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Koine Greek wordlink #2103

SR GNT Mat 5:18 ἰῶτα (iōta) ‘heaven and earth Iota one or one’ Strongs=25030 Lemma=iōta^*
Word role=noun case=nominative gender=neuter number=singular
Year=31 AD TimeSeries=Sermon_on_the_Mount

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Only use of identical word form ἰῶτα (N-NNS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ἰῶτα’ (N-NNS) is always and only glossed as ‘Iota’.

Mat 5:18 ‘heaven and earth Iota one or one’ SR GNT Mat 5:18 word 13

OET-LV: 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. (MAT_5:18)

OET-RV: 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. (MAT 5:18)

^*Note: This is also the only occurrence of the word root (lemma) ‘iōta’ in the Greek originals.

Key: N=noun NNS=nominative,neuter,singular