Dictionary entry

Jot

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Jot (?), n. [L. iota, Gr. � the name of the letter (E. i, Heb. y�d), the smallest letter of the Greek alphabet. Cf. Iota.] An iota; a point; a tittle; the smallest particle. Cf. Bit, n.

Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. Matt. v. 18.

Neither will they bate

One jot of ceremony. Shak.