Quick Definition
τρύπημα, ατος, τό n.n. a hole, the eye of a needle
Strong's Definition
from a derivative of the base of 5168; an aperture, i.e. a needle's eye
KJV Usage: eye
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, n. | -ατος | τρυμαλιά
6.216 · Artifacts · Miscellaneous
hole a small opening (used in the NT only with reference to the so-called ‘eye’ of a needle) The hole in a needle is variously referred to in different languages, for example, ‘the nostril of the needle,’ ‘the ear of the needle,’ ‘the mouth of the needle,’ and even ‘the anus of the needle.’
1 The terms τρῆμα, τρύπημα, and τρυμαλιά actually belong theoretically to a domain of openings, holes, and apertures, but since these terms in the NT are associated so closely with a needle, it seems far more satisfactory to treat them together with ῥαφίς and βελόνη needle (6.215).
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
τρύπημα, -τος, τό, (τρυπάω to bore), a hole, [eye of a needle]: Mt. xix. 24 [here WH txt. τρῆμα, 4. ν.]. (Arstph., Plut., Geop., al.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
τρύπημα trypēma 1x
a hole; eye of a needle, Mt. 19:24*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* τρύπημα, -τος, τό
(< τρυπάω, to bore)
a hole: τ. ῥαφιδος, eye of a needle, Mt 19:24 (WH, txt., τρῆμα).†
SYN.: τρῆμα, τρυμαλιά
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
τρύπημα (trupēma) — hole. τρῡπ-ημα, ατος, τό, that which is bored, a hole, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; in the ψῆφος, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τ. νεώς, i. e. one of the holes through which the oars worked, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; in the flute, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; in a gate-fastening, the hole for the βάλανος, Aen. Tact. 18.3; ῥαφίδος (compare τρυμαλιά) [NT+5th c.BC+]
