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G1 Α (A)

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ἄλφα letter the first letter of the Greek alphabet

Strong's Definition

of Hebrew origin; the first letter of the alphabet; figuratively, only (from its use as a numeral) the first: --Alpha. Often used (usually an, before a vowel) also in composition (as a contraction from 427) in the sense of privation; so, in many words, beginning with this letter; occasionally in the sense of union (as a contraction of 260).

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ἄλφα (G0001a)

noun-name, n. | indeclinable

61.7 · Sequence

alpha, the first, the beginning the first in a series, with implications of significance or importance This expression is explained in some manuscripts as ‘the beginning and the end’ and in others as ‘the first and the last’ and in 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 · REV 21:6 · REV 22:13

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἃ, ἀκούω τι, to hear something ; a. to perceive by the ear what is announced in one’s presence, (fo hear immediately): τὴν φωνήν, Mt. xii. 19; Jn. iii. 8; Rev. iv. 1; v.11; xviii. 4; Acts xxii. 9, ete.; τὸν ἀσπασμόν, Lk. i. 41 (cf. 44); Γαλιλαίαν, the name ‘Galilee,’ Lk. xxiii. 6 [T WH om. Tr mrg. br. Tad.; ef. B. 166 (145) ]; ἀνάστασιν νεκρῶν, the phrase “ἀνάστ. νεκρῶν, Acts xvii. 32; τὸν λόγον, Mk. v. 36 [ἢ GL] (on this pass. see παρακούω, 2); Mt. xix. 22; Jn. v. 24, ete.; τοὺς λόγους, Acts ii. 22; v. 24; Mt. vii. 24; ῥήματα, 2 Co. xii. 4; τί λέγουσιν, Mt. xxi. 16; pass., Mt. ii. 18; Rev. xviii. 22 sq.; τὶ ἔκ twos, 2 Co. xii. 6 [R G]; foll. by ὅτι [B. 300 (257 sq.)], Acts xxii. 2; Mk. xvi. 11; Jn. iv. 42; xiv. 28. b. to get by hearing, learn (from the mouth of the teacher or narrator): Acts xv. 17; Mt. x. 27 (ὃ eis TO οὖς ἀκούετε, What is taught you in secret) ; Ro. xv. 21; Eph. i. 13; Col. i. 6; Jn. xiv. 24; 1 Jn. ii. 7, 24; iii. 11; Χριστόν i. 6. to become acquainted with Christ from apostolic teaching, Eph. iv. 21 (cf. μαθεῖν τὸν Χριστόν, vs. 20 [B. 166 (144) note; W.199 (187) note]); _ pass., Lk. xii. 3; Heb. ii. 1; τὶ with gen. of pers. fr. whom one hears, Acts i. 4 ; τὶ παρά twos, Jn. vill. 26,40; xv. 15; Acts x. 22; xxviii. 22; 2 Tim. ii. 2, (Thue. 6, 93; Xen. an. 1, 2, 5 [here Dind. om. παρά] ; Plat. rep. vi. twos, without an obj. expressed, Jn. i. 40 (41)]; ἐκ twos, Jn. xii. 34 (ἐκ τοῦ νόμου, from attendance on its public reading); ἀπό with gen. of pers., 1 Jn.i.5; with περί twos added, Acts ix. 13; foll. by ὅτι, Mt. v. 21, 27, 33, 38,43. ο. ἀκούω τι. a thing comes to one’s ears, to Jind out (by hearsay), learn, (hear [(of)| mediately): with ace. of thing, τὰ ἔργα, Mt. xi. 2; ὅσα ἐποίει, Mk. iii. 8 [Treg. txt. ποιεῖ] ; πολέμους, Lk. xxi. 9; Mt. xxiv. 6; Mk. xiii. 7; to learn, absol. viz. what has just been mentioned: Mt. ii. 3; xxii. 7 [R L]; Mk. ii. 17; iii. 21; Gal. i. 18; Eph. i. 15; Col. i. 4; Philem. 5, ete. foll. by ὅτι, Mt. ii. 22; iv. 12; xx. 30; Mk. vi. 55; Ἐν πὸ Ave ἢ: ike) 95: ἈΝ Θ᾽ ΚΗ ΤΣ Gals 1 29" περί τινος, Mk. vii. 25; τὶ περί τινος, Lk. ix. 9; xvi. 2; xxiii. 8[RGL]; foll. by an ace. with ptep. [B. 303 (260)]: Lk. iv. 23; Acts vii. 12; 2 Th. iii. 11; 3 Jn. 4; foll. by ace. with inf. in two instances [ef. B. 1. c.]: Jn. xii. 18; 1 Co. xi. 18. pass.: Acts xi. 22 (ἠκούσθη 6 λόγος εἰς τὰ ὦτα τῆς ἐκκλησίας was brought to the ears) ; 1 Co. v. 1 (ἀκούεται πορνεία ἐν ὑμῖν) ; Mt. xxviii. 14 (ἐὰν ἀκουσθῇ τοῦτο ἐπὶ [L Tr WH mrs. ὑπὸ] τοῦ ἡγεμόvos); Mk. 11.1 ; Jn. ix. 32 ἠκούσθη ὅτι. ἃ. to give ear to teaching or teacher: τοὺς λόγους, Mt. χ. 14: to follow with attentive hearing, τὸν λόγον, Jn. viii. 48 ; τὰ ῥήματα τοῦ θεοῦ, 47. e. to comprehend, understand, (like Lat. audio): Mk. iv. 33; Gal. iv. 21 [(Lehm. mrg. avaywooxete) yet cf. Mey. ad loc.]; (Gen. xi. 7). 2. ἀκούειν is not joined with the genitive of the obj. unless one hear the person or thing with his own ears [B. 166 (144)]; a. with gen. of a person; simply; a. to perceive any one’s voice: οὗ i.e. of Christ, whose voice is heard in the instruction of his messengers (Lk. x. 16), Ro. x. 14, [W. 199 (187) note?}. B. to give ear to one, listen, | ipa, Ex. xviii. 19) means p- 506 d., al.; [B. 166 (145); W. 199 (188)]); [mapa | hearken, (Germ. ihm zuhéren, ihn anhéren): Mt. ii. 9; ME. vii. 14; xii. 37; Lk. it. 46; x. 16; xv. 1; xix. 48; xxi. 38; Acts xvii. 32; xxiv. 24 (in both these pass. τινὸς περί τινος): XXV. 22; Jn. vi.60. y. to yield to, hear and obey, hear to one, (Germ. auf einen héren) : Mt. xvii. 5, (MK. ix. 7; Lk. ix. 35); Jn. iii. 29; x. 8; Acts iii. 22 sq.; iv. 19; vii. 37 [RG]; 1 Jn. iv. 5 sq. Hence δ. its use by John in the sense to listen to, have regard to, of God answering the prayers of men: Jn. ix. 31; xi. 41; 1 Jn. ν. 14 sq. (the Sept. render pow by εἰσακούω). e. with gen. of pers. and ptep. [B. 301 (259)]: Mk. xiv. 58; LK. xviii. 36; Jn. i. 37; vii. 32; Acts ii. 6, 11; Rey. xvi. 5; ἤκουσα τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου λέγοντος, Rev. xvi. 7GLT [Tr WH cod.Sin.], a poetic personification ; cf. De Wette ad loc., W. § 30, 11. b. with gen. of a thing: τῆς βλασφημίας, Mk. xiv. 64 (Lcehm. τὴν βλασφημίαν, as in Mt. xxvi. 65; the acc. merely denotes the object; τῆς βλασφ. is equiv. in sense to αὐτοῦ βλασφημοῦνtos, [cf. B. 166 (145)]); τῶν λόγων, Lk. vi. 47, (Mt. vii. 24 τοὺς λόγους) ; Jn. vii. 40 (1, T Tr WH cod. Sin., but R Ὁ τὸν λόγον, [cf. B.u.s.]); συμφωνίας x. χορῶν, Lk. xv. 253 τοῦ στεναγμοῦ, Acts vii. 34; τῆς ἀπολογίας, Acts xxii. 1. The frequent phrase ἀκούειν τῆς φωνῆς (i. q. POW a. to perceive the distinct words of a voice: Jn. v. 25,28; Acts ix. 7; xi. 7; xxii. i. Hebs it 7, 155 ἀν. 1 bev.rsive 19: ΧΙ 9. B. fo yield obedience to the voice: Jn. v. 25 (οἱ ἀκούσαντες sc. τῆς φωνῆς); X. 16, 27; xviii. 37; Rev. iii. 20. In Jn. xii. 47; xviii. 37; Lk. vi. 47; Acts xxii. 1, it is better to consider the pron. μοῦ which precedes as a possess. gen. rather than, with B. 167 (145 sq.), to assume a double gen. of the object, one of the pers. and one of the thing. The Johannean phrase ἀκούειν παρὰ τοῦ θεοῦ, or τὶ παρὰ θεοῦ, signifies a. to perceive in the soul the inward communication of God: Jn. vi. 45. b. to be taught by God’s inward communication: Jn. viii. 26, 40, (so, too, the simple ἀκούειν in v. 30); 10 be taught by the devil, acc. to the reading of LT Tr WH, ἠκούσατε παρὰ τοῦ πατρός, in Jn. viii. 38. For the rest ef. B. 165 (144) sqq.; 301 (258) sqq. [Comp.: &-, εἰσ-, éx-, παρ-, mpo-, ὑπ- ακούω.]

