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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

ALPHA AND OMEGA

al'-fa, o'-me-ga, o-me'-ga (Alpha and Omega = A and O): The first and last letters of the Greek alphabet, hence, symbolically, "beginning and end"; in Revelation "The Eternal One" in Revelation 1:8 of the Father, in Revelation 21:6 and Revelation 22:13 of the Son. Compare Theodoret, Eusebius, Historia Ecclesiastica, iv. 8: "We used alpha down to omega, i.e. all." A similar expression is found in Latin (Martial, v.26). Compare Aretas (Cramer's Catenae Graecae in New Testament) on Revelation 1:8 and Tertullian (Monog, 5): "So also two Greek letters, the first and last, did the Lord put on Himself, symbols of the beginning and the end meeting in Him, in order that just as alpha rolls on to omega and omega returns again to alpha, so He might show that both the evolution of the beginning to the end is in Him and again the return of the end to the beginning." Cyprian, Testim, ii0.1; vi.22, iii.100, Paulinus of Nola Carm. xix0.645; xxx0.89; Prudentius, Cathem., ix.10-12. In Patristic and later literature the phrase is regularly applied to the Son. God blesses Israel from 'aleph to taw (Leviticus 26:3-13), but curses from waw to mem (Leviticus 26:14-43). So Abraham observed the whole law from 'aleph to taw. Consequently, "Alpha and Omega" may be a Greek rendering of the Hebrew phrase, which expressed among the later Jews the whole extent of a thing.

J. E. Harry

OMEGA

o'-me-ga o-me'-ga o-meg'-a.

See ALPHA AND OMEGA.

Greek

5598. O -- the last letter of the Gr. alphabet
... alphabet. Part of Speech: Indeclinable Letter (Noun) Transliteration: O Phonetic
Spelling: (o'-meg-ah) Short Definition: omega Definition: omega, the last ...
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Library

"My Word Will not Pass Away"
... GREEK SMALL LETTER RHO} {GREEK SMALL LETTER LAMDA}{GREEK SMALL LETTER EPSILON WITH
OXIA}{GREEK SMALL LETTER GAMMA}{GREEK SMALL LETTER OMEGA} {GREEK SMALL ...
/.../my word will not pass.htm

Appendix (E). Text of the Concluding Scholion of victor of ...
... 533) {GREEK SMALL LETTER DELTA}{GREEK SMALL LETTER EPSILON WITH VARIA} {GREEK SMALL
LETTER PI}{GREEK SMALL LETTER RHO}{GREEK SMALL LETTER OMEGA}{GREEK SMALL ...
/.../appendix e text of the.htm

Division of Actual Grace
... GREEK SMALL LETTER EPSILON WITH DASIA}{GREEK SMALL LETTER ALPHA}{GREEK SMALL LETTER
UPSILON}{GREEK SMALL LETTER TAU}{GREEK SMALL LETTER OMEGA WITH PERISPOMENI ...
/.../pohle/grace actual and habitual/section 2 division of actual.htm

Notanda.
... SMALL LETTER UPSILON}{GREEK SMALL LETTER NU} {GREEK SMALL LETTER ALPHA}{GREEK SMALL
LETTER ETA}{GREEK SMALL LETTER DELTA}{GREEK SMALL LETTER OMEGA}{GREEK SMALL ...
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Connection of These Primeval Testimonies with Christ.
... which concur in Himself: so that, just as Alpha rolls on till it reaches Omega,
and again Omega rolls back till it reaches Alpha, in the same way He might show ...
/.../tertullian/on monogamy/chapter v connection of these primeval.htm

Appendix (F). On the Relative Antiquity of the Codex Vaticanus (B) ...
... S. MATTH. XV.30. {GREEK CAPITAL LETTER CHI}{GREEK CAPITAL LETTER OMEGA}{GREEK CAPITAL
LETTER LAMDA}{GREEK CAPITAL LETTER OMICRON}{GREEK CAPITAL LETTER UPSILON ...
/.../appendix f on the relative.htm

