Quick Definition
a hole, the eye of a needle
Strong's Definition
an aperture, i.e. a needle's eye
Derivation: from a derivative of the base of G5168 (τρυμαλιά);
KJV Usage: eye
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
τρύπημα, τρυπήματος, τό (τρυπάω to bore), a hole (eye of needle): Mat_19:24 (here WH text τρῆμα, which see). (Aristophanes, Plutarch, Geoponica, others.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
τρύπημα trypēma 1x
a hole; eye of a needle, Mat_19:24
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
*τρύπημα , -τος , τό
( <τρυπάω , to bore ),
a hole: τ . ῥαφιδος , eye of a needle , Mat_19:24 ( WH , txt ., τρῆμα ).†
SYN.: τρῆμα G5169 , τρυμαλιά G5168 .
* τρῆμα , -τος , τό ,
a perforation, hole: ῥαφίδος , Mat_19:24 , WH , txt . βελόνης , Luk_18:25 ( Aristoph ., Plat ., al. ).†
SYN.: τρυμαλιά G5168 , τρύπημα G5169 .
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
τρῆμα (~ τρύπημα ) [page 641]
opening, hole, hence eye of a needle in Mat_19:24 ( v.l . τρυπήματος ), Luk_18:25 . To the exx. of the word in medical writers given by Hobart p. 60, we may add the physiological fragment P Ryl I. 21 fragm. 3 .5 (i/B.C.) διὰ τῶν τρημάτων τῶν ἐν τῶι ἱερῶι ὀστῶι , and the parallel cited by Hunt P Berl A. iv. 1 2 διά τε τῶν ] ἐν τῶι ἱερῶι ὀστῶι τρημάτων καὶ διὰ τῶν κοίλων τῶν ἐν τῷ ὀσφύι . The word also occurs in Aristeas 61 πάντες δ᾽ ἦσαν διὰ τρημάτων κατειλημμένοι χρυσαῖς περόναις πρὸς τὴν ἀσφάλειαν , and they ( sc . precious stones) were all perforated and securely fastened to golden pins (Thackeray). For the verb τετραίνω cf. Syll 540 (= .3 972) .71 (B.C. 175 172) τρήσας βαθύτερα καθαρμόσει . In Herodas III . 33 τετρημένη is used metaph. of slowness, dribbles out : see Headlam s note.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
τρύπημα τρύ^πημα, ατος, τό, [Etym: τρυπάω] "a hole", τρ. νεώς, i. e. one of the holes through which the oars worked, Ar. : like τρυμαλιά, "the eye" of a needle, NTest.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
τρύπημα, -τος, τό
(τρυπάω, to bore)
a hole: τ. ῥαφιδος, eye of a needle, Mat.19:24 (WH, txt., τρῆμα).†
SYN.: τρῆμα, τρυμαλιά (AS)