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ἄλφα alpha 3x

first letter of Greek alphabet, Alpha, Rev. 1:8.; 21:6; 22:13*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

Α, α, ἄλφα (q.v.), τό, indecl., alpha, the first letter of the Greek alphabet. As a numeral, αʹ = 1, α͵ = 1000. As a prefix, it appears to have at least two and perhaps three distinct senses: ἀ- (before a vowel, ἀν-) negative, as in ἄ-γνωστος, ἄ-δικος.

ἀ-, ἁ- copulative, indicating community and fellowship, as in ἁ-πλοῦς, ἀ-κολουθέω, ἀ-δελφός.

An intensive force (LS, s. α), as in ἀ-τενίζω is sometimes assumed (but v. Boisacq, s.v.).

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

α, Ἀλφα (Alpha) — Alpha. ἄλφα, τό, indeclinable (plural τὰ ἄ.[Refs 4th c.BC+], see A a [near the start];[Refs 5th c.BC+]

2. T-square, [Refs]

3. Phoenician for βοὸς κεφαλή, [Refs 5th c.AD+]

4. metaphorically, τὸ ἄλφα καὶ τὸ ὦ the first and last, [NT]

ἆ (a) — ah!. ἔᾱ, Epic dialect and Ionic dialect for ἦν, imperfect of εἰμί. ἔᾱγα, ἐάγην [ᾰ], see at {ἄγνυμι}. ἔακεν· ἀλγεῖ, [Refs 5th c.AD+] ἕᾱδα, participle ἑᾱδώς, see at {ἁνδάνω}. ἐάλη, see at {εἴλω}. ἐαλόν· λυπηρόν, λυτήριον, [Refs 5th c.AD+] ἑάλωκα, ἑαλώκειν, see at {ἁλίσκομαι}.