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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

JOT

jot: "Jot" (Revised Version, later editions of the King James Version) is a corruption of iote (early editions of the King James Version, Geneva, Rheims, Bishops'-pronounced i-o'te), an English transliteration of iota, the 9th letter of the Greek alphabet (Matthew 5:18 parallel). "Iota," in turn, is the nearest Greek equivalent for the Hebrew yodh ("y"), the smallest letter of the Hebrew alphabet, in New Testament times being little larger than an English accent ('). The tittle (which see) is the smallest part of a letter (not part of a y, however). Consequently, thinking of the law as written out, the sense of Matthew 5:17, is: "From this code, so written, not the smallest letter nor part of a letter-not an `i' nor the crossing of a `t'-shall be erased until all things come to pass." (For the meaning, see LAW.) The reference is to the synagogue rolls, which were written in Hebrew, so that the passage has no bearing on the language used by Christ. For the form of the "jot," compare the tables in HDB, article "Alphabet," more fully in Chwolson,. Corp. Inscr. Hebrew. (1882).

See TITTLE.

Burton Scott Easton

Greek

2503. iota -- iota
... 2503 ("jot" in the ) -- ", the smallest Hebrew (Aramaic) letter" (Souter). ... letter,
yod Definition iota NASB Word Usage letter (1). jot, iota. ...
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Library

Upon Our Lord's SermonOn the Mount
... For verily I say unto you: Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle
shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. ...
/.../wesley/sermons on several occasions/sermon 25 upon our lords.htm

The Sermon on the Mount.
... part of the process is still going on, and will be until the end of the world.]
18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one ...
/.../mcgarvey/the four-fold gospel/xlii the sermon on the 4.htm

The Positive Side
... For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle
shall in nowise pass from the Law, till all be fulfilled. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/pink/the law and the saint/the positive side.htm

The Evil and Its Remedy
... Ah, not so. The gospel came not into the world to soften down the law. Till heaven
and earth shall pass away, not one jot or tittle of the law shall fail. ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 4 1858/the evil and its remedy.htm

The Sluggard in Harvest
... So, not to abate one jot of your buoyancy, not to cast any shadow over joys and
hopes, but to lift you to a sense of the blessed possibilities of your position ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture g/the sluggard in harvest.htm

Of the First Covenant.
... Perfect obedience without one jot of failing or falling,"an entire and universal
accomplishment of the whole will of God,"that is the duty required of man. ...
/.../binning/the works of the rev hugh binning/lecture xxii of the first.htm

Faustus Rejects Christ's Declaration that He came not to Destroy ...
... This is proved by the words that follow: "Verily, verily, I say unto you, Till heaven
and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law ...
/.../faustus rejects christs declaration that.htm

The New Form of the Old Law
... For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle
shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.19. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture a/the new form of the.htm

The Righteousness of Faith
... No abatement, no allowance could possibly be made, for falling short in any degree,
as to any jot or tittle, either of the outward or the inward law. ...
/.../wesley/sermons on several occasions/sermon 6 the righteousness of.htm

God's Law Immutable.
... They saw, as never before, the force of the Saviour's words, "Till heaven and earth
pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law."(717) The ...
/.../white/the great controversy between christ and satan /25 gods law immutable.htm

Easton's Bible Dictionary

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.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) An iota; a point; a tittle; the smallest particle. Cf. Bit, n.

2. (v. t.) To set down; to make a brief note of; -- usually followed by down.

Thesaurus

Jot (1 Occurrence)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. JOT. ... For the form of the "jot," compare the tables
in HDB, article "Alphabet," more fully in Chwolson,. Corp. Inscr. Hebrew. ...
/j/jot.htm - 8k

Jot'bathah (3 Occurrences)
Jot'bathah. Jotbathah, Jot'bathah. Jotham . Multi-Version
Concordance Jot'bathah (3 Occurrences). Numbers 33:33 And ...
/j/jot'bathah.htm - 7k

Tittle (2 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary. (n.) A particle; a minute part; a jot; an iota. Int. ...
See JOT; YODH. Multi-Version Concordance Tittle (2 Occurrences). ...
/t/tittle.htm - 8k

Jotbathah (3 Occurrences)
...jot'-ba-tha (yoTbathah): A desert camp of the Israelites between Hor-hagidgad and
Abronah (Numbers 33:33, 34 Deuteronomy 10:7). It was "a land of brooks of ...
/j/jotbathah.htm - 7k

Minute (19 Occurrences)
... 4. (n.) A coin; a half farthing. 5. (n.) A very small part of anything, or anything
very small; a jot; a tittle. 6. (n.) A point of time; a moment. ...
/m/minute.htm - 13k

Verily (146 Occurrences)
... Matthew 5:18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one
tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. ...
/v/verily.htm - 39k

Jostled (1 Occurrence)

/j/jostled.htm - 6k

Jotbah (4 Occurrences)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia JOTBAH. jot'-ba (yoTbah, "pleasantness"): The home
of Meshullemeth, the mother of King Amon, daughter of Haruz (2 Kings 21:19). ...
/j/jotbah.htm - 7k

Jotapata

/j/jotapata.htm - 6k

Whit (5 Occurrences)
... (n.) The smallest part or particle imaginable; a bit; a jot; an iota; --
generally used in an adverbial phrase in a negative sentence. ...
/w/whit.htm - 8k

Bible Concordance

Jot (1 Occurrence)

Matthew 5:18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
(KJV ASV WBS)

Subtopics

Jot

Jot: The Smallest Character in Written Hebrew (A Yodh)

Related Terms

Jot'bathah (3 Occurrences)

Tittle (2 Occurrences)

Jotbathah (3 Occurrences)

Minute (19 Occurrences)

Verily (146 Occurrences)

Jostled (1 Occurrence)

Jotbah (4 Occurrences)

Jotapata