UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, f.

Inflections: κεραία; -ας

Related lemmas: κέρας

Sense 1: stroke, short mark, short line of a letter, part of a letter

Semantic entry: 33.37

Semantic domains: Communication

Subdomains: Written Language

Definition: a part of a letter of the alphabet

Notes: The reference of ἰῶτα (33.36: ἰῶτα) and κεραία is to the small details of the Law, and therefore it may be appropriate in many languages to translate RV MAT 5:18 · LV MAT 5:18 · Read together MAT 5:18 as ‘not one of the smallest parts of the Law will be done away with’ or ‘… will become null and void.’

MAT 5:18: RV MAT 5:18 · LV MAT 5:18 · Read together MAT 5:18

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OET-RV MAT 5:18

18 because I can assure you all that until heaven and earth reach their end, not one letter or mark will be taken away from those instructions until everything is fulfilled.

OET-LV MAT 5:18

18 For/Because truly I _am _saying to _you _all, until the heaven and the earth wishfully may _pass _away, one Iota or one serif by _no _means may_ not _pass _away from the law, until wishfully all things may _become.

LUK 16:17: RV LUK 16:17 · LV LUK 16:17 · Read together LUK 16:17

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OET-RV LUK 16:17

17 but it’s easier for the sky and the earth to disappear than it is for one small part of the law to fall.

OET-LV LUK 16:17

17 But it _is easier the for _heaven and the earth to _pass _away, than one serif of _the law to _fall.

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

κεραία

Form 1

Sense 1: stroke, short mark, short line of a letter, part of a letter