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In the context of biblical literature, it is often used metaphorically to denote something very small or insignificant. The term "iota" has been adopted into English to signify a tiny amount or the smallest part of something.<br><br><b>Biblical Reference:</b> <br>The most notable biblical reference to "iota" is found in the New Testament, specifically in the Gospel of Matthew. In <a href="/matthew/5-18.htm">Matthew 5:18</a> , Jesus states, "For truly I tell you, 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." Here, "jot" is translated from the Greek "iota," emphasizing the enduring and unchanging nature of God's Law down to the smallest detail.<br><br><b>Theological Significance:</b> <br>In this passage, Jesus underscores the importance of the Law and the Prophets, affirming that every part of the Scripture is significant and will be fulfilled. The use of "iota" highlights the precision and completeness of God's Word, suggesting that even the smallest letter or stroke is imbued with divine authority and purpose. This reflects the belief in the inerrancy and infallibility of Scripture, a cornerstone of conservative Christian theology.<br><br><b>Cultural and Historical Context:</b> <br>In the Jewish tradition, the Law (Torah) was meticulously preserved and revered. The scribes and teachers of the Law paid great attention to every letter and stroke, ensuring that the Scriptures were copied accurately. Jesus' reference to "iota" would have resonated with His audience, who understood the meticulous care given to the transmission of the sacred texts.<br><br><b>Application in Christian Doctrine:</b> <br>The mention of "iota" in <a href="/matthew/5-18.htm">Matthew 5:18</a> serves as a reminder to Christians of the importance of adhering to the teachings of the Bible in their entirety. It calls believers to respect and uphold the authority of Scripture, recognizing that every part of it is vital to understanding God's will and purpose. This passage encourages a comprehensive approach to biblical interpretation, where no part of Scripture is dismissed or overlooked.<br><br><b>Related Concepts:</b> <br>· <b>Jot and Tittle:</b> The phrase "jot and tittle" is often used to refer to the smallest details of the written word. In Hebrew, a "tittle" is a small stroke or point in writing, similar to a serif in English letters. Together, "jot and tittle" emphasize the completeness and precision of the biblical text.<br>· <b>Inerrancy of Scripture:</b> The belief that the Bible, in its original manuscripts, is without error and completely accurate in all it affirms. The reference to "iota" supports this doctrine by illustrating the precision with which God's Word is preserved.<br><br><b>Conclusion:</b> <br>The use of "iota" in the Bible serves as a powerful metaphor for the enduring and unchanging nature of God's Word. It underscores the belief in the divine inspiration and authority of Scripture, encouraging believers to uphold and cherish every part of the biblical text.<a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>1. (<I>n.</I>) A very small amount; also the ninth letter of the Greek alphabet corresponding with the English i.<p>2. (<I>n.</I>) A very small quantity or degree; a jot; a particle.<a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/2503.htm"><span class="l">2503. <b>iota</b> -- <b>iota</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> 2502b, 2503. <b>iota</b>. 2504 . <b>iota</b>. Part of Speech: Indeclinable Letter (Noun)<br> Transliteration: <b>iota</b> Phonetic Spelling: (ee-o'-tah) Short <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2503.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/hippolytus/the_refutation_of_all_heresies/chapter_vi_monoimus_iota_his_notion.htm"><span class="l">Monoimus' "<b>Iota</b>;" his Notion of the "Son of Man. "</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Book VIII. Chapter VI."Mono??mus' "<b>Iota</b>;" His Notion of the "Son of Man.". <b>...</b> [932] The<br> <b>iota</b> with a little mark placed above, signifies ten; thus, i = 10. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../the refutation of all heresies/chapter vi monoimus iota his notion.htm</font><p><a href="/library/burgon/the_last_twelve_verses_of_the_gospel_according_to_s_mark_/my_word_will_not_pass.htm"><span class="l">"My Word Will not Pass Away"</span></a> <br><b>...