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Ω G5598
N-NNS  |  4× in 1 sense
Omega, the last letter of the Greek alphabet, used as a title for God signifying ultimate finality and completeness.
The twenty-fourth and final letter of the Greek alphabet, omega carries symbolic weight far beyond its phonetic value. In Revelation, God and Christ declare themselves 'the Alpha and the Omega' — the beginning and the end — using the alphabet's boundaries as a metaphor for absolute sovereignty over all of time and creation. The term appears four times, always paired with Alpha, forming a merism that encompasses everything from first to last. Translations across languages consistently transliterate rather than translate, preserving the Greek letter's iconic status.

Senses
1. sense 1 The last letter of the Greek alphabet used as a divine title signifying ultimate finality, completion, and sovereignty. Found exclusively in Revelation (1:8, 1:11, 21:6, 22:13), it always appears in the pair 'Alpha and Omega,' a merism declaring God's presence at both the origin and culmination of all things. Spanish, French, and German all retain the transliterated form 'Omega,' reflecting the universal recognition of this symbol as a theological title rather than a mere letter name.
DISCOURSE_NAMES Discourse Markers Entreaty Particles
AR["الياءُ", "ياءُ"]·ben["ওমেগা"]·DE["o"]·EN["Omega", "Ōmega"]·FR["o"]·heb["הָ-תָּו", "תָּו"]·HI["ओमेगा", "ओमेगा,", "और"]·ID["O", "Omega", "Omega,"]·IT["ō"]·jav["Oméga"]·KO["오메가"]·PT["Ômega"]·RU["Ω", "Омега", "Омега,"]·ES["Omega", "Ôméga,"]·SW["Omega", "Omega,"]·TR["Omega", "gönder"]·urd["اومیگا"]

Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)

BDB / Lexicon Reference
Ω, , τό, twenty-fourth and last letter of the Ionic alphabet, ἀπὸ ἄλφα ἕως.ω. Refs 9th c.AD+; thence used as a symbol of the end, the last, ἐγώ εἰμι τὸ ἄλφα καὶ τὸ (not τὸ μέγα) NT:—as a numeral = 800, but ωνυμ = 800, 000. The epichoric _Attic dialect_ and other alphabets of the Inscrr. had used o in differently to represent the sounds of the later ο and ω: Ω is a differentiated form of ο,