UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

Sense 1: easy, without trouble

Semantic entry: 22.39

Semantic domains: Trouble, Hardship, Relief, Favorable Circumstances

Subdomains: Easy, Light

Definition: (occurring only in the comparative form in the NT) pertaining to that which is easy, in the sense of not requiring great effort or work

Notes: In some languages it is difficult to render in a succinct manner an expression such as ‘easier to do,’ for a comparative expression involving degree of effort may require complex restructuring. Accordingly, one can often translate the first part of this expression in OET MAT 19:24 as ‘a camel does not have to struggle as much to go through the eye of a needle as …’