τρῡμᾰλ-ιά G5168
eye of a needle, a very small opening
In Mark 10:25, Jesus uses this striking image: it's easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter God's kingdom. The phrase denotes an impossibly small opening—perhaps the literal eye of a sewing needle, emphasizing the absurd difficulty. Some later interpreters tried to soften the saying by inventing a 'Needle Gate' in Jerusalem, but the point is radical impossibility apart from God's intervention. Jesus intends the shock value: wealth presents enormous spiritual obstacles that only divine power can overcome.
Sentidos
1. sense 1 — Jesus' hyperbolic comparison employs this term to emphasize the spiritual danger of riches. The eye of a needle represents the smallest imaginable opening, creating an image of impossibility when paired with a camel, the largest domestic animal in Palestine. The multilingual evidence—Spanish 'ojo', French 'trou', German 'Nadelöhr'—all convey a tiny aperture. The disciples' astonished response ('Then who can be saved?') shows they grasped the shocking difficulty Jesus described. His answer shifts hope to God's power: what is humanly impossible becomes possible through divine grace and intervention. 1×
AR["ثُقْبِ"]·ben["ছিদ্রের"]·DE["Nadeloehr"]·EN["eye"]·FR["trou"]·heb["קוּף"]·HI["छेद"]·ID["lubang"]·IT["trumalias"]·jav["bolongan"]·KO["구멍"]·PT["fundo-de-agulha"]·RU["ушко"]·ES["ojo"]·SW["tundu"]·TR["deliğinden"]·urd["سوراخ"]
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Referencia BDB / Léxico
τρῡμᾰλ-ιά, ἡ, ={τρύμη}, hole, LXX+3rd c.BC+; ἡ τ. τῆς ῥαφίδος the eye of the needle, NT; βελόνηςRefs 5th c.BC+; mesh, Refs 5th c.BC+