Camel
κάμηλοςStrong’s G2574kamēlos
Appears in 6 verses of the New Testament
In short
Kamēlos is the Greek word usually translated “camel”. It appears in 6 verses of the New Testament.
“And the same John had his raiment of camel’s hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.”
Meaning
Usually translated “camel”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- a camel 3
- of a camel 2
- camel 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 3
- Mark 2
- Luke 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 19:24And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
- Matthew 23:24Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.
- Mark 1:6And John was clothed with camel’s hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey;
- Mark 10:25It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
- Luke 18:25For it is easier for a camel to go through a needle’s eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
Greek dictionary
κάμηλος kamēlos · camel
κάμηλος, -ου, ὁ, ἡ [in LXX for גָּמַל ;] camel: Mat.3:4, Mrk.1:6; in proverbs, Mat.19:24 23:24, Mrk.10:25, Luk.18:25 (on the seel. κάμιλος, see WH, Notes, 151).† κάμιλος, see: κάμηλος, and cf. Thayer; LS, s.v (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “camel” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
CAMEL, noun
- A large quadruped used in Asia and Africa for carrying burdens, and for riders.
- In Holland, camel [or Kameel, as Coxe writes it, ] is a machine for lifting ships, and bearing them over the Pampus, at the mouth of the river Y, or over other bars.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.