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alpha and omega en · INTJ
Pronunciation
Etymology
From alpha and omega, first and final letters of the Greek Alphabet, from Revelation 1:8, see quotations. Translation of Ancient Greek τὸ ἄλφα καὶ τὸ ὦ (tò álpha kaì tò ô).
Meanings
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An exclamation denoting surprise.
"Alpha and Omega, will you look at that!"
1994, Sharon Creech, Walk Two Moons, page 14:
Forms
wikipedia: Book of Revelation
alpha and omega en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
From alpha and omega, first and final letters of the Greek Alphabet, from Revelation 1:8, see quotations. Translation of Ancient Greek τὸ ἄλφα καὶ τὸ ὦ (tò álpha kaì tò ô).
Meanings
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(uncountable, usually) The first and last; the beginning and end.
I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Revelation 1:8:We spoke once of vital lungs for Society: and in fact this question always rises as the alpha and omega of social questions, […]
1850 May 1, Thomas Carlyle, “No. V. Stump-Orator.”, in Latter-Day Pamphlets, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, pages 155–156:That I merited all I endured, I acknowledged—that I could scarcely endure more, I pleaded; and the alpha and omega of my heart’s wishes broke involuntarily from my lips in the words—‘Jane! Jane! Jane!’
1847 October 16, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], Jane Eyre. […], volume III, London: Smith, Elder, and Co., […], →OCLC:the alpha and omega of science
1831, John Herschel, A Preliminary Discourse on the Study of Natural Philosophy:
Forms
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Translations (33)
ka თავი და ბოლო (the first and the last) · ka ანი და ჰოე (the first and the last) · el άλφα και ωμέγα (the first and the last) · ro alfa și omega (the first and the last) · ar اَلْأَلْف وَالْيَاء (the first and the last) · da alfa og omega (the first and the last) · hu az alfa és az ómega (the first and the last) · nv álfa áádóó oméga (the first and the last) · fi A ja O (the first and the last) · pt alfa e ômega (the first and the last) · es alfa y omega (the first and the last) · fr l’alpha et l’oméga (the first and the last) · ru а́льфа и оме́га (the first and the last) · sv A och O (the first and the last) · be а́льфа і аме́га (the first and the last) · sa अहूँ (the first and the last) · ka ალფა და ომეგა (the first and the last) · uk а́льфа і оме́га (the first and the last) · sh alfa i omega (the first and the last) · hu a kezdet és a vég (the first and the last) · pl alfa i omega (the first and the last) · hu alfája és ómegája (the first and the last) · pt alfa e ómega (the first and the last) · id alfa dan omega (the first and the last) · cs alfa a omega (the first and the last) · is upphaf og endir (the first and the last) · aii ܐܵܠܲܦ ܘܬܲܘ (the first and the last) · chr ᎡᎵᏆ ᎠᎴ ᎣᎻᎦ (the first and the last) · he האלף והתו (the first and the last) · sv alfa och omega (the first and the last) · mk а́лфа и о́мега (the first and the last) · ja 阿吽 (the first and the last) · de A und O (the first and the last)
wikipedia: Book of Revelation