Early Christianity in Other Parts of These Islands. --Ninian in ...
... The Chi Rho is found as early as 312 in Rome and 377 in Gaul, with Alpha and
Omega, 355 in Rome and 400 in Gaul. Hic iacet is found in 365. ...
/.../lecture iii early christianity in.htm

Appendix (H). On the Interpolation of the Text of Codex B and ...
... After {GREEK SMALL LETTER SIGMA}{GREEK SMALL LETTER OMEGA}{GREEK SMALL LETTER
SIGMA}{GREEK SMALL LETTER OMEGA}{GREEK SMALL LETTER NU} [Cod. Sinait. ...
/.../appendix h on the interpolation.htm

General Review of the Question: Summary of the Evidence; and ...
... LETTER EPSILON WITH PSILI}{GREEK SMALL LETTER PHI}{GREEK SMALL LETTER EPSILON WITH
OXIA}{GREEK SMALL LETTER SIGMA}{GREEK SMALL LETTER OMEGA WITH YPOGEGRAMMENI ...
/.../chapter xii general review of.htm

Appendix (A). On the Importance of Attending to Patristic ...
... LETTER NU} {GREEK SMALL LETTER ALPHA WITH PSILI}{GREEK SMALL LETTER NU}{GREEK SMALL
LETTER THETA}{GREEK SMALL LETTER RHO}{GREEK SMALL LETTER OMEGA WITH OXIA ...
/.../appendix a on the importance.htm

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Omega

the last letter of the Greek alphabet; long O

ATS Bible Dictionary

Omega

The last letter of the Greek alphabet. See A.

Easton's Bible Dictionary

(Revelation 1:8), the last letter in the Greek alphabet. (See A.)

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) The last letter of the Greek alphabet. See Alpha.

2. (n.) The last; the end; hence, death.

Thesaurus

Omega (3 Occurrences)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. ALPHA AND OMEGA. ... 8: "We used alpha down to omega,
ie all." A similar expression is found in Latin (Martial, v.26). ...
/o/omega.htm - 9k

Alpha (3 Occurrences)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. ALPHA AND OMEGA. ... 8: "We used alpha down to omega,
ie all." A similar expression is found in Latin (Martial, v.26). ...
/a/alpha.htm - 9k

A (102073 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary Alpha, the first letter of the Greek alphabet,
as Omega is the last. These letters occur in the text of ...
/a/a.htm - 9k

Omen (6 Occurrences)

/o/omen.htm - 8k

Beginning (187 Occurrences)
... Revelation 1:8 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord,
which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty. (KJV WBS YLT). ...
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Offices (14 Occurrences)
... of God (Revelation 3:14); Image of God (2 Corinthians 4:4); Express Image of His
Person (Hebrews 1:3 the King James Version); Alpha and Omega (Revelation 1:8 ...
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Omar (3 Occurrences)

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Thirsty (38 Occurrences)
... heat; (WEB WEY). Revelation 21:6 He said to me, "It is done! I am the Alpha
and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give ...
/t/thirsty.htm - 18k

Thirsting (7 Occurrences)
... I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End; I, to him who is thirsting,
will give of the fountain of the water of the life freely; (YLT). ...
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Thirsts (5 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Thirsts (5 Occurrences). Revelation 21:6 And he said to
me, It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. ...
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Bible Concordance

Omega (3 Occurrences)

Revelation 1:8 "I am the Alpha and the Omega, " says the Lord God,
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Revelation 21:6 He said to me, "It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give freely to him who is thirsty from the spring of the water of life.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Revelation 22:13 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Omega

Omega or Omega

Omega: Alpha and Omega, the All-Comprehensiveness of Christ

Related Terms

Alpha (3 Occurrences)

A (102073 Occurrences)

Omen (6 Occurrences)

Beginning (187 Occurrences)

Offices (14 Occurrences)

Omar (3 Occurrences)