</b> GREEK SMALL LETTER GAMMA}{GREEK SMALL LETTER OMEGA} {GREEK SMALL LETTER UPSILON<br> WITH DASIA}{GREEK SMALL LETTER MU}{GREEK SMALL LETTER <b>IOTA</b> WITH PERISPOMENI <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../my word will not pass.htm</font><p><a href="/library/pohle/grace_actual_and_habitual/section_1_the_necessity_of_2.htm"><span class="l">The Necessity of Faith for Justification</span></a> <br><b>...</b> The word {GREEK SMALL LETTER PI}{GREEK SMALL LETTER <b>IOTA</b> WITH OXIA}{GREEK SMALL<br> LETTER SIGMA}{GREEK SMALL LETTER TAU}{GREEK SMALL LETTER <b>IOTA</b>}{GREEK SMALL <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../pohle/grace actual and habitual/section 1 the necessity of 2.htm</font><p><a href="/library/burgon/the_last_twelve_verses_of_the_gospel_according_to_s_mark_/appendix_e_text_of_the.htm"><span class="l">Appendix (E). Text of the Concluding Scholion of victor of <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> {GREEK CAPITAL LETTER EPSILON}{GREEK SMALL LETTER <b>IOTA</b> WITH PSILI} {GREEK SMALL<br> LETTER DELTA}{GREEK SMALL LETTER EPSILON WITH VARIA} {GREEK SMALL LETTER KAPPA <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../appendix e text of the.htm</font><p><a href="/library/binning/the_works_of_the_rev_hugh_binning/notanda.htm"><span class="l">Notanda.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> lib. xi, cap.1. P.5, last line. {GREEK CAPITAL LETTER EPSILON}{GREEK SMALL LETTER<br> <b>IOTA</b>} {GREEK SMALL LETTER GAMMA}{GREEK SMALL LETTER OMICRON}{GREEK SMALL <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/binning/the works of the rev hugh binning/notanda.htm</font><p><a href="/library/pohle/grace_actual_and_habitual/section_2_the_necessity_of.htm"><span class="l">The Necessity of Other Preparatory Acts Besides Faith</span></a> <br><b>...</b> LETTER NU}{GREEK SMALL LETTER EPSILON}{GREEK SMALL LETTER RHO}{GREEK SMALL LETTER<br> GAMMA}{GREEK SMALL LETTER EPSILON}{GREEK SMALL LETTER <b>IOTA</b> WITH PERISPOMENI <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../pohle/grace actual and habitual/section 2 the necessity of.htm</font><p><a href="/library/augustine/our_lords_sermon_on_the_mount/chapter_viii.htm"><span class="l">Chapter viii.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> rather confirms it by perfecting it; and accordingly He follows up with the statement,<br> "Verily I say unto you, [76] Till heaven and earth pass, one <b>iota</b> or one <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../christianbookshelf.org/augustine/our lords sermon on the mount/chapter viii.htm</font><p><a href="/library/bliss/a_brief_commentary_on_the_apocalypse/the_unclean_spirits.htm"><span class="l">The Unclean Spirits.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> There are two words rendered devils in the New Testament, viz.: {GREEK SMALL LETTER<br> DELTA}{GREEK SMALL LETTER ALPHA}{GREEK SMALL LETTER <b>IOTA</b>}{GREEK SMALL <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../bliss/a brief commentary on the apocalypse/the unclean spirits.htm</font><p><a href="/library/hippolytus/the_refutation_of_all_heresies/chapter_xiii_monoimus.htm"><span class="l">Monoimus.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> And (Mono??mus asserts) that the Son of man is <b>iota</b>, which stands for ten, the principal<br> number in which is (inherent) the subsistence of all number (in general <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../hippolytus/the refutation of all heresies/chapter xiii monoimus.htm</font><p><a href="/library/burgon/the_last_twelve_verses_of_the_gospel_according_to_s_mark_/appendix_f_on_the_relative.htm"><span class="l">Appendix (F). On the Relative Antiquity of the Codex Vaticanus (B) <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> SIGMA}{GREEK CAPITAL LETTER TAU}{GREEK CAPITAL LETTER RHO}{GREEK CAPITAL LETTER<br> THETA}{GREEK CAPITAL LETTER ETA}, {GREEK CAPITAL LETTER <b>IOTA</b>}{GREEK CAPITAL <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../appendix f on the relative.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/i/iota.htm"><span class="l"><b>Iota</b> (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> English i. 2. (n.) A very small quantity or degree; a jot; a particle.<br> Multi-Version Concordance <b>Iota</b> (1 Occurrence). Matthew 5:18 <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/i/iota.htm - 6k</font><p><a href="/topical/j/jot.htm"><span class="l">Jot (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Or <b>Iota</b>, the smallest letter of the Greek alphabet, used metaphorically or proverbially<br> for the smallest thing (Matthew 5:18); or it may be = yod, which is the <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/j/jot.