Definition

"iota", the name of the eighth letter of the Greek alphabet, put (figuratively) for a very small part of anything

Etymology

of Hebrew origin (the tenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet);

Where the KJV renders it

• jot

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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