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In the New Testament, the camel is often used metaphorically to illustrate teachings of Jesus, particularly in the context of wealth and spiritual humility.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In the ancient Near East, camels were vital for trade and transportation, especially in desert regions. They were considered valuable assets due to their endurance and ability to travel long distances without water. The camel's significance in daily life made it a powerful symbol in teachings and parables, often representing wealth, burden, or the improbable.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>of Hebrew origin <a href="/hebrew/1581.htm">gamal</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>camel<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>camel (4), camel's (2).<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 2574: κάμηλος</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">κάμηλος</span></span>, <span class="greek2">καμήλου</span>, <span class="greek2">ὁ</span>, <span class="greek2">ὁ</span>, Hebrew <span class="hebrew">גָּמָל</span> (from <span class="abbreviation">Herodotus</span> down), <span class="accented">a camel</span> (<span class="abbreviation">BB. DD.</span> under the word; Tristram, Nat. Hist. etc., p. 58ff): <a href="/interlinear/matthew/3-4.htm">Matthew 3:4</a>; <a href="/interlinear/mark/1-6.htm">Mark 1:6</a>; in proverbs, <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>, (meaning, 'something almost or altogether impossible' (cf. Farrar in The Expositor for 1876 i., p. 369ff; especially Wetzstein in the Sitzungsberichte d. Akad. d. Wissensch. zu München, 1873, pp. 581-596)); <a href="/interlinear/matthew/23-24.htm">Matthew 23:24</a> (of one who is careful not to sin in trivial matters, but pays no heed to the more important matters).<FOOTNOTE:1> <p><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 2574: κάμιλος</span><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">κάμιλος</span></span>, <span class="greek2">καμιλου</span>, <span class="greek2">ὁ</span>, <span class="accented">a cable</span>; the reading of certain manuscripts in <a href="/interlinear/matthew/19-24.htm">Matthew 19:24</a> and <a href="/interlinear/luke/18-25.htm">Luke 18:25</a> (see <span class="manuref">Tdf.</span>s notes). The word is found only in <span class="abbreviation">Suidas</span> (1967 c.) and the Schol. on <span class="abbreviation">Aristophanes</span> reap. (1030): "<span class="greek2">κάμιλος</span> <span class="greek2">τό</span> <span class="greek2">παχύ</span> <span class="greek2">σχοινίον</span> <span class="greek2">διά</span> <span class="greek2">τοῦ</span> <span class="greek2">ἰ</span>." Cf. <span class="abbreviation">Passow</span> (or Liddell and Scott), under the word; (<span class="manuref">WH</span>'s Appendix, p. 151b).<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>camel. <p>Of Hebrew origin (<a href="/hebrew/1581.htm">gamal</a>); a "camel" -- camel. <p>see HEBREW <a href="/hebrew/1581.htm">gamal</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>καμηλοι κάμηλοι καμηλοίς καμήλοις καμηλον κάμηλον καμηλου καμήλου καμήλους καμήλων καμιναίας kamelon kamēlon kámelon kámēlon kamelou kamēlou kamḗlou<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/3-4.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 3:4</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular">N-GMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/3.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἀπὸ τριχῶν <b>καμήλου</b> καὶ ζώνην</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/3.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> a garment <span class="itali">of camel's</span> hair<br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/3.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> raiment of <span class="itali">camel's</span> hair, and<br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/3-4.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> of hair <span class="itali">of a camel</span> and a belt<p><b><a href="/text/matthew/19-24.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 19:24</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular">N-AMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/19.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">εὐκοπώτερόν ἐστιν <b>κάμηλον</b> διὰ τρυπήματος</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/19.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> to you, it is easier <span class="itali">for a camel</span> to go through<br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/19.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> It is easier <span class="itali">for a camel</span> to go through<br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/19-24.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> easier [it] is <span class="itali">a camel</span> through [the] eye<p><b><a href="/text/matthew/23-24.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 23:24</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular">N-AMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/23.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">τὴν δὲ <b>κάμηλον</b> καταπίνοντες </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/23.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> out a gnat and swallow <span class="itali">a camel!</span><br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/23.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and swallow <span class="itali">a camel.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/23-24.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> and <span class="itali">[the] camel</span> swallow<p><b><a href="/text/mark/1-6.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Mark 1:6</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular">N-GMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/mark/1.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἐνδεδυμένος τρίχας <b>καμήλου</b> καὶ ζώνην</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/mark/1.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> was clothed <span class="itali">with camel's</span> hair<br><a href="/kjvs/mark/1.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> was clothed <span class="itali">with camel's</span> hair, and<br><a href="/interlinear/mark/1-6.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> clothed in hair <span class="itali">of a camel</span> and a belt<p><b><a href="/text/mark/10-25.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Mark 10:25</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular">N-AMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/mark/10.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">εὐκοπώτερόν ἐστιν <b>κάμηλον</b> διὰ τῆς</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/mark/10.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> It is easier <span class="itali">for a camel</span> to go<br><a href="/kjvs/mark/10.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> It is easier <span class="itali">for a camel</span> to go through<br><a href="/interlinear/mark/10-25.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> Easier it is <span class="itali">[for] a camel</span> through the<p><b><a href="/text/luke/18-25.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Luke 18:25</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular">N-AMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/luke/18.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">γάρ ἐστιν <b>κάμηλον</b> διὰ τρήματος</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/luke/18.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> For it is easier <span class="itali">for a camel</span> to go<br><a href="/kjvs/luke/18.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> it is easier <span class="itali">for a camel</span> to go through<br><a href="/interlinear/luke/18-25.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> indeed it is <span class="itali">a camel</span> through an eye<p><b><a href="/greek/2574.htm">Strong's Greek 2574</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_2574.htm">6 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/kame_lon_2574.htm">κάμηλον — 4 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/kame_lou_2574.htm">καμήλου — 2 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/2573.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2573"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2573" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/greek/2575.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2575"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2575" /></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>