eye of needle
Tiny sewing hole
The eye of a needle is the small hole through which thread passes.
The phrase appears most often in the biblical saying about a camel passing through the eye of a needle—something essentially impossible: It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.
The image conveys extreme difficulty or impossibility.
- threadFiber for stitching
- sewingCraft with needle and thread
- camelHumped desert mammal
- rich manAffluent person
- narrowOf small width
hole · stitch · piercing · tiny · passage · pass through · tight squeeze · biblical · squeeze · impossibility · aperture · threading · sharp · fine point · metal · fabric · tailor · focus
- Biblical imageryLamb of God, Good Shepherd, bread of life, light of the world, living water
- needlesbetweens, sharps, bodkin
- Bible moneymammon, tithe, alms, mite, shekel
part of needle
eye of needleneedle point
Stitched textile art
point · needle tip · sharp end · tip · business end
needle, eyes, eyed, eyeing, eyeless, eyelet, needles, needled, needling