Easton's Bible Dictionary
: M. G. Easton, M.A., D.D.
Mote
(Gr.
karphos
, something dry, hence a particle of wood or chaff, etc.). A slight moral defect is likened to a mote (
Mt. 7:3-5; Lk. 6:41, 42
).
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