Matthew 5:18

18TrulyἀμὴνforγὰρI sayλέγωto youὑμῖν,untilἕωςἂνshall pass awayπαρέλθῃtheὁheavenοὐρανὸςandκαὶtheἡearthγῆ,iotaἰῶταoneἓνorἢoneμίαstroke of a letterκεραίαnoοὐnotμὴshall pass awayπαρέλθῃfromἀπὸtheτοῦlawνόμου,untilἕωςἂνeverythingπάνταshould happenγένηται.

For truly I say to you⁺, until the heaven and the earth should pass away, not even one iota, or one stroke of a letter, shall pass away from the Law, until everything should come to pass.

Vocab difficulty

41.6

Rare words

  • ἰῶτα

    ἰῶτα

    iota, a small letter of the Greek alphabet, used in the NT (like yod, the Hebrew or rather Aramaic letter which was the smallest of all) to indicate the smallest part.

  • κεραία

    κεραία

    a little hook, an apostrophe on letters of the alphabet, distinguishing them from other little letters, or a separation stroke between letters.