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== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_71229" /> == | == Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_71229" /> == | ||
<p> '''Alpha.''' Alpha, the first letter of the Greek alphabet. With Omega, the last letter, it is used in the Old [[Testament]] and in the New to express the eternity of God, as including both the beginning and the end. Revelation 1:8; Revelation 1:11; Revelation 21:6; Revelation 22:13; Isaiah 41:4; Isaiah 44:6. </p> <p> Hence, these letters became a favorite symbol of the eternal divinity of our Lord, and were used for this purpose in connection with the cross, or the monogram of | <p> '''Alpha.''' Alpha, the first letter of the Greek alphabet. With Omega, the last letter, it is used in the Old [[Testament]] and in the New to express the eternity of God, as including both the beginning and the end. Revelation 1:8; Revelation 1:11; Revelation 21:6; Revelation 22:13; Isaiah 41:4; Isaiah 44:6. </p> <p> Hence, these letters became a favorite symbol of the eternal divinity of our Lord, and were used for this purpose in connection with the cross, or the monogram of [[Christ]] (that is, the first two letters, Ch, and r, of '''Christ's''' name in Greek). Both [[Greeks]] and Hebrews employed the letters of the alphabet as numerals. </p> | ||
== Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary <ref name="term_47467" /> == | == Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary <ref name="term_47467" /> == | ||
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== People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_69582" /> == | == People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_69582" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> [[Alpha]] (''Ăl'Phah'' ). The first letter of the Greek alphabet, corresponding to Aleph, the first Hebrew letter. These letters were used as numerals. Alpha therefore denotes one, the first. And, as Omega is the last Greek letter, our Lord calls himself Alpha and Omega, the first and the last, implying his divine eternity. Revelation 1:8; Revelation 1:11; Revelation 21:6; Revelation 22:13; comp. Isaiah 44:6. </p> | ||
== Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_64552" /> == | == Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_64552" /> == | ||
