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Needle

Used only in the proverb, "to pass through a needle's eye" (Matt. 19:24; This unified study connects 6 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.

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  • Historical Reference: Nave’s Topical Bible — Public domain
  • Historical Reference: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
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  • Historical Reference: STEPBible TBESG (based primarily on Abbott-Smith)
  • Historical Reference: A Greek-English Lexicon to the New Testament
  • Historical Reference: Installed reference work
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Subject type
Subject
Strong’s
G4476, G6011, H4639
Hebrew
מַעֲשֶׂה · maʻăseh
Greek
ῥαφίς · rhaphis

Strong’s and original-language information

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

ῥαφίς

G4476
Transliteration
rhaphis
Language
Greek
Part of speech
G:N-F
Indexed occurrences
2

Glosses

needle

Lexicon definition

ῥαφίς, -ίδος, ἡ (ῥάπτω, to sew), a needle: Mat.19:24, Mrk.10:25 (cf. βελόνη).† (AS)

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

βελόνη

G6011
Transliteration
belonē
Part of speech
G:N-F
Indexed occurrences
0

Glosses

needle

Lexicon definition

βελόνη, -ῆς, ἡ (βέλος), __1. a sharp point, as of a spear. __2. a needle: Luk.18:25 (Rec. ῥαφίς, which see). † (AS)

A Greek-English Lexicon to the New Testament

Βελόνη

G6011
Indexed occurrences
0

Lexicon definition

v.r. Lu. 18.25, pr. the point of a spear; needle.

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

מַעֲשֶׂה

H4639
Transliteration
maʻăseh
Pronunciation
mah-as-eh'
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
235

Glosses

act, art, [phrase] bakemeat, business, deed, do(-ing), labor, thing made, ware of making, occupation, thing offered, operation, possession, [idiom] well, (handy-, needle-, net-) work(ing, -manship), wrought.

Lexicon definition

an action (good or bad)

generally, a transaction

abstractly, activity

by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

ῥαφίς

G4476
Transliteration
rhaphís
Language
Greek
Indexed occurrences
2

Glosses

needle

Lexicon definition

perhaps rather akin to the base of G4474 (ῥαπίζω) through the idea of puncturing)

a needle

Complete dictionary entries

Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)

Needle

Used only in the proverb, "to pass through a needle's eye" (Matt. 19:24; Mark 10:25; Luke 18:25). Some interpret the expression as referring to the side gate, close to the principal gate, usually called the "eye of a needle" in the East; but it is rather to be taken literally. The Hebrew females were skilled in the use of the needle (Ex. 28:39; 26:36; Judg. 5:30).

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Concordance

Strong's Concordance

Needle

Indexed occurrences: 3

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All Scripture references3 references

Matthew 1

Matthew 19:24

Mark 1

Mark 10:25

Luke 1

Luke 18:25

Topical Bible

Sources

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Topic

NEEDLE

Nave’s Topical Bible references for NEEDLE.

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Dictionary

Needle

Used only in the proverb, "to pass through a needle's eye" (Matt. 19:24; Mark 10:25; Luke 18:25). Some interpret the expression as referring to the side gate, close to the principal gate, usually called the "eye of a needle" in the East; but it is rather to be taken literally. The Hebrew females were skilled in the use of the needle (Ex. 28:39; 26:36; Judg. 5:30).

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