konops denotes the small creature contrasted with a camel in a saying about straining and swallowing.

The attested use names the small creature set against a camel in a contrast between straining it out and swallowing the larger animal.

1. Small creature in a contrast with a camel · dominant

   In Matthew 23:24, the accusative singular masculine form occurs in the clause about straining out the small creature while swallowing a camel; the APB renders the verse, “Blind guides, who strain out the gnat and swallow the camel.”

   Matthew 23:24

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Matthew 23:24, the APB presents the contrast as “strain out the gnat and swallow the camel.” It confirms the verse-level contrast rather than isolating every detail of the Greek term.