Karphos denotes the small object in a brother’s eye contrasted with the plank in one’s own eye.

The attested use places karphos in the image of a small object in a brother’s eye, repeatedly contrasted with the plank in the speaker’s or observer’s own eye and mentioned as something to be removed.

1. Small object in the eye-image · dominant

   In Luke 6:41 and Matthew 7:3, the accusative singular neuter form names what is seen in a brother’s eye while a plank in one’s own eye goes unobserved. In Luke 6:42, Matthew 7:4, and Matthew 7:5, the same form is the object proposed for removal from the brother’s eye; the APB renders the clause with “the speck.”

   Luke 6:41Luke 6:42Matthew 7:3Matthew 7:4Matthew 7:5

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the cited verses, the APB presents the term as “the speck” in the eye image, including contexts of seeing and removing it. This reflects the translation’s rendering of the clauses rather than a word-by-word alignment.