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Strong G12 sensesα, Ἀλφα

Alpha · ah!

Transliteration
A
Pronunciation
al'-fah

The 2 senses of Strong G1

The lexicon tells 2 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong G1 appears in 4 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

  1. AlphaG1GA title of Jesus, signifying His eternal nature3 verses · Revelation
  2. ah!ἆG1Hἆ, an exclamation expressing emotions such as pity, envy, or contempt, and also used in reproofs or warnings; it may stand with an adjective, alone, or doubled.Not in the KJV

General definition

Of Hebrew origin; the first letter of the alphabet: figuratively only (from its use as a numeral) the first . Often used (usually an before a vowel) also in composition (as a contraction from G427) in the sense of privation; so in many words beginning with this letter; occasionally in the sense of union (as a contraction of G260): - Alpha.

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

  • alpha4

First verses

  1. Revelation 1:8
    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.
  2. Revelation 1:11
    Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.
  3. Revelation 21:6
    And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.
  4. Revelation 22:13
    I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.