karphos · speck, splinter

What it means

karphos (κάρφος) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “speck, splinter”.

A small bit of straw or wood.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. A tiny chip: an image of a small fault.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• speck ×3
• splinter ×3

Where it appears

• Matthew×3
• Luke×3

• Matthew 7:3

  And why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the beam in your own eye?

• Matthew 7:4

  Or how will you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ and look, the beam is in your own eye?

• Matthew 7:5

  Hypocrite, first take the beam out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye.

• Luke 6:41

  And why do you see the splinter that is in your brother’s eye, but the beam that is in your own eye you do not notice?

• Luke 6:42

  How can you say to your brother, ‘Brother, let me take out the splinter that is in your eye,’ when you yourself do not see the beam in your eye? Hypocrite, first take out the beam from your eye, and then you will see clearly to take out the splinter that is in your brother’s eye.

And 1 more times.