Strong's Lexicon
G2574 — κάμηλος
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G2574 |
|---|---|
| Word: | κάμηλος |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | of Hebrew origin (H1581) |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 6 |
| Transliteration: | kamelos |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | kam'-ay-los |
| Meaning: | 1. a "camel" |
| KJV Renderings: | camel |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κάμηλος, καμήλου, ὁ, ὁ, Hebrew âÈÌîÈì (from Herodotus down), a camel (BB. DD. under the word; Tristram, Nat. Hist. etc., p. 58ff): Mat 3:4; Mar 1:6; in proverbs, Mat 19:24; Mar 10:25; Luk 18:25, (meaning, ’something almost or altogether impossible’ (cf. Farrar in The Expositor for 1876 i., p. 369ff; especially Wetzstein in the Sitzungsberichte d. Akad. d. Wissensch. zu Mnchen, 1873, pp. 581-596)); Mat 23:24 (of one who is careful not to sin in trivial matters, but pays no heed to the more important matters).
STRONGS NT 2574: κάμιλοςκάμιλος, καμιλου, ὁ, a cable; the reading of certain manuscripts in Mat 19:24 and Luk 18:25 (see Tdf.s notes). The word is found only in Suidas (1967 c.) and the Schol. on Aristophanes reap. (1030): "κάμιλος τό παχύ σχοινίον διά τοῦ ἰ." Cf. Passow (or Liddell and Scott), under the word; (WH’s Appendix, p. 151b).
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
κάμηλος (camel)
Matthew 3:4
- KJV: And the same John had his raiment of camel’s hair and a leathern girdle about his loins and his meat was locusts and wild honey
- GK: αυτός δε ο Ιωάννης είχε το ένδυμα αυτού από τριχών καμήλου και ζώνην δερματίνην περί την οσφύν αυτού η δε τροφή αυτού ην ακρίδες και μέλι άγριον
Matthew 19:24
- KJV: And again I say unto you It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God
- GK: πάλιν δε λέγω υμίν ευκοπώτερόν εστι κάμηλον διά τρυπήματος ραφίδος διελθείν η πλούσιον εις την βασιλείαν του θεού εισελθείν
Matthew 23:24
- KJV: blind guides which strain at a gnat and swallow a camel
- GK: οδηγοί τυφλοί οι διϋλίζοντες τον κώνωπα την δε κάμηλον καταπίνοντες
Mark 1:6
- KJV: And John was clothed with camel’s hair and with a girdle of a skin about his loins and he did eat locusts and wild honey
- GK: ην δε Ιωάννης ενδεδυμένος τρίχας καμήλου και ζώνην δερματίνην περί την οσφύν αυτού και εσθίων ακρίδας και μέλι άγριον
Mark 10:25
- KJV: It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God
- GK: ευκοπώτερόν εστι κάμηλον διά της τρυμαλιάς ραφίδος εισελθείν η πλούσιον εις την βασιλείαν του θεού εισελθείν
Luke 18:25
- KJV: For it is easier for a camel to go through a needle’s eye than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God
- GK: ευκοπώτερον γαρ εστι κάμηλον διά τρυμαλιάς ραφίδος εισελθείν η πλούσιον εις την βασιλείαν του θεού εισελθείν
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