mot (karphos): A minute piece of anything dry or light, as straw, chaff, a splinter of wood, that might enter the eye. Used by Jesus inMt 7:3ff;Lu 6:41f in contrast with "beam," to rebuke officiousness in correcting small faults of others, while cherishing greater ones of our own.
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, James Orr, General Editor, 1844–1913 edition.