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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1"/><title>Strong's Greek: 2595. κάρφος (karphos) -- Speck, splinter, mote</title></title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/greek/2595.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/strongsnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/interlinear/vmenus/matthew/23-37.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmstrongs/greek/2595.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's</a> > <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Greek</a> > 2595</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../greek/2594.htm" title="2594">◄</a> 2595. karphos <a href="../greek/2596.htm" title="2596">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">karphos: Speck, splinter, mote</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="greek">κάρφος</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Noun, Neuter<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>karphos<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>KAR-fos<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(kar'-fos)<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>Speck, splinter, mote<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>a dry stalk, chip of wood, twig, splinter, chaff.<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>Derived from the Greek root word κάρφη (karphē), meaning "a dry stalk" or "twig."<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>While there is no direct Hebrew equivalent for "karphos," the concept of smallness or insignificance can be related to words like קַשׁ (qash, Strong's H7179), meaning "straw" or "chaff."<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>The term "karphos" refers to a small, insignificant particle, such as a speck or splinter. It is used metaphorically in the New Testament to illustrate minor faults or sins in contrast to larger ones.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In the agrarian society of ancient Israel, the imagery of a speck or splinter would have been familiar to Jesus' audience. The metaphor of a "speck" versus a "beam" (δοκός, dokos) in one's eye was a vivid illustration of the human tendency to criticize minor faults in others while ignoring one's own more significant shortcomings. This teaching reflects the Jewish wisdom tradition, which often used hyperbolic language to convey moral truths.<div class="vheading2">HELPS Word-studies</div><p class="discovery"><b>2595</b> <i>kárphos</i> – properly, a small particle (a splinter of straw or wood); "a dry stalk; a chip of wood" (Souter); something dry and light; a "<i>chip</i> or <i>splinter</i>, of the same material with the beam" (<i>WS</i>, 35).</p><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/discovery.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from karphó (to dry up, wither)<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>a small dry stalk<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>speck (6).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 2595: κάρφος</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">κάρφος</span></span>, <span class="greek2">καρφεος</span> (<span class="greek2">καρφους</span>), <span class="greek2">τό</span> (from <span class="greek2">κάρφω</span> to contract, dry up, wither), <span class="accented">a dry stalk or twig, a straw; chaff</span> (<span class="abbreviation">A. V.</span> <span class="accented">mote</span>): <a href="/interlinear/matthew/7-3.htm">Matthew 7:3-5</a>; <a href="/interlinear/luke/6-41.htm">Luke 6:41</a>f, where it figuratively denotes a smaller fault. (<a href="/interlinear/genesis/8-11.htm">Genesis 8:11</a>; in Greek writings from <span class="abbreviation">Aeschylus</span> and <span class="abbreviation">Herodotus</span> down.)<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>mote, speck<p>From karpho (to wither); a dry twig or straw -- mote. <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>καρφος κάρφος κασία κασσιτέρινον κασσίτερον κασσίτερος κασσιτέρου κασσιτέρω karphos kárphos<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/matthew/7-3.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 7:3</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular">N-ANS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/7.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">βλέπεις τὸ <b>κάρφος</b> τὸ ἐν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/7.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> do you look <span class="itali">at the speck</span> that is in your brother's<br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/7.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> beholdest <span class="itali">thou the mote</span> that is in<br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/7-3.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> look you on the <span class="itali">speck</span> that [is] in<p><b><a href="/text/matthew/7-4.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 7:4</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular">N-ANS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/7.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἐκβάλω τὸ <b>κάρφος</b> ἐκ τοῦ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/7.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> me take <span class="itali">the speck</span> out of your eye,'<br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/7.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> Let me pull out <span class="itali">the mote</span> out of thine<br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/7-4.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> [that] I might cast out the <span class="itali">speck</span> from the<p><b><a href="/text/matthew/7-5.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 7:5</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular">N-ANS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/7.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἐκβαλεῖν τὸ <b>κάρφος</b> ἐκ τοῦ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/7.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> to take <span class="itali">the speck</span> out of your brother's<br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/7.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> to cast out <span class="itali">the mote</span> out of<br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/7-5.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> to cast out the <span class="itali">speck</span> out of the<p><b><a href="/text/luke/6-41.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Luke 6:41</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular">N-ANS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/luke/6.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">βλέπεις τὸ <b>κάρφος</b> τὸ ἐν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/luke/6.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> do you look <span class="itali">at the speck</span> that is in your brother's<br><a href="/kjvs/luke/6.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> beholdest thou <span class="itali">the mote</span> that is in<br><a href="/interlinear/luke/6-41.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> look you on the <span class="itali">speck</span> that [is] in<p><b><a href="/text/luke/6-42.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Luke 6:42</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular">N-ANS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/luke/6.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἐκβάλω τὸ <b>κάρφος</b> τὸ ἐν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/luke/6.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> me take <span class="itali">out the speck</span> that is in your eye,'<br><a href="/kjvs/luke/6.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> pull out <span class="itali">the mote</span> that is in<br><a href="/interlinear/luke/6-42.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> I might cast out the <span class="itali">speck</span> that [is] in<p><b><a href="/text/luke/6-42.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Luke 6:42</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular">N-ANS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/luke/6.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">διαβλέψεις τὸ <b>κάρφος</b> τὸ ἐν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/luke/6.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> to take <span class="itali">out the speck</span> that is in your brother's<br><a href="/kjvs/luke/6.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> to pull out <span class="itali">the mote</span> that is in<br><a href="/interlinear/luke/6-42.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> you will see clearly the <span class="itali">speck</span> that [is] in<p><b><a href="/greek/2595.htm">Strong's Greek 2595</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_2595.htm">6 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/karphos_2595.htm">κάρφος — 6 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="/greek/2594.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2594"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2594" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/greek/2596.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2596"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2596" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>