STRONGS G2595:
κάρφος,
καρφεος (
καρφους),
τό (from
κάρφω to contract, dry up, wither),
a dry stalk or twig, a straw; chaff (
A. V. mote):
Matthew 7:3-5;
Luke 6:41f, where it figuratively denotes a smaller fault. (
Genesis 8:11; in Greek writings from
Aeschylus and
Herodotus down.)
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