OMEGA
| Biblical DN (NT) | 1. | A title for CHRIST (3 Nephi 9:18) |
Etymology
OMEGA 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: 𐐄𐐣𐐀𐐘𐐂 (oʊmiːɡɑː)
Notes
- ↑ Dov Noy, "Alef in Aggadah and Folklore," Encyclopedia Judaica (Jerusalem: Encyclopedia Judaica, 1996), 2:555.