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/t/tittle.htm"><span class="l">Tittle (2 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> least point. Noah Webster's Dictionary. (n.) A particle; a minute part; a<br> jot; an <b>iota</b>. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. TITTLE. tit <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/t/tittle.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/t/text.htm"><span class="l">Text (5 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> sigma; capital omicron for capital theta; capital alpha for capital lambda or capital<br> delta; capital pi (P) for capital tau and capital <b>iota</b> (written together <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/t/text.htm - 73k</font><p><a href="/topical/m/manuscripts.htm"><span class="l">Manuscripts</span></a><br><b>...</b> sigma; capital omicron for capital theta; capital alpha for capital lambda or capital<br> delta; capital pi (P) for capital tau and capital <b>iota</b> (written together <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/m/manuscripts.htm - 39k</font><p><a href="/topical/m/malefactor.htm"><span class="l">Malefactor (2 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> sigma; capital omicron for capital theta; capital alpha for capital lambda or capital<br> delta; capital pi (P) for capital tau and capital <b>iota</b> (written together <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/m/malefactor.htm - 49k</font><p><a href="/topical/j/juttah.htm"><span class="l">Juttah (3 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Levitical city (Joshua 21:16). In some versions of Septuagint it occurs<br> (<b>Iota</b>) in 1 Chronicles 6:57. In the Eusebius, Onomasticon <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/j/juttah.htm - 9k</font><p><a href="/topical/j/jutah.htm"><span class="l">Jutah (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Levitical city (Joshua 21:16). In some versions of Septuagint it occurs<br> (<b>Iota</b>) in 1 Chronicles 6:57. In the Eusebius, Onomasticon <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/j/jutah.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/l/logia.htm"><span class="l">Logia</span></a><br><b>...</b> At the top right-hand corner of one page are the letters <b>iota</b>, alpha, used as numerals,<br> that is 11, and it has been suggested that this, with other <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/l/logia.htm - 19k</font><p><a href="/topical/w/whit.htm"><span class="l">Whit (5 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> (n.) The smallest part or particle imaginable; a bit; a jot; an <b>iota</b>; --<br> generally used in an adverbial phrase in a negative sentence. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/w/whit.htm - 8k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/apostasy.html">What is apostasy and how can I recognize it? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Quran-annul-Bible.html">Does the Qur'an replace the Bible? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/IHS.html">What does IHS mean? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://clyx.com/term/iota.htm">Iota: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Iota (1 Occurrence)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/5-18.htm">Matthew 5:18</a></span><br />Solemnly I tell you that until Heaven and earth pass away, not one <span class="boldtext">iota</span> or smallest detail will pass away from the Law until all has taken place.<br /><span class="source">(WEY DBY YLT RSV)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/i/iota.htm">Iota</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/i/iphdei'ah.htm">Iphdei'ah (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/i/iota.htm">Iota (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/p/penu'el.htm">Penu'el (7 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/p/penuel.htm">Penuel (7 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/shashak.htm">Shashak (2 Occurrences)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/topical/i/iob.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Iob"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Iob" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/topical/i/iphdeiah.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Iphdeiah"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Iphdeiah" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <br /><br /> <div align="center"> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>