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border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Concordance</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">rhaphis: a needle</span></div><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="greek">ῥαφίς, ίδος, ἡ</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Noun, Feminine<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>rhaphis<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(hraf-ece')<br><span class="tophdg">Short Definition: </span>a needle<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>a needle.<div class="vheading2">HELPS Word-studies</div><p class="discovery"><b>4476</b> <i>rhaphís</i> – a sewing or surgical needle referred to in Mt 19:24 and Mk 10:25.</p><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/discovery.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 4476: ῤαφίς</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">ῤαφίς</span></span>, <span class="greek2">ῤαφίδος</span>, <span class="greek2">ἡ</span> (<span class="greek2">ῤάπτω</span> to sew), <span class="accented">a needle</span>: <a href="/interlinear/matthew/19-24.htm">Matthew 19:24</a>; <a href="/interlinear/mark/10-25.htm">Mark 10:25</a>; <a href="/interlinear/luke/18-25.htm">Luke 18:25</a> <span class="manuref">Rec.</span> ((cf. <span class="greek2"><span class="lexref">κάμηλος</span></span>)). Class. Greek more common uses <span class="greek2">βελόνη</span> (which see); see <span class="abbreviation">Lob. ad Phryn.</span>, p. 90; (<span class="abbreviation">Winer</span>'s Grammar, 25).<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>needle. <p>From a primary rhapto (to sew; perhaps rather akin to the base of <a href="/greek/4474.htm">rhapizo</a> through the idea of puncturing); a needle -- needle. <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/4474.htm">rhapizo</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>ραφιδος ραφίδος ῥαφίδος raphidos rhaphidos rhaphídos<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="/greek/4476.htm">Strong's Greek 4476</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_4476.htm">2 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/raphidos_4476.htm">ῥαφίδος — 2 Occ.</a><br><br><b><a href="/text/matthew/19-24.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 19:24</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular">N-GFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/19.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">διὰ τρυπήματος <b>ῥαφίδος</b> διελθεῖν ἢ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/19.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> the eye <span class="itali">of a needle,</span> than<br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/19.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> the eye <span class="itali">of a needle,</span> than<br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/19-24.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> through [the] eye <span class="itali">of a needle</span> to pass than<p><b><a href="/text/mark/10-25.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Mark 10:25</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular">N-GFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/mark/10.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">τρυμαλιᾶς τῆς <b>ῥαφίδος</b> διελθεῖν ἢ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/mark/10.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> the eye <span class="itali">of a needle</span> than<br><a href="/kjvs/mark/10.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> the eye <span class="itali">of a needle,</span> than<br><a href="/interlinear/mark/10-25.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> eye [of] a <span class="itali">needle</span> to pass than [for]<p><b><a href="/greek/strongs_4476.htm">2 Occurrences</a></b><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/greek/4475.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="4475"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="4475" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/greek/4477.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="4477"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="4477" /></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></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="/strongsleft.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="/strongsright.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></body></html>