| John Brown - Bible - 1811 - 748 pages
...or dealing with him, Exod. xiv. 12. and :-:xx ii. 10. Job x. 20. ALOOF, far off, Psal. xxxviii. 1 1. ALPHA and OMEGA, the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet. Christ is so called, to denote, thut he is the beginning and the ending ; is the deviser, the author,... | |
| James Wood - Bible - 1813 - 632 pages
...the same name, but of which nothiug important is known. DICTIONARY or THE HOLY EIBbE. AAR A AND П, Alpha and Omega, the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet ; applied to Jesus Christ by himself, Rev. i. 8. intimating that he is the beginning and ending of... | |
| John Brown - Bible - 1816 - 772 pages
...distressing, or dealing with him, Exod. xiv. 12. ixxii 10. Job x. 20. ALOOF, far off, Psal. xxxviii. II. ALPHA and OMEGA, the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet. Christ is so called, to denote, that he is the beginning and the ending; i« the deviser, the author,... | |
| Charles Buck - Theology - 1833 - 980 pages
...Theodore of Byzantium, by trade a currier, who apostatized in the time of the persecution under Severus. y Jews, and superstitious Christians. Weavers and slipper-makers a in the Holy Scripture signify the beginning and the end, or the first and the last, ie before and after... | |
| Noah Webster - English language - 1836 - 166 pages
...II. Jude Corin'thians I. & II. Titus Revela'tion. Gala'tians NAMES USED IN THE SCRIPTURES EXPLAINED. Alpha and Ome'ga, the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet, signify the first and the last ; the beginning and the end ; and -are applied to Christ, the eternal,... | |
| Ingram Cobbin - 1846 - 396 pages
...nearly two inches thick, Psalm xlv. 8 ; Prov. vii. 17 ; Sol. Song iv. 14 ; John xix. 39. Dr. TM Harris. Alpha and Omega, the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet ; applied to Christ to signify his eternal existence, Rev. i. 8, 11; xxi. 6 ; xxii. 13. Barr. Altar,... | |
| Christian art and symbolism - 1851 - 422 pages
...may devour," and occasionally it signifies the resurrection1i. The hare, innocence and timidity. AQ Alpha and Omega, the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet, frequently placed on each side of the monogram ^p* or the head of Christ, signifying His divinity.... | |
| John Ogilvie - English language - 1855 - 434 pages
...origin a initial is a prefix of privative or negative signification, as in anonymous, achromatic, &c. Alpha and Omega, the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet, are used in Scripture for the beginning and the end, representative of Christ. In the English phraseology,... | |
| 1858 - 812 pages
...is frequently designated merely by the two first letters of his name in Greek, and sometimes also by the Alpha and Omega, the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet. Still later, palms appear enjjn»ven upon the tombs, as emblems of the victory of the Christian, and... | |
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