Scriptorium tag: N
1. | alpha (first letter of the Greek alphabet) | |
ref: 4198 Bibliography: DDGLC |
cf. Gr. (DDGLC lemma ID 5021) ἄλφα the Greek letter Alpha; beginning, the first part of
s.th.. noun (LSJ 74b?; Preisigke 1:62?)
Example usage: (automatically extracted, use with caution and report bad examples)
Sahidic:
- ⲡⲉϫⲁϥ ⲛⲁⲓ ϫⲉⲁⲓϣⲱⲡⲉ . ⲛⲁⲗⲫⲁ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲱ ⲡⲉϩⲟⲩⲉⲓⲧⲉ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲡϫⲱⲕ . ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ϯⲛⲁϯ ⲙⲡⲉⲧⲟⲃⲉ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲛⲧⲡⲩⲅⲏ ⲙⲡⲙⲟⲟⲩ ⲙⲡⲱⲛϩ ⲛϫⲓⲛϫⲏ . He said to me, 'It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give freely to him who is thirsty from the spring of the water of life. 66_Revelation_21 (urn:cts:copticLit:nt.rev.sahidica:21)ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲡⲉ ⲁⲗⲫⲁ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲱ ⲡϣⲟⲣⲡ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲡϩⲁⲏ ⲧⲁⲣⲭⲏ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲡϫⲱⲕ . I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End. 66_Revelation_22 (urn:cts:copticLit:nt.rev.sahidica:22)ⲁⲩⲱ ⲁϥⲱϣ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲛϭⲓⲓⲏⲥⲟⲩⲥ ⲉϥⲕⲱⲧⲉ ⲙⲙⲟϥ ⲉⲡⲉϥⲧⲉⲩⲗⲁⲕϩ ⲛⲧⲉⲡⲕⲟⲥⲙⲟⲥ ⲙⲛⲛⲉϥⲙⲁⲑⲏⲧⲏⲥ ⲉⲩϭⲟⲟⲗⲉ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ ⲛϩⲉⲛϩⲃⲟⲥ ⲛⲛⲉⲓⲁⲁⲩ · ⲉϥϫⲱ ⲙⲙⲟⲥ ϫⲉⲓⲁⲱ · * ⲓⲁⲱ · ⲧⲁⲓ ⲧⲉ ⲧⲉϥϩⲉⲣⲙⲏⲛⲉⲓⲁ · ⲓⲱⲧⲁ · ϫⲉⲁⲡⲧⲏⲣϥ ⲉⲓ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ · ⲁⲗⲫⲁ ϫⲉⲥⲉⲛⲁⲕⲧⲟⲟⲩ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ · ⲱⲱ ϫⲉϥⲛⲁϣⲱⲡⲉ ⲛϭⲓⲡϫⲱⲕ ⲛⲛϫⲱⲕ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ · “And Jesus made invocation, turning himself towards the four corners of the world with his disciples, who were all clad in linen garments, and saying: iaō iaō iaō.” This is its interpretation: iōta, because the universe hath gone forth; alpha, because it will turn itself back again; ōmega, because the completion of all the completeness will take place.” Pistis Sophia Book 4 Part 1 (urn:cts:copticLit:pistissophia.2.petermann:120-128)
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Please cite as: TLA lemma no. C8194 (ⲁⲗⲫⲁ), in: Coptic Dictionary Online, ed. by the Koptische/Coptic Electronic Language and Literature International Alliance (KELLIA), https://coptic-dictionary.org/entry.py?tla=C8194 (accessed yyyy-mm-dd).Found a bug or a problem? Please report it at: https://github.com/KELLIA/dictionary/issues