Tittle
κεραίαStrong’s G2762keraia
Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament
In short
Keraia is the Greek word usually translated “stroke of a letter” and “stroke of a pen”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.
“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.”
Meaning
Usually translated “stroke of a letter” and “stroke of a pen”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- stroke of a letter 1
- stroke of a pen 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 1
- Luke 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
Greek dictionary
κεραία keraia · tittle
κεραία (WH, κερέα, see App., 151), -ας, ἠ (κέρας), a little horn: of the point or extremity which distinguishes some Heb. letters from others (e.g. ד from ר; DCG, ii, 733), Mat.5:18, Luk.16:17.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “tittle” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
TIT'TLE, noun
[from tit, small.]
A small particle; a minute part; a jot; an iota.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.