UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: noun-name, n.

Inflections: ἄλφα; indeclinable

Sense 1: alpha, the first, the beginning

Semantic entry: 61.7

Semantic domains: Sequence

Definition: the first in a series, with implications of significance or importance

Notes: This expression is explained in some manuscripts as ‘the beginning and the end’ and in others as ‘the first and the last’ and in RV REV 22:13 · LV REV 22:13 · Read together REV 22:13 as both ‘the first and the last’ and ‘the beginning and the end.’ The combination of alpha and omega in secular literature came to designate the entire universe and all kinds of divine and demonic powers, so that in Revelation this title could refer to Christ’s dominion over the universe. In the use of such an expression as ‘the alpha and the omega,’ there is obviously also an important element of status.

REV 1:8: RV REV 1:8 · LV REV 1:8 · Read together REV 1:8

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OET-RV REV 1:8

8 “I am the A and the Z,” says Yahweh God, the one who is and was and will be—the most powerful one.

OET-LV REV 1:8

8 I am the first _letter and the last _letter, is _saying the_master, the god:
the one being, and who was, and who coming, the almighty.

REV 21:6: RV REV 21:6 · LV REV 21:6 · Read together REV 21:6

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OET-RV REV 21:6

6 And he told me, “Everything’s done. I’m the A and the Z—the beginning and the end. I’ll freely give from the spring of the water of life to anyone who’s thirsty.

OET-LV REV 21:6

6 And he _said to _me:
They _have _become.
I am the first _letter and the last _letter, the beginning and the end.
I to _the one thirsting will _be _giving of the spring of _the water of_ the _life undeservedly.

All 3 recorded passages for this sense

REV: RV REV 1:8 · RV REV 21:6 · RV REV 22:13 · LV REV 1:8 · LV REV 21:6 · LV REV 22:13 · Read together REV 1:8 · Read together REV 21:6 · Read together REV 22:13

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ἄλφα

Form 1

Sense 1: alpha, the first, the beginning