ALPHA

AL'PHA, noun [Heb. an ox, a leader.]The first letter in the Greek alphabet, answering to A, and used to denote first or beginning.I am alpha and Omega. Revelation 1:8.As a numeral, it stands for one. It was formerly used also to denote chief; as, Plato was the alpha of the wits.

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See the letter A.

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alpha. alpha, (gr) the first Greeke letter

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ALPHA. → A title of Christ Re 1:8,11; 21:6; 22:13 → Compare Isa 41:4; 44:6; 48:12

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(A), 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 1:8,11; 21:6; 22;13; Isaiah 41:4; 44:6) 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 (i.e. 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.

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fist letter of the Greek alphabet, a name applied to Christ Re 1:8,11, 21:6, 22:13

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alpha. Alpha, n. the Greek A or a; a. the first

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Al″pha (�), n. [[L. alpha, Gr. ἄλφα, from Heb. āleph, name of the first letter in the alphabet, also meaning ox.]] The first letter in the Greek alphabet, answering to A, and hence used to denote the beginning. In am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last. Rev. xxii. 13. Formerly used also denote the chief; as, Plato was the alpha of the wits. ☞ In cataloguing stars, the brightest star of a constellation in designated by Alpha (α); as, α Lyræ.