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 (uncountable)

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)

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

Interjection

alpha and omega

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

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