alpha and omega
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.65 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
intj
name
A title for Jesus Christ and/or God, signifying that he is the beginning and end of all things.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "the alpha and omega of science"
- "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!’"
- "We spoke once of vital lungs for Society: and in fact this question always rises as the alpha and omega of social questions, […]"
- ""Alpha and Omega, will you look at that!""
- "Here you ſee the Alpha and Omega was Dead; And was not the Alpha and Omega God? And you ſee by the Scripture, that the Alpha and Omega was Dead: And was there any Alpha and Omega that Died but Jeſus Chriſt? And was there any Alpha and Omega that quickened out of Death to Life again, but Chriſt?"
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).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: τὸ ἄλφα καὶ τὸ ὦ