The last letter of the Greek alphabet is Omega. Which other letter, the 15th, also begins with the letter 'O'?
"Omega (Cyrillic) Omega (Ѡ ѡ or Ѡ ѡ; italics: ""Ѡ ѡ"" or ""Ѡ ѡ"") is a letter used in the early Cyrillic alphabet. Its name and form are derived from the Greek letter Omega (Ω ω). In some forms it may be confused with the letter We Unlike Greek, the Slavic languages had only a single /o/ sound, so Omega was little used compared to the letter O (О о), descended from the Greek letter Omicron. In the older ustav writing Omega was used mainly for its numeric value of 800, and rarely appeared even in Greek words. In later"
"Alpha and Omega Alpha (Α or α) and omega (Ω or ω) are the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet, and a title of Christ and God in the Book of Revelation. This pair of letters are used as Christian symbols, and are often combined with the Cross, Chi-rho, or other Christian symbols. The term ""Alpha and Omega"" comes from the phrase ""I am Alpha and Omega"" (Koiné Greek: ""ἐγὼ τὸ Α καὶ τὸ Ω""), an appellation of Jesus in the Book of Revelation (verses 1:8, 21:6, and 22:13). The first part of this phrase (""I am the"
"first and last letters of the English alphabet, as alpha and omega are the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet. As of August 2, this was confirmed as the website has changed linking to a screen asking the following: Clicking ""No"" takes you back to the original site with the puzzles. Clicking ""Yes"" takes you to the new official Alpha Omega website. EHWR has seen much coverage online as well as coverage in USA Today, Forbes Magazine and the LA Times. While most have been unable to provide definitively new information, they have largely served to spread notice"
"the normal Greek letters, with markup and formatting to indicate text style. Sigma Sigma (uppercase Σ, lowercase σ, lowercase in word-final position ς; ) is the eighteenth letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals, it has a value of 200. When used at the end of a word (when the word is not all caps), the final form (ς) is used, e.g. (Odysseus); note the two sigmas in the center of the name, and the word-final sigma at the end. The shape and alphabetic position of sigma is derived from Phoenician shin 𐤔 . The name"
"O O (named ""o"" , plural ""oes"") is the 15th letter and the fourth vowel in the modern English alphabet and the ISO basic Latin alphabet. Its graphic form has remained fairly constant from Phoenician times until today. The name of the Phoenician letter was ""ʿeyn"", meaning ""eye"", and indeed its shape originates simply as a drawing of a human eye (possibly inspired by the corresponding Egyptian hieroglyph, cf. Proto-Sinaitic script). Its original sound value was that of a consonant, probably , the sound represented by the cognate Arabic letter ع ""ʿayn"". The use of this Phoenician letter for a"
"follows: Alpha and Omega represent the sovereign majesty of God and His dominion and lordship over all things. These letters come from the book of Revelation, where Jesus Christ says, ""I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end."" The letter Gamma, the third letter in the Greek alphabet, represents Christ, which itself begins with ""C"", the third letter of the English alphabet. It is in the center to represent Christ being at the center of the fraternity and the lives of its members. Pledges may become active members of an AGO"
"Sigma Sigma (uppercase Σ, lowercase σ, lowercase in word-final position ς; ) is the eighteenth letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals, it has a value of 200. When used at the end of a word (when the word is not all caps), the final form (ς) is used, e.g. (Odysseus); note the two sigmas in the center of the name, and the word-final sigma at the end. The shape and alphabetic position of sigma is derived from Phoenician shin 𐤔 . The name of sigma, according to one hypothesis, may continue that of Phoenician Samekh."
