Strong G2762κεραία
tittle
- Transliteration
- keraia
- Pronunciation
- ker-ah'-yah
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
Feminine of a presumed derivative of the base of G2768; something horn like that is (specifically) the apex of a Hebrew letter (figuratively the least particle): - tittle.
Detailed definition
κεραία (WH, κερέα, see App., 151), -ας, ἠ
(κέρας),
a little horn: of the point or extremity which distinguishes some Heb. letters from others (e.g. ד from ר; DCG, ii, 733), Mat.5:18, Luk.16:17.†
(AS)
(κέρας),
a little horn: of the point or extremity which distinguishes some Heb. letters from others (e.g. ד from ר; DCG, ii, 733), Mat.5:18, Luk.16:17.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2762 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- tittle2
First verses
- Matthew 5:18For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
- Luke 16:17And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
κεραία,
poetry κεν-αίη, ἡ, (κέρας) horn, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “Theriaca” 36, 3rd c.AD: Oppianus Apamensis Epicus “Cynegetica” 3.476.)]
2 antennae of the crayfish or of insects, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 526a6. 532a26.)]
II anything projecting like a horn: hence,
II.1 yard-arm, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 557 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.41, “IG” 22.657, 1604.17, “PMagd.” 11.4 (3rd c.BC))], etc.; κ. καθελέσθαι, ὑφιέναι, i.e.lower sail, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 14.10.11, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.169b; opposed to ἐντείνασθαι Callias Epigrammaticus “anonymous fragment” 382; ἀπὸ ψιλῆς τῆς κ. 'under bare poles', 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Tox.” 19.)]
II.1.b projecting beam of a crane, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.76, compare 4.100, “IG” 11(2).161 A 90 (Delos, 3rd c.BC), 3rd-2nd c.BC: Philo Mechanicus “(Belopoeica) Excerpte aus Philons Mechanik - Ath. Berl. Akad.” 100.18, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 8.5.10, 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Anabasis” 2.19.2.)]
II.1.c projecting parts of the hucklebone, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 499b30.)]
II.1.d branching stake of wood, used as a pale in a palisade, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 18.18.7, 2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Bella Civilia” 4.78.)]
II.1.e horns of the ancilia, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Numa” 13.)]
II.2 plural, horns of the moon, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Aratus Epicus 785, 790.)]
II.3 in writing, apex of a letter, [NT+4th c.BC+ (“IG” 2.4321.10 (4th c.BC), 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 28.27, cf. NT.Matt.5.18, NT.Luke.16.17, 2nd c.AD: Antyllus Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 45.57.4; ζυγομαχεῖν περὶ συλλαβῶν καὶ κ. 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.1100a)]; διὰ πάσης κ. διῆκον showing itself in every word of a speech, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Dinarcho” 7.)]
II.4 leg of a pair of compasses, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 10.54.)]
II.5 projecting spur of a mountain, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cat.Ma.” 13)]; of the horns of Europe and Africa at the Straits of Gibraltar, [Refs 6th c.AD+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 4.3b.40 (6th c.AD: Agathias Historicus et Epigrammaticus))]; arms of a harbour, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vitae Sophistarum” 1.21.2.)]
II.6 ={κέρας} see [Refs (3)], wing of an army, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Heliodorus Scriptor Eroticus 9.20.)]
II.7 plural, supposed teat-like projections inside the womb, [Refs (Diocl.fragment 27)]; but the Fallopian tubes, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus “de Usu Partium” 14.11, 2nd c.AD: Rufus Medicus “περὶ ὀνομασίας” 194.)]
III bow made of horn, [Refs 6th c.AD+ (Anthologia Graeca 6.75 (6th c.AD: Paulus Silentiarius Epigrammaticus).)]
poetry κεν-αίη, ἡ, (κέρας) horn, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “Theriaca” 36, 3rd c.AD: Oppianus Apamensis Epicus “Cynegetica” 3.476.)]
2 antennae of the crayfish or of insects, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 526a6. 532a26.)]
II anything projecting like a horn: hence,
II.1 yard-arm, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 557 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.41, “IG” 22.657, 1604.17, “PMagd.” 11.4 (3rd c.BC))], etc.; κ. καθελέσθαι, ὑφιέναι, i.e.lower sail, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 14.10.11, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.169b; opposed to ἐντείνασθαι Callias Epigrammaticus “anonymous fragment” 382; ἀπὸ ψιλῆς τῆς κ. 'under bare poles', 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Tox.” 19.)]
II.1.b projecting beam of a crane, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.76, compare 4.100, “IG” 11(2).161 A 90 (Delos, 3rd c.BC), 3rd-2nd c.BC: Philo Mechanicus “(Belopoeica) Excerpte aus Philons Mechanik - Ath. Berl. Akad.” 100.18, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 8.5.10, 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Anabasis” 2.19.2.)]
II.1.c projecting parts of the hucklebone, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 499b30.)]
II.1.d branching stake of wood, used as a pale in a palisade, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 18.18.7, 2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Bella Civilia” 4.78.)]
II.1.e horns of the ancilia, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Numa” 13.)]
II.2 plural, horns of the moon, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Aratus Epicus 785, 790.)]
II.3 in writing, apex of a letter, [NT+4th c.BC+ (“IG” 2.4321.10 (4th c.BC), 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 28.27, cf. NT.Matt.5.18, NT.Luke.16.17, 2nd c.AD: Antyllus Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 45.57.4; ζυγομαχεῖν περὶ συλλαβῶν καὶ κ. 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.1100a)]; διὰ πάσης κ. διῆκον showing itself in every word of a speech, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Dinarcho” 7.)]
II.4 leg of a pair of compasses, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 10.54.)]
II.5 projecting spur of a mountain, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cat.Ma.” 13)]; of the horns of Europe and Africa at the Straits of Gibraltar, [Refs 6th c.AD+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 4.3b.40 (6th c.AD: Agathias Historicus et Epigrammaticus))]; arms of a harbour, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vitae Sophistarum” 1.21.2.)]
II.6 ={κέρας} see [Refs (3)], wing of an army, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Heliodorus Scriptor Eroticus 9.20.)]
II.7 plural, supposed teat-like projections inside the womb, [Refs (Diocl.fragment 27)]; but the Fallopian tubes, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus “de Usu Partium” 14.11, 2nd c.AD: Rufus Medicus “περὶ ὀνομασίας” 194.)]
III bow made of horn, [Refs 6th c.AD+ (Anthologia Graeca 6.75 (6th c.AD: Paulus Silentiarius Epigrammaticus).)]