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Alpha, the first letter of the [[Greek (EBD)|Greek]] alphabet, as [[Omega (EBD)|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 (EBD)|Christian]] [[Church (EBD)|Church]] these two letters are frequently combined with the [[Cross (EBD)|cross]] or with [[Christ (EBD)|Christ]]'s monogram to denote his divinity.
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