What does κάμηλος (kámēlos) mean in the Bible?
κάμηλος (kámēlos): Large animal used in desert regions; symbolizes wealth and represents extreme impossibility in proverbial sayings.
Greek · G2574
κάμηλος
A "camel"
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κάμηλος G2574
Pronunciation kámēlos
What does κάμηλος (kámēlos) mean in the Bible?
κάμηλος (kámēlos): Large animal used in desert regions; symbolizes wealth and represents extreme impossibility in proverbial sayings.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2574?
The BSB source-word alignment has 6 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include a camel (3), camel’s (2), [for] a camel (1).
Where does κάμηλος (kámēlos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 3:4. Its strongest book concentrations include Matthew (3), Mark (2), Luke (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It a camel 3× Matthew 19:24, Matthew 23:24, Luke 18:25
camel’s 2× Matthew 3:4, Mark 1:6
[for] a camel 1× Mark 10:25
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 3:4 καμήλου to camel’s Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular Matthew 19:24 κάμηλον to a camel Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Matthew 23:24 κάμηλον to a camel Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Mark 1:6 καμήλου to camel’s Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular Mark 10:25 κάμηλον to [for] a camel Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Luke 18:25 κάμηλον to a camel Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 3:4
Aligned rows 6
Books represented 3
Matthew 3 Mark 2 Luke 1
Source forms
κάμηλον 4x kamēlon Matthew 19:24, Matthew 23:24, Mark 10:25, Luke 18:25
καμήλου 2x kamēlou Matthew 3:4, Mark 1:6
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular 4x Matthew 19:24, Matthew 23:24, Mark 10:25, Luke 18:25
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular 2x Matthew 3:4, Mark 1:6
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Large animal used in desert regions; symbolizes wealth and represents extreme impossibility in proverbial sayings.
Strong's G2574
Lexical occurrences 6 verses Greek text appearances 6 times Word forms 2 forms 6 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
a "camel"
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Large animal used in desert regions; symbolizes wealth and represents extreme impossibility in proverbial sayings.
camel: Mat.3:4, Mrk.1:6; in proverbs, Mat.19:24 23:24, Mrk.10:25, Luk.18:25 (on the seel. κάμιλος, see WH, Notes, 151). κάμιλος, see: κάμηλος, and cf. Thayer; LS, s.v
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
6 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 3:4 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
καμήλου, kamhlou
a camel
Read verse Matthew 19:24 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
κάμηλον kamhlon
a camel
Read verse Matthew 23:24 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
κάμηλον kamhlon
a camel
Read verse Mark 1:6 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
καμήλου, kamhlou
a camel
Read verse Mark 10:25 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
κάμηλον kamhlon
a camel
Read verse Luke 18:25 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
κάμηλον kamhlon
a camel
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 2 Aligned forms 6 Case pattern Accusative (4) Number pattern Singular (6)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Matt 3:4 · Mark 1:6 2×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Matt 19:24 · Matt 23:24 · Mark 10:25 · Luke 18:25 4×
Cross-Language Connections
Hebrew roots and equivalents that share conceptual or etymological ground with this Greek word.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain