Quick Definition
κάρφος, ους, τό n.n. a dry stalk, chip of wood
Strong's Definition
from karpho (to wither); a dry twig or straw
KJV Usage: mote
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κάρφος, -eos (τους), τό, (fr. κάρφω to contract, dry up, wither), a dry stalk or twig, a straw; chaff, (A.V. mote]: Mt. vii. 83-5; Lk. vi. 41sq., where it figuratively denotes asmaller fault. (Gen. viii. 11; in Grk. writ. fr. Aeschyl. and Hdt. down.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
κάρφος karphos 6x
any small dry thing, as chaff, stubble, splinter; Mt. 7:3, 4, 5; Lk. 6:41, 42*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
κάρφος, -εος (-ους) τό,
[in LXX: Ge 8:11 (טָרָף)*;]
a small dry stalk, a twig; metaph., of a minor fault: Mt 7:3-5, Lk 6:41, 42.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
κάρφος is found in a sepulchral epitaph Aazbe/ 980° where it is said of the pious man (ὃ εὐσεβής) --οὐδὲ κάρφος ἐβλάβη, “he was not a whit injured” (cf. LS s.v.): see Mt 7%, where all our English versions from Wycliffe down to RV adopt the translation ‘“‘mote” = ‘‘a very small particle.” The Old Lat. has s¢#pzla, and the Vulg. festuca: cf. Hesych. κάρφος" ἄχυρον, χόρτος. κεραία ξύλου λεπτή.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
κάρφος (karphos) — speck. κάρφος, εος, τό, any small dry body, especially dry stalk, as of the dry sticks of cinnamon, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of rice-straw, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]: generally, in plural, dry twigs, chips, straws, bits of wool, such as birds make their nests of, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: in singular, chip of wood, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; toothpick, [Refs 4th c.AD+]. 'not stirring an inch', [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀπὸ τῆς κύλικος κάρφος τῷ μικρῷ δακτύλῳ ἀφαιρετεῖν Ion Hist.1.
II. = Latin festuca, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
III. a small piece of wood on which the watchword was written, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
IV. in plural, ripe fruit, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
V. ={τῆλις}, [Refs 1st c.AD+] in A.[same place], Plb.[same place]: perhaps cognate with Engl. sharp.)