Forms of the word

Dictionary
κάρφος, ους, τό
Greek transliteration
karphos
Simplified transliteration
karphos

Numbers

Strong's number
2595
GK Number
2847

Statistics

Frequency in New Testament
6
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
n-3d(2b)
Gloss
speck, chip, particle
Definition
any small dry thing, as chaff, stubble, splinter; Mt. 7:3, 4, 5; Lk. 6:41, 42*

Greek-English Concordance for κάρφος

Matthew 7:3 And why do you look at the speck (karphos | κάρφος | acc sg neut) in your brother’s eye but pay no attention to the log in your own eye?
Matthew 7:4 Or how dare you say to your brother, ‘Let me remove the speck (karphos | κάρφος | acc sg neut) from your eye,’ and look, there is a log in your own eye?
Matthew 7:5 You hypocrite! First take the log out of your own eye, and then you will be able to see clearly to remove the speck (karphos | κάρφος | acc sg neut) out of your brother’s eye.
Luke 6:41 “Why do you look at the speck (karphos | κάρφος | acc sg neut) in the eye of your brother, but do not notice the beam in your own eye?
Luke 6:42 How can you say to your brother, ‘Brother, let me take out the speck (karphos | κάρφος | acc sg neut) that is in your eye,’ when you yourself don’t see the log that is in your own eye? You hypocrite! First take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take out the speck (karphos | κάρφος | acc sg neut) that is in your brother’s eye.

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