Strongs Number: G2762
- Greek Word
- κεραία
- Transliteration
- keraia
- Phonetic
- ker-ah'-yah
- Part of Speech
- Noun Feminine
- Strongs Definition
-
something horn like that is (specifically) the apex of a Hebrew letter (figuratively the least particle)
- Thayers Definition
-
1. a little horn
2. extremity, apex, point
a. 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".
- Origin
- Feminine of a presumed derivative of the base of G2768
- Bible Usage
- tittle.