Speck
κάρφοςStrong’s G2595karphos
Appears in 5 verses of the New Testament
In short
Karphos is the Greek word usually translated “splinter”. It appears in 5 verses of the New Testament.
“And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?”
Meaning
Usually translated “splinter”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- splinter 6
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 3
- Luke 2
2 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 7:4Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye?
- Matthew 7:5Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye.
- Luke 6:41And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but perceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
- Luke 6:42Either how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote that is in thine eye, when thou thyself beholdest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to pull out the mote that is in thy brother’s eye.
Greek dictionary
κάρφος karphos · speck
κάρφος, -εος (-ους) τό [in LXX: Gen.8:11 (טָרַף) * ;] a small dry stalk, a twig; metaphorically, of a minor fault: Mat.7:3-5, Luk.6:41-42.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “speck” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SPECK, noun
[This word may be formed from peck, for peckled has been used for speckled, spotted as though pecked.]
- A spot; a stain; a small place in any thing that is discolored by foreign matter, or is of a color different from that of the main substance; as a speck on paper or cloth.
- A very small thing.
All definitions and other forms of “speck”
SPECK, verb transitive
To spot; to stain in spots or drops.
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.