Jot
Bible Usage:
- jot used once.
- Bible Reference: Matthew 5:18
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: Yes
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: Yes
- Included in Smiths: Yes
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: Yes
- Included in BDB: No
Strongs Concordance:
- G2503 Used 1 time
Or Iota, the smallest letter of the Greek alphabet, used metaphorically or proverbially for the smallest thing (Matthew 5:18); or it may be = yod, which is the smallest of the Hebrew letters.
Vowel point in Hebrew.
Matthew 5:18
the English form of the Greek iota , i.e., the smallest letter of the Greek alphabet. The Hebrew is yod , or y formed like a comma ('). It is used metaphorically to express the minutest thing.
JOT, noun [ Heb. yod.] An iota; a point; a tittle; the least quantity assignable.
Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one title shall in no wise pass from the law till all shall be fulfilled. Matthew 5:18.
A man may read much, and acquire not a jot of knowledge, or be a jot the wiser.
JOT, verb transitive To set down; to make a memorandum of.