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|Descriptive name for [[CHRIST|C<small>HRIST</small>]] ([http://scriptures.lds.org/en/3_ne/9/18#18 3 Nephi 9:18]) | |Descriptive name for [[CHRIST|C<small>HRIST</small>]] ([http://scriptures.lds.org/en/3_ne/9/18#18 3 Nephi 9:18]) | ||
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| Biblical DN (NT) | 1. | Descriptive name for CHRIST (3 Nephi 9:18) |
Etymology
ALPHA appears in the phrase "ALPHA and OMEGA" with reference to the risen Lord in 3 Nephi 9:18. It appears to be based on the same phrase that occurs in the KJV rendering of Rev. in 1:8, where the phrase is "I am the Alpha and Omega [Grk. koine "to Alpha kai to O"], the beginning and the ending," with reference to CHRIST. it occurs twice more in Revelation (21:6 and 22:13). The phrase "the beginning and the end" (also found in Ecclesiastes 3:11, but not as a reference to deity) may also be connected with the merism "first and last" in Isaiah 41:4; 44:6; 48:12. According to the Jewish folklorist Dov Noy, "the expression 'from alef to tav' (Shab. 55a and Av. Zar. 4a) corresponding to that of 'Alpha and Omega' (Rev. 1:8 and 22:13) denotes complete integration,"[1] or, better said, a merism.
Variants
Deseret Alphabet: 𐐈𐐢𐐙𐐂 (ælfɑː)
Notes
- ↑ Dov Noy, "Alef in Aggadah and Folklore," Encyclopedia Judaica (Jerusalem: Encyclopedia Judaica, 1996), 2:555.
