Mark 10:25:8Mark.10.25.W8TAB
ῥαφίδος
rhaphidos
“needle”
- Transliteration
- rha-PHI-dos
- Extended
- hra-PHEE-dohs
- IPA
- /rʰaˈpʰi.dos/
Meaning by language
- English
- needle
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Phi | ph — as in phone (f) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
rha-PHI-dos
- sentence
eu-ko-PÔ-te-ron es-TIN KA-mê-lon di-A tês try-ma-li-AS tês rha-PHI-dos di-el-THEIN ê PLOU-si-on eis tên ba-si-LEI-an tou the-OU eis-el-THEIN
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase dia tēs trymalias tēs rhaphidos {διὰ τῆς τρυμαλιᾶς τῆς ῥαφίδος | di-á tēs try-ma-li-âs tēs rha-phí-dos} ‘through the eye of the needle’ employs a head noun trymalias modified by a genitive rhaphidos, with both nouns articular; this double genitive construction sharpens the concrete, hyperbolic image.
Root and etymology
didōmidelta–iota–delta–omega–mu–iota
“to give, grant”
In context — Mark 10:25
It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of the needle than for a rich person to enter into the kingdom of God .
About this coordinate
Mark 10:25:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Mark 10:25, so the Greek word ῥαφίδος (rhaphidos) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Mark.10.25.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.10.25.W8.S1) and character.