alpha and omega

English

Etymology

From alpha and omega, from Rev. 1:8. Translation of Ancient Greek τὸ ἄλφα καὶ τὸ ὦ (tò álpha kaì tò ô).

Noun

alpha and omega

1. The first and last; the beginning and end.

   I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, saith the Lord.

   • Sir J. Herschel

     the alpha and omega of science

Translations

the first and the last

• Arabic: اَلْأَلْف وَالْيَاء (al-ʾalf wa-l-yāʾ)
• Czech: alfa a omega f
• Danish: alfa og omega
• Finnish: A ja O
• French: l’alpha et l’oméga (fr) m
• German: A und O (de)
• Greek: άλφα και ωμέγα (álfa kai oméga)
• Hebrew: האלף והתו (haalfs vhatv)
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• Hungarian: az alfa és az ómega, a kezdet és a vég, (figuratively) alfája és ómegája
• Icelandic: upphaf og endir
• Japanese: 阿吽 (ja)
• Portuguese: alfa e ómega m (Portugal), alfa e ômega m (Brazil)
• Romanian: alfa și omega
• Russian: а́льфа и оме́га (ru) (álʹfa i oméga)
• Sanskrit: अहूँ (ahūm̐)
• Swedish: a och o (sv)

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• Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} alfa i omega
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Interjection

alpha and omega

1. An exclamation denoting surprise.
   • 1994, Sharon Creech, Walk Two Moons, page 14:

     "Alpha and Omega, will you look at that!"