ῥᾰφίς G4476
a needle, a sewing needle with an eye for thread
A noun for the small tool used in sewing. Both uses are in Jesus' saying about the difficulty of the rich entering God's kingdom. Matthew 19:24 and Mark 10:25 state it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom. The hyperbolic image—the largest common animal and the smallest common opening—underscores impossibility apart from divine intervention. The needle represents an absurdly narrow passage.
Sentidos
1. sense 1 — The glosses ('needle,' 'aguja,' 'aiguille') uniformly identify the sewing implement. Matthew 19:24 and Mark 10:25 use it in Jesus' proverbial saying about wealth as an obstacle to salvation. The needle's tiny eye contrasts with the camel's bulk—humanly impossible, but 'with God all things are possible' (Matt 19:26). The term's ordinariness makes the hyperbole vivid and memorable. 2×
AR["إِبْرَةٍ", "إِبْرَةِ"]·ben["সূচের"]·DE["ῥαφίδος"]·EN["needle", "of-a-needle"]·FR["aiguille"]·heb["מַחַט"]·HI["सुइ-के", "सूई"]·ID["jarum"]·IT["ago"]·jav["dom", "jarum"]·KO["바늘-의"]·PT["agulha", "de-agulha"]·RU["иглы", "игольное"]·ES["aguja", "de-aguja"]·SW["kuingia", "la-sindano"]·TR["iğnenin"]·urd["سوئی-کے"]
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Referencia BDB / Léxico
ῥᾰφίς, Doric dialect ῥᾰπίς Refs 5th c.BC+, ίδος, ἡ, (ῥάπτω) needle, Refs 5th c.BC+; διὰ τρυπήματος (variant{τρήματος}) ῥαφίδος διελθεῖν (variant{εἰσελθεῖν}) NT+2nd c.AD+ __II garfish, Refs 5th c.BC+