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Nave Topical Bible
• Alpha
Thompson Chain Reference
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Dictionaries
American Church Dictionary
• Alpha and Omega
American Tract Society
• Alpha
Fausset Bible Dictionary
• Alpha
Holman Bible Dictionary
• Alpha and Omega
Hastings' BibleDictionary
• Alpha and Omega
Hastings' NT Dictionary
• Alpha and Omega (2)
• Alpha and Omega
King James Dictionary
• Alpha
Morrish Bible Dictionary
• Alpha
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• Omega, Alpha and
• Alpha and Omega
Hawker's Poor Man's Dictionary
• Alpha
People's Bible Dictionary
• Alpha
Smith Bible Dictionary
• Alpha
Wilson's Bible Types
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Webster Dictionary
• Alpha Rays
• Alpha Paper
• Alpha
Watson's Theological Dictionary
• Alpha
Encyclopedias
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
• Alpha and Omega
Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia
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McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Alpha or a
The Catholic Encyclopedia
• Alpha and Omega
• Alpha and Omega (in Scripture)
The Jewish Encyclopedia
• Alpha
• Alpha and Omega
Lexicons
• α , ἄλφα

Alpha (ăl'phah). The first letter of the Greek alphabet, corresponding to Aleph, the first Hebrew letter. These letters were used as numerals. Alpha therefore denotes one, the first. And, as Omega is the last Greek letter, our Lord calls himself Alpha and Omega, the first and the last, implying his divine eternity. Revelation 1:8; Revelation 1:11; Revelation 21:6; Revelation 22:13; comp. Isaiah 44:6.