| Lexical Summary rhaphis: a needleOriginal Word: ῥαφίς Transliteration: rhaphis Phonetic Spelling: (hraf-ece') Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Short Definition: a needle Meaning: a needle Strong's Concordanceneedle. From a primary rhapto (to sew; perhaps rather akin to the base of rhapizo through the idea of puncturing); a needle -- needle. see GREEK rhapizo Thayer's Greek LexiconSTRONGS NT 4476: ῤαφίς ῤαφίς, ῤαφίδος, ἡ (ῤάπτω to sew), a needle: Matthew 19:24; Mark 10:25; Luke 18:25 Rec. ((cf. κάμηλος)). Class. Greek more common uses βελόνη (which see); see Lob. ad Phryn., p. 90; (Winer's Grammar, 25). | 



