Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Corinthians 14:7-9
1 Corinthians 14:7-9. And even Greek, ομως , in like manner, (the word, it seems, being here used for ομοιως , as it sometimes is by the poets, see Beza and Macknight,) things without life Inanimate things; whether pipe or harp Or any other instrument of music; except they give a distinction Greek, διαστολην φθογγοις , a difference to the notes. “Among musicians, the former word signifies the measured distance between sounds, according to certain proportions, from which the melody... read more
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 14:8
For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound - The trumpet was used commonly in war. It is a well-known wind instrument, and was made of brass, silver, etc. It was used for various purposes in war - to summon the soldiers; to animate them in their march; to call them forth to battle; to sound a retreat; and to signify to them what they were to do in battle, whether to charge, advance, or retreat, etc. It therefore employed a “language” which was intelligible to an army. An uncertain sound was one... read more