Keraia denotes the smallest item invoked in statements that nothing will pass away from the law.

Across both occurrences, keraia denotes a smallest item used in declarations that nothing will pass away from the law before all takes place.

1. Smallest item in the law’s permanence · dominant

   In Matthew 5:18, the nominative singular form stands in the statement that not one iota or one such item will pass away from the law; the APB renders the clause “not one iota or one tittle will pass away from the law.” In Luke 16:17, the accusative singular form occurs in the comparison that heaven and earth passing away is easier than one such item of the law collapsing; the APB renders “one tittle of the law.”

   Matthew 5:18Luke 16:17

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term as “tittle” in both verses, within statements about the law. This rendering is treated as confirmation of the clauses rather than a full lexical definition.