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jot

  [jot] verb, jot⋅ted, jot⋅ting, noun
Use jot in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to write or mark down quickly or briefly (usually fol. by down): Jot down his license number.
–noun
2. the least part of something; a little bit: I don't care a jot.
—Idiom
3. not a jot or tittle, not a bit; not at all: The world situation matters not a jot or tittle to him.
Origin:
1520–30; earlier iot, iote < L iōta < Gk iôta iota
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jot   (jŏt)   
n.  The smallest bit; iota.
tr.v.   jot·ted, jot·ting, jots
To write down briefly or hastily: jot down an address.

[Middle English jote, from Latin iōta, iota, from Greek, iota; see iota.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Jot

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.

Jot

Jot\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Jotted; p. pr. & vb. n. Jotting.] To set down; to make a brief note of; -- usually followed by down.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : jot
Spanish: pizca,
German: der Deut,
Japanese: 少し
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jot  (n.)
1526, borrowing of L. jota, variant spelling of Gk. iota "the letter -i-, the smallest letter in the alphabet, hence the least part of anything. The verb "to make a short note of" is attested from 1721.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Jot

or Iota, the smallest letter of the Greek alphabet, used metaphorically or proverbially for the smallest thing (Matt. 5:18); or it may be = yod, which is the smallest of the Hebrew letters.

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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