G2762Greekkeraían
κεραίαν
something horn-like, i.e., (specially) the apex of a hebrew letter (figuratively, the least particle)
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Total Occurrences
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Books
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Old Testament
2
New Testament
Detailed Definition
- 1a little horn
- 2used by grammarians of the accents and diacritical points, i.e., the smallest distinguishing stroke of a hebrew letter
- 3extremity, apex, point
Etymology & Derivation
feminine of a presumed derivative of the base of g2768
Scholarly Notes
the title is analogous to the dot of an "i" in english. jesus used it to refer to the little lines by which the hebrew letters, in other respects similar, differ from one another; the meaning is, "not even the minutest part of the law shall perish."