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Alpha names 2 things on this site
- Alpha, a heading of the topical index.A heading of Nave's Topical Bible (1896): every passage it gathers, quoted.
- Alpha (Αα): the Greek letter, a featured study.The first letter, borrowed from an ox, and the letter that gave Europe its vowels.
Featured studies
3 results- StudyAlpha (Αα): the Greek letterThe first letter, borrowed from an ox, and the letter that gave Europe its vowels.
- StudyGreek Roots: the language of the New TestamentHow the Greek alphabet was borrowed from Phoenician, why the letters carry numbers, and what makes Koine Koine: with a dedicated page for every one of the twenty-four letters.
- StudyOmega (Ωω): the Greek letterThe last letter, and the far end of the sentence that starts at alpha.
Verses
8 results- VerseRevelation 22:13I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.”
- VerseLuke 6:15Matthew and Thomas; James son of Alphaeus and Simon called the Zealot;
- VerseMark 3:18Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot,
- VerseRevelation 1:8“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, who is and was and is to come—the Almighty.
- VerseMatthew 10:3Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;
Manuscripts
2 results- ManuscriptThe Samaritan PentateuchThe first five books, kept by a community that split from Judaism long ago, in their own alphabet — and differing from the Jewish text in thousands of places.
- ManuscriptThe Palaeo-Hebrew Exodus Scroll (4Q22)A copy of Exodus written in the old pre-exilic alphabet — and its text is the Samaritan kind, in a Jewish library.
Words (Strong's)
6 results- WordG1 (Greek)the first letter of the alphabet. The Greek word stands 3 times in the original text.
- WordG256 Ἀλφαῖος · Alphaîos (Greek)Alphæus, an Israelite. The Greek word stands 5 times in the original text.
- WordH505 אֶלֶף · ʼeleph (Hebrew)hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand. The Hebrew word stands 505 times in the original text.
- WordH506 אֲלַף · ʼălaph (Hebrew){hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand}. The Hebrew word stands 4 times in the original text.
- WordG5598 Ω · Ō (Greek)the last letter of the Greek alphabet, i.e. (figuratively) the finality. The Greek word stands 3 times in the original text.
Concepts
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7 results- VoiceEznik of KolbEznik was an Armenian, born around 380, and he belongs to the single most productive generation in the history of his nation's literature. Armenia had adopted Christianity as a…
- VoiceAbba PoemenPoemen is the Greek word for shepherd, and the name stuck to him. He was born in Egypt late in the fourth century, one of seven brothers who all left the world together for the…
- VoiceHugh of Saint-CherHugh was born about 1200 at Saint-Cher, near Vienne in southeastern France. He studied at Paris — theology, and also civil and canon law — and was teaching there when he joined…
- VoiceAphrahat the Persian SageAphrahat lived and wrote in the Persian Empire, outside Roman territory, in the first half of the fourth century. He wrote in Syriac. He seems never to have read a word of…
- VoiceNicholas of GorranNicholas was born about 1232 at Gorran, in Brittany. He entered the Dominican order at Paris around 1250 and spent his life in the order's houses in France. He was prior of the…
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G1 — the first letter of the alphabetG256Ἀλφαῖος Alphaîos — Alphæus, an IsraeliteH505אֶלֶף ʼeleph — hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousandH506אֲלַף ʼălaph — {hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand}G5598Ω Ō — the last letter of the Greek alphabet, i.e. (figuratively) the
finalityG2503ἰῶτα iōta — "iota",
the name of the eighth letter of the Greek alphabet, put
(figuratively) for a very small part of anything