IOTA, a Letter in the Greek Alphabet, which derives its name from the Jod of the Hebrews, or the Judh of the Syrians. Jesus Matth. v. 18.Christ said in the Gospel, that there would not be one Jota or tittle in the Law which would not have its accomplishment; that is to say, that whatsoever was foretold or figured in Moses and the other sacred Books would be fulfilled. This seems to have been a kind of proverb among the Jews, as it is one among us, to say there is not an Iota wanting; that is to say nothing at all. And this, because an Iota is the smallest letter in the Greek Alphabet, as Jod is in the Hebrew: I Iota יJod.Iota unum, aut unus apex. Now apex is properly a stroke, a point, or the extremity of certain μία κεραία Unus apex.Hebrew letters, which exceed others in length, as Lamed, Schin, &c.
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