I any small dry body, esp. dry stalk, as of the dry sticks of cinnamon, Hdt. 3.111; of rice-straw, Polyaen. 4.3.32, cf. Luc. Herm. 33: generally, in pl., dry twigs, chips, straws, bits of wool, such as birds make their nests of, Ar. Av. 643, Sophr. 32, Arist. HA 612b23, AP 10.14 (Agath.): collectivelyin sg., A. Fr. 24, Arist. HA 560b8, Ath. 5.187c: in sg., chip of wood, Ar. V. 249; toothpick, Alciphr. 1.22: prov.,
II = Lat. festuca, Plu. 2.550b.
III a small piece of wood on which the watchword was written, Plb. 6.36.3. in pl., ripe fruit, Nic. Al. 230, 491, Th. 893, 941. =
any small dry thing, as chaff, stubble, splinter; Mat 7:3-5; Luk 6:41-42
G2595 —
κάρφος , - εος (- ους ) τό ,
[in LXX : Gen 8:11 (H2963) * ;]
a small dry stalk, a twig; metaph ., of a minor fault: Mat 7:3-5, Luk 6:41-42. †