noun · feminine
keraias
Greekκεραία (keraia)
Strong’sG2762
an apostrophe
stem kerai-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
* κεραία (WH, κερέα, v. App., 151), -ας, ἡ
(< κέρας),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2762 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidker-ah'-yah
something horn-like, i.e. (specially) the apex of a Hebrew letter (figuratively, the least particle)
Fromfeminine of a presumed derivative of the base of G2768;
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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 nominative | keraias1×κεραία | keraiais |
| object accusative | keraian1×κεραίαν | keraiain |
| direct address vocative | keraiar | keraiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | keraiau | keraiaiu |
| to, for dative | keraia | keraiai |
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
keraia 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
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
keraias“stroke of a letter”subjectnominative singular1×
Matthew 5:18“stroke of a 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.
keraian“stroke of a letter”objectaccusative singular1×
Luke 16:17“stroke of a letter”Eukopoterem de atō ton ouranon kai tan gēan parerchara ē tou nomou henan keraian piptara.But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for a single stroke of a pen to drop out of the Law.