κάμηλοςkámēlos

camel: Matthew 3:4, Mark 1:6; in proverbs, Matthew 19:24, Matthew 23:24, Mark 10:25, Luke 18:25.

Greek (New Testament) · G2574

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 6 times in the Bible.

  • Matthew 3:4 John’s clothes were woven from coarse camel hair, and he wore a leather belt around his waist. For food he ate locusts and wild honey.
  • Matthew 19:24 I’ll say it again—it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of God!”
  • Matthew 23:24 Blind guides! You strain your water so you won’t accidentally swallow a gnat, but you swallow a camel!
  • Mark 1:6 His clothes were woven from coarse camel hair, and he wore a leather belt around his waist. For food he ate locusts and wild honey.
  • Mark 10:25 In fact, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of God!”
  • Luke 18:25 In fact, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of God!”

Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.