Will, his cousin filled
a pipe with the leaves and offered it to him, bidding him smoke. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/byrum/how john became a man/chapter ii in the sod.htm

How to Conduct Ourselves at Feasts.
... revel in intemperance. For revelry is an inebriating pipe, the chain [1400]
of an amatory bridge, that is, of sorrow. And let love ...
/.../clement/the instructor paedagogus/chapter iv how to conduct ourselves.htm

How Does it Come?
... in. An ordinary service pipe in our domestic water supply may serve to
illustrate some of the points we have been considering. We ...
/.../macneil/the spirit-filled life/chapter xiv how does it.htm

On Contrition
... Let us suppose the plaster in your house fell down, and you found that it fell because
there was a leak in the water-pipe above, and the water coming through ...
/.../kinkead/baltimore catechism no 4/lesson 18 on contrition.htm

The Omnipotence of Faith
... Screw a pipe on to a water main and turn a handle, and out flows the water
through the pipe and fills the empty vessel. Faith is ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture d/the omnipotence of faith.htm

Like Precious Faith
... If Ladysmith is, as I suppose it is, dependent for its water supply on one lead
pipe, the preciousness of that pipe is not measured by what it would fetch if ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture ephesians peter/like precious faith.htm

1 Cor. xiv. 1
... [3] Ver.7. "Even things without life, giving a voice, whether pipe or harp, if they
give not a distinction in the sounds, how shall it be known what is piped?". ...
/.../homilies on the epistles of paul to the corinthians/homily xxxv 1 cor xiv.htm

Of the Prayer of Recollection which God Generally Gives the Soul ...
... Like a good Shepherd, He plays so sweetly on His pipe, that although scarcely hearing
it they recognize His call and no longer wander, but return, like lost ...
/.../teresa/the interior castle or the mansions/chapter iii of the prayer.htm

The Sluggard's Reproof
... is filthy" and it certainly is for there the offal lies and is never swept away
"he says sitting with his legs crossed and smoking his pipe, "The Lord ...
//christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/sermons on proverbs/the sluggards reproof.htm

Kedron
... By such a pipe and evacuation under-ground, did the filth of the Court of
the Temple run into the valley of Kedron. "The blood poured ...
/.../lightfoot/from the talmud and hebraica/chapter 38 kedron.htm

Thesaurus
Pipe (13 Occurrences)
... wind instrument of music, consisting of a tube or tubes of straw, reed, wood, or
metal; any tube which produces musical sounds; as, a shepherd's pipe; the pipe...
/p/pipe.htm - 13k

Water-pipe (1 Occurrence)
Water-pipe. Waterless, Water-pipe. Water-plants . Multi-Version
Concordance Water-pipe (1 Occurrence). 2 Samuel 5:8 ...
/w/water-pipe.htm - 6k

Music-pipe (1 Occurrence)
Music-pipe. Music-makers, Music-pipe. Musing . Multi-Version
Concordance Music-pipe (1 Occurrence). 1 Corinthians 14 ...
/m/music-pipe.htm - 6k

Flute (16 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) A musical wind instrument, consisting of a hollow cylinder or pipe, with
holes along its length, stopped by the fingers or by keys which are opened by ...
/f/flute.htm - 13k

Lyre (32 Occurrences)
... Lyre (32 Occurrences). Genesis 4:21 His brother's name was Jubal, who was the
father of all who handle the harp and pipe. (See NAS RSV). ...
/l/lyre.htm - 15k

Lute (13 Occurrences)
... Daniel 3:5 that whenever you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp,
pipe, and all kinds of music, you fall down and worship the golden image ...
/l/lute.htm - 11k

Piped (4 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (imp. & pp) of Pipe. 2. (a.) Formed with a pipe; having
pipe or pipes; tubular. Multi-Version Concordance Piped (4 Occurrences). ...
/p/piped.htm - 7k

Bagpipe (4 Occurrences)
... Daniel 3:5 That when the sound of the horn, pipe, harp, trigon, psaltery, bagpipe,
and all sorts of instruments, comes to your ears, you are to go down on your ...
/b/bagpipe.htm - 8k

Sambuca (4 Occurrences)
... Daniel 3:5 that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, pipe, lute, sambuca,
psaltery, bagpipe, and all kinds of music, ye fall down and worship the ...
/s/sambuca.htm - 7k

Piping (3 Occurrences)
... n.) of Pipe. 2. (v.) Playing on a musical pipe. 3. (v.) Peaceful; favorable to,
or characterized by, the music of the pipe rather than of the drum and fife. ...
/p/piping.htm - 8k

Resources
What does the Bible say about music? | GotQuestions.org

What does it mean that Jesus is a friend of sinners? | GotQuestions.org

What does it mean that God is not the author of confusion? | GotQuestions.org

Pipe: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Concordance
Pipe (13 Occurrences)

