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“IἘγώamεἰμιthe Alphaτὸ Ἄλφαandκαὶthe Omega,”τὸ Ὦsaysλέγειthe LordκύριοςGod,ὁ θεόςthe one who isὁ ὢνandκαὶwho wasὁ ἦνandκαὶwho is coming,ὁ ἐρχόμενοςthe Almighty.ὁ παντοκράτωρ
Revelation 1:8
Study it in the app““I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, the one who is and who was and who is coming, the Almighty.”
God presents himself as the Alpha and the Omega: the one who is, was, and is comingWho God Is
With the Greek beneath
Revelation 1:8, word by word
- amεἰμιeimi
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “eimi” appears- the AlphaἌλφαAlpha
Alpha
Alpha, the first letter of the Greek alphabet; "the Alpha and the Omega" means the first and the last, the beginning and the end.
Where else “Alpha” appears- the OmegaὮŌ
O
O!
Where else “Ō” appears- saysλέγειlegei
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “legei” appears- the Lordκύριοςkyrios
Lord
The Lord: God, whose name is YHWH; also Jesus.
Where else “kyrios” appears- Godθεόςtheos
God
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theos” appears- who is comingἐρχόμενοςerchomenos
come
To move to where someone is or to a place, and be present there.
Where else “erchomenos” appears- the Almightyπαντοκράτωρpantokratōr
Almighty
Almighty: the one who has power over all things.
Where else “pantokratōr” appears
Translation note
Alpha and Omega: the first and the last letter of the Greek alphabet. Here the Lord God speaks; in 22:13 Jesus says it. That is why this verse is not marked in purple.
The context
7Look, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him; and all the tribes of the earth will mourn over him. Yes, amen.
8 · This verse (above)
9I, John, your brother and partner in the affliction and kingdom and endurance in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.