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GreekG0001Noun (Letter/Indeclinable)

α, Ἀλφα

Alpha

4Occurrences
G0001Strong's #
Noun (Letter/Indeclinable)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

the first letter of the alphabet; figuratively, only (from its use as a numeral) the first:

of Hebrew origin;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
τό, indecl., alpha, the first letter of the Greek alphabet. As a numeral, ά = 1, α =
1000.As a prefix, it appears to have at least two and perhaps three distinct senses
1.ἀ- (before a vowel, ἀν-) negative, as in ἄ-γνωστος, ἄ-δικος.
2.ἀ-, ἁ- copulative, indicating community and fellowship, as in ἁ-πλοῦς, ἀ-κολουθέω, ἀ-δελφός.
3.An intensive force, as in ἀ-*τενίζω *is sometimes assumed (but see Boisacq, ).

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Letter/Indeclinable)

Morphology Code

G:N-LI

Full Description

Greek Noun, Letter/Indeclinable

Occurrences

α, Ἀλφα appears 4 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Revelation
4

Key Passages

Revelation 1:8BSB

“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, who is and was and is to come—the Almighty.

Revelation 1:11BSB

saying, “Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.”

Revelation 21:6BSB

And He told me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give freely from the spring of the water of life.

Revelation 22:13BSB

I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.”

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.