1 Corinthians 14:7
Even things without life, giving a voice, whether pipe or harp, if they didn't give a distinction in the sounds, how would it be known what is piped or harped?
(WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT)

Genesis 4:21
His brother's name was Jubal, who was the father of all who handle the harp and pipe.
(WEB JPS ASV DBY NAS RSV)

1 Samuel 10:5
"After that you shall come to the hill of God, where is the garrison of the Philistines: and it shall happen, when you have come there to the city, that you shall meet a band of prophets coming down from the high place with a psaltery, and a tambourine, and a pipe, and a harp, before them; and they will be prophesying:
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Job 21:12
They sing to the tambourine and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the pipe.
(WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY RSV)

Job 30:31
Therefore my harp has turned to mourning, and my pipe into the voice of those who weep.
(WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY RSV)

Psalms 150:4
Praise him with timbrel and dance: Praise him with stringed instruments and pipe.
(See JPS ASV DBY NAS RSV)

Isaiah 5:12
And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the LORD, neither consider the operation of his hands.
(KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT)

Isaiah 30:29
Ye shall have a song, as in the night when a holy solemnity is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come into the mountain of the LORD, to the mighty One of Israel.
(KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT)

Daniel 3:5
that whenever you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe, and all kinds of music, you fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king has set up;
(WEB JPS BBE DBY NAS RSV NIV)

Daniel 3:7
Therefore at that time, when all the peoples heard the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe, and all kinds of music, all the peoples, the nations, and the languages, fell down and worshiped the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
(WEB JPS BBE DBY NAS RSV)

Daniel 3:10
You, O king, have made a decree, that every man that shall hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe, and all kinds of music, shall fall down and worship the golden image;
(WEB JPS BBE DBY NAS RSV NIV)

Daniel 3:15
Now if you are ready whenever you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe, and all kinds of music to fall down and worship the image which I have made, well : but if you don't worship, you shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that god that shall deliver you out of my hands?
(WEB JPS BBE DBY NAS RSV NIV)

Zechariah 10:8
With the sound of the pipe I will get them together; for I have given the price to make them free: and they will be increased as they were increased.
(BBE)

Subtopics

Pipe

Pipe used in Religious Services

Related Terms

Water-pipe (1 Occurrence)

Music-pipe (1 Occurrence)

Flute (16 Occurrences)

Lyre (32 Occurrences)

Lute (13 Occurrences)

Piped (4 Occurrences)

Bagpipe (4 Occurrences)

Sambuca (4 Occurrences)

Piping (3 Occurrences)

Zither (3 Occurrences)

Union (24 Occurrences)

Trunk (3 Occurrences)

Trap (35 Occurrences)

Discharge (30 Occurrences)

Pipes (9 Occurrences)

Call

Seal (47 Occurrences)

Sorts (65 Occurrences)

Jubal (1 Occurrence)

Whistle (3 Occurrences)

Flue

Flutes (8 Occurrences)

Tambourine (8 Occurrences)

Dulcimer (3 Occurrences)

Manifold (23 Occurrences)

Main (17 Occurrences)

Psaltery (17 Occurrences)

Smoke (98 Occurrences)

Waterless (7 Occurrences)

Water-plants (7 Occurrences)

Music-makers (18 Occurrences)

Press (57 Occurrences)

Harp (36 Occurrences)

Horn (108 Occurrences)

Wine (282 Occurrences)

Music (143 Occurrences)

Moment (71 Occurrences)

Viol (2 Occurrences)

Octave (3 Occurrences)

Outpost (7 Occurrences)

Organ (6 Occurrences)

Offset (3 Occurrences)

Joint (12 Occurrences)

Lifeless (10 Occurrences)

Lyres (21 Occurrences)

Leader (183 Occurrences)

Length (135 Occurrences)

Garrison (15 Occurrences)

Gorget

Gate (248 Occurrences)

Weepers (1 Occurrence)

Wailing (44 Occurrences)

Issue (59 Occurrences)

Instrument (45 Occurrences)

Feeble-footed (6 Occurrences)

Tuned (3 Occurrences)

Tones (2 Occurrences)

Tambourines (13 Occurrences)

Tabor (12 Occurrences)

Trumpet (74 Occurrences)

Tambour (7 Occurrences)

Tunnel (2 Occurrences)

Tabret (3 Occurrences)

Rostrum (1 Occurrence)

Rose (279 Occurrences)

Reed (41 Occurrences)

Earthen (19 Occurrences)

Exhaust (2 Occurrences)

Elbow (1 Occurrence)

Distinct (5 Occurrences)

Difference (19 Occurrences)

Distinction (14 Occurrences)

Musing (3 Occurrences)

Marches (5 Occurrences)

Piously (3 Occurrences)

Played (50 Occurrences)

Prophesying (58 Occurrences)

Pallet (9 Occurrences)

Procession (11 Occurrences)

Piously
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