What does κάρφος (kárphos) mean in the Bible?
κάρφος (kárphos): A trivial fault or minor blemish, contrasted with major failings one ignores in others.
Greek · G2595
κάρφος
A dry twig or straw
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κάρφος G2595
Pronunciation kárphos
What does κάρφος (kárphos) mean in the Bible?
κάρφος (kárphos): A trivial fault or minor blemish, contrasted with major failings one ignores in others.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2595?
The BSB source-word alignment has 6 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include speck (6).
Where does κάρφος (kárphos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 7:3. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (3), Matthew (3).
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 speck 6× Matthew 7:3, Matthew 7:4, Matthew 7:5, Luke 6:41
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Matthew 7:3 κάρφος to speck Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular Matthew 7:4 κάρφος to speck Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular Matthew 7:5 κάρφος to speck Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular Luke 6:41 κάρφος to speck Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular Luke 6:42 κάρφος to speck Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular Luke 6:42 κάρφος to speck Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 7:3
Aligned rows 6
Books represented 2
Matthew 3 Luke 3
Source forms
κάρφος 6x karphos Matthew 7:3, Matthew 7:4, Matthew 7:5, Luke 6:41
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular 6x Matthew 7:3, Matthew 7:4, Matthew 7:5, Luke 6:41
Evidence Summary
Greek word. A trivial fault or minor blemish, contrasted with major failings one ignores in others.
Strong's G2595
Lexical occurrences 6 verses Greek text appearances 6 times Word forms 1 form 6 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Luke 6:37-42 Source Gloss
a dry twig or straw
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
A trivial fault or minor blemish, contrasted with major failings one ignores in others.
a small dry stalk, a twig; metaphorically, of a minor fault: Mat.7:3-5, Luk.6:41-42.
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 7:3 Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
κάρφος karfov
a dry stalk, chip of wood
Read verse Matthew 7:4 Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
κάρφος karfov
a dry stalk, chip of wood
Read verse Matthew 7:5 Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
κάρφος karfov
a dry stalk, chip of wood
Read verse Luke 6:41 Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
κάρφος karfov
a dry stalk, chip of wood
Read verse Luke 6:42 Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
κάρφος karfov
a dry stalk, chip of wood
Read verse Luke 6:42 Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
κάρφος karfov
a dry stalk, chip of wood
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 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 6 Case pattern Accusative (6) Number pattern Singular (6)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Accusative · Singular · Neuter Matt 7:3 · Matt 7:4 · Matt 7:5 · Luke 6:41 · Luke 6:42 6×
Selected Scripture Witness
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Biblical Witnesses
minor fault in another's eye, metaphorically contrasted with a plank
Showing 1 selected witness from 6 lexical occurrence verses.
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