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Strong's #2503 - ἰῶτα

Transliteration

iōta

Phonetics

ee-o'-tah

Origin

of Hebrew origin [the tenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet]

Parts of Speech

Noun Neuter

TDNT

None

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

the Hebrew letter `, the smallest of them all
1. hence equivalent to the minutest part

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

KJV (1)

Matthew 1

NAS (1)

Matthew 1

HCS (1)

Matthew 1

BSB (1)

Matthew 1

ESV (1)

Matthew 1

WEB (1)

Matthew 1

KJV (1)

jot 1

NAS (1)

letter 1

HCS (1)

smallest letter 1

BSB (1)

jot 1

ESV (1)

iota 1

WEB (1)

smallest letter 1

RAH

ANT

N-LI 1

BEZ

N-LI 1

BGB

N-NNS 1

BMT

N-LI 1

BYZ

N-LI 1

ELZ

N-LI 1

NA26

N-NSN 1

SBL

N-NSN 1

SCV

N-LI 1

STV

N-LI 1

TIS

N-LI 1

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

ἰῶτα [ ῐ], τό,

indecl., (Hebr. yôd)

1. the letter ι, Pl. Cra. 418b, Aen. Tact. 31.18, Call.Gramm. ap. Ath. 10.453d, etc.

2. line, stroke, on a sundial, Bull.Soc.Alex. 4.83 (iii B.C.).

3. prov., of anything very small, smallest letter, jot, Matthew 5:18.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

ἰῶτα, 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.)

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

ἰῶτα , τό ,

iota (Heb. י , i.e. the smallest letter): Matthew 5:18.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

This word, borrowed from the Phoenician, is written in full in Preisigke 358.12 (iii/B.C.). See also the horological inscr. of iii/B.C. quoted by Herwerden Lex. s.v. γνώμων —ἐπὶ τῶν ἰῶτα (sc. γραμμῶν) φερόμενον σημαίνει ζεφύρου πνοήν. Cf. Moulton Gr. ii. § 70.

List of Word Forms

ιωτα ιώτα ἰῶτα κάβου iota iôta iōta iō̂ta