Needle [ρ α φ ι δ ο ς]. A word stigmatized by the grammarians as unclassical. One of them (Phrynichus) says, "As for rJafiv, nobody would know what it is." Matthew also uses it. See on Matthew 19:24. Luke uses, belonhv, the surgical needle. See on Luke 18:25.

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Old Testament