- Transliteration: A

- Phonetic: al'-fah

- Definition:

1. first letter of Greek alphabet

2. Christ is the Alpha to indicate that he is the beginning and the end

- Origin: of hebrew origin

- TDNT entry: 1:1,*

- Part(s) of speech: Letter

- Strong's: Of hebrew origin; the first letter of the alphabet: figuratively only (from its use as a numeral) the first. Often used (usually an before a vowel) also in composition (as a contraction from G427" class="dictionary-topic-link">G427) in the sense of privation; so in many words beginning with this letter; occasionally in the sense of union (as a contraction of G260" class="dictionary-topic-link">G260): - Alpha.