ὦ, an interjection, prefixed to vocatives (on its use in the N.T. ef. B. 140 (122); [W. § 29, 3]), O; it is used a. in address: ὦ Θεόφιλε, Acts i. 1; add, Acts xviii. 14; xxvii. 21 [here Tdf. ᾧ (ex errore); on the pass. which follow cf. B. τι. s.]; Ro. ii. 1,3; ix. 20; 1 Tim. vi. 20; and, at the same time, reproof, Jas. ii. 20. b. in exclamation: and that of admiration, Mt. xv. 28; Ro. xi. 33 [here Rec.

Ω, ω, ὦ μέγα (cf. ὂ μικρόν), omega, ô, the twenty-fourth and last letter. As a numeral, ωʹ = 800, ω͵ = 800,000. As a symbol of the last (= τὸ τέλος), τὸ Ὦ (Rec. Ω, L, ὦ, T, ω), the Omega: Re 1:8 21:6 22:13 (cf. Ἄλφα).†

ω. For ὦ as interj. c. voc., as in Ac 1! αἱ, cf. BGU II. 665}. 8 (i/a.D.) ἐρρῶσϑ[αί σε] εὔχίομαι) ὦ πάτερ. Moulton in Proleg. p. 71 discusses the progressive omission of ὦ in Hellenistic as compared with classical Greek: cf. BlassDebrunner § 146. de. (1) “here”: P Grenf II. 3617 (B.c. 95) ὧδε, ἢ ἐν Διοσπόλει, ‘Shere, or in Diospolis,’” P Oxy IV. 736% (c. A.D. 1) ὅ]τε ὧδε ἐδείπνει, ‘when he was dining here,” BGU IV. 109724 (time of Claudius or Nero) ὧδέ ἐστιν παρ᾽ [ἐϊμοί, P Fay 123! (c. A.D. 100) ὡς Exar ὧδε ἡμέρας ὀλίγας, ‘fas I am staying here a few days,” P Oxy VIII. 116014 (iii/iv A.D.) διμήνου δὲ ἤργηκα ὧδη (/. ὧδε), “1 have been idle here for two months” (Ed.), and 20. IX. 1222 (iv/A.D.) elva θεραπεύσω αὐτὸν ὧδε ἔξω, ‘in order that I may doctor him away here” (Ed.). For the metaph. usage = ‘‘in this circumstance or connexion,” as in 1 Cor 4? a/., cf. P Fay 117}? (A.D. 108) ἐπὶ “Epago[s] ta ᾿Αρποχράτια ὧδε taxa 18 πγίήσΊι, “since Erasus is going to celebrate the festival of Harpocrates so soon on the 14th” (Edd.), and P Meyer 225 (iii/iv A.D.) λήσωμε (2 λήμψομαι) ὧδε χαλκών (/. χαλκόν), “ΕἼ shall in this way receive the money.” (2) “hither’’: PSI VI. 599% (iii/B.c.) ἥκαμεν ὧδε ὥστε ἐργάζεσθαι, ‘‘we have come hither to work,” P Oxy II. 2054 (c. A.D. 35) γίνωσκε ὅτι Σέλευκος ἐλθὼν ὧδε πέφευγε, “know that Seleucus came hither and has fled,”’ Prezsigke 998° (A.D. 16-17) ἀπὸ χιμῶνος ἐλασθεὶς ὧδε, and the wallscratching 76. 1854” AceAXos ὧδε γέγον[α. oi, “ἐᾷ song” (Eph 579, αἰ.) : Kaibel Add. 297a°5— cf. the Ephesian tomb inscr. Sakpvots Te καὶ ὠδαῖς τειμῶσιν τὸν σόν, Μαρκελλεῖνε, τάφον, and Sy 615 (=%1024)!8 (c. B.C. 200) ἐπὶ ὠιδῆι ὑπὲρ καρποῦ Δήμητρι, with reference toa hymn sung in the course of a sacrifice. For δός, ‘‘a singer,” see OG/S 5659 (B.c. 238) τούς τε ὠιδοὺς ἄνδρας Kal τὰς γυναῖκας, 73. 3527} (B.C. 163-130) διδόναι τῶν ὠιδῶν τῶι νικήσαϊντι. . .

ω, Ὦμέγα (Ōmega) — Omega. Ω, ὦ, τό, twenty-fourth and last letter of the Ionic alphabet, ἀπὸ ἄλφα ἕως.ω. [Refs 9th c.AD+]; thence used as a symbol of the end, the last, ἐγώ εἰμι τὸ ἄλφα καὶ τὸ ὦ (not τὸ ὦ μέγα) [NT]:—as a numeral ώ = 800, but ωνυμ = 800, 000. The epichoric _Attic dialect_ and other alphabets of the Inscrr. had used o in differently to represent the sounds of the later ο and ω: Ω is a differentiated form of ο, and, though usually = ω, was used in the Ionic islands of Paros, Thasos, and Siphnos with the value ο, while O or O represented the sound ω. The name of the letter was τὸ ὦ (perispomenon accusative to [Refs 5th c.BC+]: after the loss of the distinction between long and short vowels, ο and ω had the same pronunciation; they begin to be confused in Papyri of [Refs 3rd c.BC+](οἰκωνόμου [Refs 3rd c.BC+], but the name ω μέγα appears first in later Greek, [Refs 9th c.AD+]; ἐν τῷ ω ¯ μεγάλῳ under omega (in a lexicon), [Refs 2nd c.AD+]