alpha and omega

alpha and omega noun: the first and last; the beginning and end.

Noun (1)

alpha and omega (usually uncountable, plural alphas and omegas)

(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
- the alpha and omega of science1831, John Herschel, A Preliminary Discourse on the Study of Natural Philosophy

Interjection

An exclamation denoting surprise.
- "Alpha and Omega, will you look at that!"1994, Sharon Creech, Walk Two Moons, page 14

Proper noun capitalized: Alpha and Omega

Alpha and Omega or the Alpha and Omega

A title for Jesus Christ and/or God, signifying that he is the beginning and end of all things.
- 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
- 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?1764 [1699], Lodowicke Muggleton, The Acts of the Witneſſes of the Spirit, page 91

Noun (2) capitalized: Alpha and Omega

Alpha and Omega (usually uncountable, plural Alphas and Omegas)

(usually) Alternative letter-case form of alpha and omega.

alpha and omega meaning in Sanskrit, Arabic and Indonesian

alpha and omega in Sanskrit

the first and the last: अहूँ ahūm̐

alpha and omega in Arabic

the first and the last: اَلْأَلْف وَالْيَاء al-ʔalf wa-l-yāʔ

alpha and omega in Indonesian

the first and the last: alfa dan omega

Examples of alpha and omega in a sentence

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!1847 October 16, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], Jane Eyre. […], volume III, London: Smith, Elder, and Co., […], →OCLC:
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:

Forms of alpha and omega

plural	alphas and omegas
alternative form	the alpha and the omega
alternative form	Alpha and Omega
plural	Alphas and Omegas

Origin of alpha and omega

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).

Questions about alpha and omega

What does alpha and omega mean?: Alpha and omega means the first and last; the beginning and end.
What is alpha and omega in Sanskrit?: Alpha and omega in Sanskrit is अहूँ (ahūm̐). See Alpha and omega meaning in Sanskrit.
How do you use alpha and omega in a sentence?: 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!
What part of speech is alpha and omega?: Alpha and omega can be a noun, an interjection or a proper noun.
What is the plural of alpha and omega?: The plural of alpha and omega is alphas and omegas.

Words near alpha and omega in the dictionary

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