Lexical Summary karphos: a small dry stalk Original Word: κάρφοςTransliteration: karphos Phonetic Spelling: (kar'-fos) Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Short Definition: a small dry stalk Meaning: a small dry stalk Strong's Concordance mote, speckFrom karpho (to wither); a dry twig or straw -- mote. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2595: κάρφοςκάρφος, καρφεος (καρφους), τό (from κάρφω to contract, dry up, wither), a dry stalk or twig, a straw; chaff (A. V. mote): Matthew 7:3-5; Luke 6:41f, where it figuratively denotes a smaller fault. (Genesis 8:11; in Greek writings from Aeschylus and Herodotus down.) |
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