[med.L. (German, etc.) spelling of Heb. [Hebrew] (yōd), the name of the letter [Hebrew] (y, i), the smallest letter of the square Hebrew alphabet: cf. IOTA, JOT.] = IOTA 2, JOT sb.1
1596. H. Clapham, Briefe Bible, I. 55. Neither might he [Moses] Adde, detract or Alter any iod thereof.
1610. Donne, Pseudo-Martyr, 277. The Canons … inflict an Anatheme vppon any Lay-man, which shall so much as dispute vpon, the text, or any one Iod of the Epistle of Pope Leo. Ibid. (c. 1629), Serm., IV. cx. 515. No Iod in the Scripture shall perish, therefore no Iod is superfluous.
1851. Longf., Gold. Leg., III. Nativity, viii. As surely as the letter Jod Once cried aloud, and spake to God.
