ALPHA, is the first letter of the Greek Alphabet, as Aleph is the first of the Hebrew Alphabet. In the Greek Alphabet Alpha stands for one, or the first1. For this reason God in the Revelations is styled AlphaRev. i. 8. and Omega, the Beginning and End.
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Translators’ note. Thus Martial, in imitation of the Greeks, who were used to distinguish the rank of People by Letters, says, Epig. l. 5. Ep. 26. Quod Alpha dixi, Codre, penulatorum Te nuper, ali- qua, cum jocarer in charta: Si forte bilem movit hic tibi versus Dicas licebit beta me togatorum. ↩