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MainId: 004381000000000
Version: 0
HasAramaic: False
InLXX: False
AlphaPos: ρ
StrongCodes: G4476
BaseForms:
BaseFormID: 004381001000000
PartsOfSpeech: noun, f.
Inflections:
Lemma: ῥαφίς
BaseFormIndex: 1
Realizations: -ίδος
RelatedLemmas: [{'Word': 'ῥάπτω', 'Meanings': [{'LanguageCode': 'en', 'Meaning': 'stitch, sew'}, {'LanguageCode': 'zhT', 'Meaning': '縫，縫合'}]}, {'Word': 'ἄραφος', 'Meanings': []}, {'Word': 'ἐπιράπτω', 'Meanings': []}]
LEXMeanings:
LEXID: 004381001001000
LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M
LEXEntryCode: 6.215
LEXIndent: 0
LEXDomains: Artifacts
LEXSubDomains: Miscellaneous
LEXSenses:
LanguageCode: en
LastEdited: 2022-02-09 01:13:03
DefinitionShort: a small, slender instrument, pointed on one end and with a hole at the other end, used in passing thread through cloth in sewing
Glosses: needle
Comments: There is no convincing evidence that the expression ‘eye of a needle’ in {S:04001902400020} and {S:04201802500014} is a figurative name for a narrow gate. The reference to a camel passing through the eye of a needle is a case of rhetorical hyperbole, that is to say, a purposeful exaggeration to point out the extreme difficulty of the event referred to.
LEXReferences: MAT 19:24, MARK 10:25
LEXLinks: realia:5.21.1