iota denotes the smallest stated element that will not pass from the law before all things take place.

In Matthew 5:18, the nominative singular neuter form is named as the smallest stated element in the declaration that nothing will pass from the law until all things take place.

1. A smallest stated element of the law · dominant

   In Matthew 5:18, ἰῶτα stands in the clause paired with “one tittle” and with the statement that neither will pass away from the law. The APB renders the verse, “not one iota or one tittle will pass away from the law until all things take place.”

   Matthew 5:18

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Matthew 5:18, the APB explicitly uses “iota” in the paired expression “not one iota or one tittle.” The verse is read as a whole, but its clause presents the term as something that will not pass from the law.