noun · neuter
iōtem
Greekἰῶτα (iōta)
Strong’sG2503
a small letter of the Greek alphabet
stem iōt-once in the New Testament1 of 6 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
ἰῶτα, τό,
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2503 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidee-o'-tah
"iota", the name of the eighth letter of the Greek alphabet, put (figuratively) for a very small part of anything
Fromof Hebrew origin (the tenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet);
King Jamesjot.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject or object direct | iōtem1×ἰῶτα | iōteim |
| of, belonging to genitive | iōteu | iōteiu |
| to, for dative | iōte | iōtei |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
iōte is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
iōtem“smallest letter”subject or objectdirect singular1×
Matthew 5:18“smallest letter”amēn gar legamō vi, heōs an parerchateia tos ouranos kai tas gēas, iōtem henem ē henas keraias ouk mē parerchateia apo tou nomou, heōs an panteim gineteia.For I tell you truly, until heaven and earth pass away, not a single jot, not a stroke of a pen, will disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished.