...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, the preserver and upholder of...

...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...

...related, originated with the Boeotians, who maintain that tho Aloides introduced the worship of the Muses. ALPHA and OMEGA, the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet, in the Holy Scriptures, signify the beginning and the end, or the fast and the last ; ie before and...

...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...

...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,...

...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,...

...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....

...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,...

...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...

...existence, in contradistinction to the popular mythology, was the aim and object of all these institutions. ALPHA AND. OMEGA. The first and last letters of the Greek alphabet, equivalent therefore to the beginning and ending of any thing, or to the whole of it in its completeness....