keraia
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2762. keraia

keraia: a little horn
Original Word: κεραία, ας, ἡ
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: keraia
Phonetic Spelling: (ker-ah'-yah)
Short Definition: an apostrophe
Definition: a little hook, an apostrophe on letters of the alphabet, distinguishing them from other little letters, or a separation stroke between letters.

2762 keraía – properly, a little "horn," i.e. " 'a little hook, an apostrophe' on letters of the alphabet, distinguishing them from other like-letters, or a 'separation stroke' between letters" (Souter); a tittle (KJV).

["Tittle" comes from the Latin, titulus – the stroke above an abbreviated word – and later, any small mark.

"In Vay. R. 19 the guilt of altering one of them is pronounced so great that if it were done the world would be destroyed" (so McNeile).]

Word Origin
from keras
Definition
a little horn
NASB Word Usage
stroke (1), stroke of a letter (1).

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tittle, stroke

Feminine of a presumed derivative of the base of keras; something horn-like, i.e. (specially) the apex of a Hebrew letter (figuratively, the least particle) -- tittle.

see GREEK keras

ἐκένωσεν — 1 Occ.
κεκένωται — 1 Occ.
κενώσει — 1 Occ.
κενωθῇ — 2 Occ.
κέντρα — 3 Occ.
κέντρον — 2 Occ.
κεντυρίων — 1 Occ.
κεντυρίωνα — 1 Occ.
κεντυρίωνος — 1 Occ.
κενῶς — 1 Occ.
κεραίαν — 1 Occ.
Κεραμέως — 2 Occ.
κεραμεὺς — 1 Occ.
κεραμικὰ — 1 Occ.
κεράμιον — 2 Occ.
κεράμων — 1 Occ.
ἐκέρασεν — 1 Occ.
κεκερασμένου — 1 Occ.
κεράσατε — 1 Occ.
κέρας — 1 Occ.


Strong's Greek 2762
2 Occurrences


κεραία — 1 Occ.
κεραίαν — 1 Occ.

Matthew 5:18 N-NFS
BIB: ἢ μία κεραία οὐ μὴ
NAS: or stroke shall pass
KJV: or one tittle shall in no wise pass
INT: or one tittle no not

Luke 16:17 N-AFS
BIB: νόμου μίαν κεραίαν πεσεῖν
NAS: for one stroke of a letter of the Law
KJV: than one tittle of the law to fail.
INT: law one tittle to fail

2 Occurrences


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