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Lexicon :: Strong's G2762 - keraia

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κεραία
Transliteration
keraia (Key)
Pronunciation
ker-ah'-yah
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From a presumed derivative of the base of κέρας (G2768)
mGNT
2x in 2 unique form(s) TR
2x in 2 unique form(s) LXX
0x in 0 unique form(s)
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Strong’s Definitions

κεραία keraía, ker-ah'-yah; feminine of a presumed derivative of the base of G2768; something horn-like, i.e. (specially) the apex of a Hebrew letter (figuratively, the least particle):—tittle.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's G2762 in the following manner: tittle (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's G2762 in the following manner: tittle (2x).

  1. a little horn

  2. extremity, apex, point

    1. used by grammarians of the accents and diacritical points. Jesus used it of the little lines or projections, 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".

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
κεραία keraía, ker-ah'-yah; feminine of a presumed derivative of the base of G2768; something horn-like, i.e. (specially) the apex of a Hebrew letter (figuratively, the least particle):—tittle.
STRONGS G2762:
κεραία (WH κέρεα (see their Appendix, p. 151)), κεραιας, ἡ (κέρας), a little horn; extremity, apex, point; used by the Greek grammarians of the accents and diacritical points. In Matthew 5:18 ((where see Wetstein; cf. also Edersheim, Jesus the Messiah, 1:537f)); Luke 16:17 of the little lines, or projections, by which the Hebrew letters in other respects similar differ from each other, as cheth ח and he ה, daleth ד and resh ר, beth ב and kaph כ (A. V. tittle); the meaning is, 'not even the minutest part of the law shall perish.' ((Aeschylus, Thucydides, others.))
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
5:18
Luke
16:17

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2762 matches the Greek κεραία (keraia),
which occurs 2 times in 2 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:18 - For truly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the law until all is accomplished.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:17 - But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one dot of the law to become void.
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