noun · neuter

trupēmem

Greekτρύπημα (trupēma)

Strong’sG5169

a hole, the eye of a needle

stem trupēm-once in the New Testament1 of 6 forms occur

Translated as

eye1×

What it means

* τρύπημα, -τος, τό

(< τρυπάω, to bore)

a hole: τ. ῥαφιδος, eye of a needle, Mt 19:24 (WH, txt., τρῆμα).†

SYN.: τρῆμα, τρυμαλιά

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G5169 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidtroo'-pay-mah

an aperture, i.e. a needle's eye

Fromfrom a derivative of the base of G5168;

King Jameseye.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject or object direct	trupēmem	trupēmeim
of, belonging to genitive	trupēmeu1×τρυπήματος	trupēmeiu
to, for dative	trupēme	trupēmei

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

trupēmstem+egender+mu—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

trupēme is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

trupēmeu“eye”of, belonging togenitive singular1×

Matthew 19:24“eye”palin de legamō vi, eukopoterem atō kamēlan dia trupēmeu rafiau eiserchara ē plousion eis tan basileian tou theou.Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”