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The first letter in almost all alphabets. In Hebrew, it is called aleph, in Greek, alpha, the last letter in the Greek alphabet being omega. Both the Hebrews and Greeks used their letters as numerals; and hence A (aleph or alpha) denoted one, or the first. So our Lord says, “I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last;” thus declaring his eternity and that he is the cause and end of all things, Rev 1:8; Rev 1:11; Rev 21:6; Rev 22:13 Isa 44:6; Isa 48:12 Col 1:15-18.
Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary
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SEE ALPHA
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
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Alpha, the first letter of the Greek alphabet, as Omega is the last. These letters occur in the text of Rev. 1:8, 11; 21:6; 22:13, and are represented by “Alpha” and “Omega” respectively (omitted in R.V., 1:11). They mean “the first and last.” (Comp. Heb. 12:2; Isa. 41:4; 44:6; Rev. 1:11, 17; 2:8.) In the symbols of the early Christian Church these two letters are frequently combined with the cross or with Christ’s monogram to denote his divinity.
Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary
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In the very opening of this Concordance, I cannot pass over the first letter, which the Hebrews call Aleph, and which they pronounce A. And I do this the rather, because, as the Greeks call their first letter Alpha, and our adorable Redeemer graciously condescended to call himself by that name; so equally applicable is Aleph, to the person of Jesus. Indeed, as if to shew the infinite fulness and comprehensiveness of his nature and character, the Lord Jesus took the names, both of Alpha and Omega: the former, the first; and the latter, the last, in the letters of the Alphabet. There is no letter before Alpha, and none after Omega. Nothing can be more strikingly characteristic of Christ. For as Christ, he was, and is, and ever will be, the first letter in all JEHOVAH’S alphabet; and the last, in all the ultimate design of his glory. (See Rev 1:8; Rev 21:6; Rev 22:13.) Now the word Aleph is expressive also of a first, a leader, or chief, and sovereign person. So that in this sense, Jesus is Aleph, as well as Alpha. And it is still worthy of farther remark, that as the sound of the Aleph, or A, in Hebrew, is only a soft breathing as it were, and needs nothing more to form it, than the mere motion of the lips; it may be supposed, to have a peculiar reference to Him, who first “breathed into man’s nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.” (Gen 2:7)
Fuente: The Poor Mans Concordance and Dictionary to the Sacred Scriptures
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See ALEPH; ALPHABET.
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
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Aleph, the first letter in the Hebrew alphabet. In numerals it stands for 1, and with two points for 1,000. A (alpha) the first letter in the Greek alphabet. The small letter with a dash after ( ‘), stands for 1. For this letter as a name of Christ see ALPHA.
Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary
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A. See Alpha.