Dict: easton - Needle

easton:

Needle @ used only in the proverb, "to pass through a needle's eye" kjv@Matthew:19:24; kjv@Mark:10:25; kjv@Luke:18:25). Some interpret the expression as referring to the side gate, close to the principal gate, usually called the "eye of a needle" in the East; but it is rather to be taken literally. The Hebrew females were skilled in the use of the needle kjv@Exodus:28:39 kjv@Exodus:26:36; kjv@Judges:5:30).