Strong G2574κάμηλος
camel
- Transliteration
- kamēlos
- Pronunciation
- kam'-ay-los
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
Of Hebrew origin [H1581]; a camel: - camel.
Detailed definition
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)
[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)
In the Bible
Strong G2574 appears in 6 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- camel6
First verses
- Matthew 3:4And 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.
- 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.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
κάμηλος [ᾰ], ὁ
and ἡ (as in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1563))], camel, Camelus bactrianus and C. dromedarius [Refs 4th c.BC+ (compare (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 499a13), 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 285, etc.)]; τοὺς ἔρσενας τῶν κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.105)]; κ. ἀμνός a camel-lamb, i.e. young camel, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1559 (Lyric poetry); κ. δρομάς 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Alexander” 31: proverbial, κάμηλον καταπίνειν NT.Matt.23.24)]; compare κάμιλος.
2 ἡ κ. camelry, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.80)]. (Semitic word, cf. Hebrew gāmāl.)
and ἡ (as in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1563))], camel, Camelus bactrianus and C. dromedarius [Refs 4th c.BC+ (compare (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 499a13), 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 285, etc.)]; τοὺς ἔρσενας τῶν κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.105)]; κ. ἀμνός a camel-lamb, i.e. young camel, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1559 (Lyric poetry); κ. δρομάς 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Alexander” 31: proverbial, κάμηλον καταπίνειν NT.Matt.23.24)]; compare κάμιλος.
2 ἡ κ. camelry, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.80)]. (Semitic word, cf. Hebrew gāmāl.)