Lexicon ióta: iota Original Word: ἰῶτα, τόPart of Speech: Indeclinable Letter (Noun) Transliteration: ióta Phonetic Spelling: (ee-o'-tah) Short Definition: a small letter of the Greek alphabet Definition: iota, a small letter of the Greek alphabet, used in the NT (like yod, the Hebrew or rather Aramaic letter which was the smallest of all) to indicate the smallest part. HELPS word-Studies 2503 iṓta ("jot" in the KJV) – "yōd, the smallest Hebrew (Aramaic) letter" (Souter). By analogy, the Hebrew letter yōd refers to the Greek letter, iōta (the smallest letter in the Greek alphabet). This symbolizes how each and every detail of the Hebrew-Greek text of Scripture (its grammar) is guaranteed by the Lord Himself to be inerrant and unstoppably powerful! NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originof Semitic origin; name of the Gr. letter corresponding to the tenth Heb. letter, yod Definitioniota NASB Translationletter (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 2503: ἰῶταἰῶτα, τό, iota ( A. V. jot), the Hebrew letter, yodh י, the smallest of them all; hence equivalent to the minutest part: Matthew 5:18. (Cf. Iota.)
Strong's jot, iota Of Hebrew origin (the tenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet); "iota", the name of the eighth letter of the Greek alphabet, put (figuratively) for a very small part of anything -- jot. |
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