- Original: ἰῶτα - Transliteration: Iota - Phonetic: ee-o'-tah - Definition: 1. the hebrew letter `, the smallest of them all a. hence equivalent to the minutest part - Origin: of hebrew origin [the tenth letter of the hebrew alphabet] - TDNT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Noun Neuter - Strong's: Of hebrew origin (the tenth letter of the hebrew alphabet); iota the name of the eighth letter of the Greek alphabet put (figuratively) for a very small part of anything: - jot.