"Alpha Alpha (uppercase , lowercase ; , ""álpha"", ""álfa"") is the first letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals, it has a value of 1. It was derived from the Phoenician and Hebrew letter aleph - an ox or leader. Letters that arose from alpha include the Latin A and the Cyrillic letter А. In English, the noun ""alpha"" is used as a synonym for ""beginning"", or ""first"" (in a series), reflecting its Greek roots. In Ancient Greek, alpha was pronounced and could be either phonemically long ([aː]) or short ([a]). Where there is ambiguity, long"
"Alphabet, represents the close-mid back rounded vowel. O O (named ""o"" , plural ""oes"") is the 15th letter and the fourth vowel in the modern English alphabet and the ISO basic Latin alphabet. Its graphic form has remained fairly constant from Phoenician times until today. The name of the Phoenician letter was ""ʿeyn"", meaning ""eye"", and indeed its shape originates simply as a drawing of a human eye (possibly inspired by the corresponding Egyptian hieroglyph, cf. Proto-Sinaitic script). Its original sound value was that of a consonant, probably , the sound represented by the cognate Arabic letter ع ""ʿayn"". The"
"between C-12 (or ω-7) and C-13 (or ω-6) is reported either as Δ if counted from the –COOH end (indicating only the “beginning” of the double bond), or as ω-6 (or omega-6) if counting from the –CH end. The “Δ” is the Greek letter “delta”, which translates into “D” ( for Double bond) in the Roman alphabet. Omega (ω) is the last letter in the Greek alphabet, and is therefore used to indicate the “last” carbon atom in the fatty acid chain. Since the ω-""n"" notation is used almost exclusively to indicate the positions of the double bonds close to"
"Greek alphabet. Thus, twice when the phrase ""I am the alpha and the omega"" appears it is further clarified with the additional phrase, ""the beginning and the end"" (Revelation 21:6, 22:13). The first and last letters of the Greek alphabet were used because the book of Revelation is in the New Testament, which was originally written in Greek. This phrase is interpreted by many Christians to mean that Jesus has existed for all eternity or that God is eternal. Though many commentators and dictionaries ascribe the title ""the alpha and the omega"" to both God and to Christ, some secular"
"Big O notation (representing a function's asymptotic growth rate), but has fallen out of favor because omicron is indistinguishable from the Latin letter O and easily confused with the digit zero (0). Omicron is used to designate the fifteenth star in a constellation group, its ordinal placement a function of both magnitude and position. Such stars include Omicron Andromedae, Omicron Ceti, and Omicron Persei. These characters are used only as mathematical symbols. Stylized Greek text should be encoded using the normal Greek letters, with markup and formatting to indicate text style. Omicron Omicron (uppercase Ο, lowercase ο, literally ""small o"":"
"Alpha and Omega"") is first found in Chapter 1 verse 8 (""1v8""), and is found in every manuscript of Revelation that has 1v8. Several later manuscripts repeat ""I am the Alpha and Omega"" in 1v11 too, but do not receive support here from most of the oldest manuscripts, including the Alexandrine, Sinaitic, and Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus. It is, therefore, omitted in some modern translations. Scholar Robert Young stated, with regard to ""I am the Alpha and Omega"" in 1v11, the ""oldest [manuscripts] omit"" it. Alpha (Α) and omega (Ω) are the first and last letters, respectively, of the classical (Ionic)"
"the world today and one in three women on college campuses. Alpha Chi Omega continues to support Easter Seals. Alpha Chi Omega's Founders chose ""Alpha"" (Α), the first letter of the Greek alphabet, because they were forming the first fraternity in the school of music. Since they thought they might also be founding the last such fraternity, ""Omega"" (Ω) seemed appropriate, considering it stands for the end. ""Kai"", meaning ""and"", was added to form ""the beginning and the end"". ""Kai"" was soon changed to ""Chi"" (Χ), a letter of the Greek alphabet. Alpha Chi Omega's colors of scarlet red and"
"as well as a few Aegean islands, namely Paros, Thasos and Melos, chose the exact opposite innovation, using a broken-up circle for the short and a closed circle for the long /o/. The name Ωμέγα is Byzantine; in Classical Greek, the letter was called ""ō"" (), whereas the omicron was called ""ou"" (). The modern lowercase shape goes back to the uncial form , a form that developed during the 3rd century BC in ancient handwriting on papyrus, from a flattened-out form of the letter () that had its edges curved even further upward. In addition to the Greek alphabet,"
"Omega was also adopted into the early Cyrillic alphabet. See Cyrillic omega (Ѡ, ѡ). A Raetic variant is conjectured to be at the origin or parallel evolution of the Elder Futhark ᛟ. Omega was also adopted into the Latin alphabet, as a letter of the 1982 revision to the African reference alphabet. It has had little use. See Latin omega. The uppercase letter Ω is used as a symbol: The minuscule letter ω is used as a symbol: These characters are used only as mathematical symbols. Stylized Greek text should be encoded using the normal Greek letters, with markup and"
"square represents the ""vault of heaven."" The third, the Greek eta, represents Jacob's ladder itself and is connected to the complete idea of seven pillars. The fourth, the Greek theta, is either ""the all-seeing eye or the point within a circle."" The fifth letter, the Greek iota, represents a pillar and the temple. The sixth letter, the Greek sigma, is an incomplete hexagram, otherwise known as ""the blazing star or hexalpha"" to the Freemasons. The last, the Greek omega, represents a lyre and David as a poet. Smart, throughout his career, published many known works. Although his works are far"
"the first and the last. ""Alpha"" and ""Omega"" were painted on wood panels with both measuring 2' 7"" x 4' 4"": 81 x 132 cm, dimensions dictated by the space above the College Library doorways they were now destined to occupy. The panels are now in the possession of Oxford Brookes University, along with the original, unused, mural designs. ""Alpha"" and ""Omega"" are heavy with allegory and allusion. While the letter Omega (the Greek capital Ω) is represented by a background yew arch trained and clipped into this shape, the letter Alpha (the Greek lower-case α) is symbolised as a"
"leaving out six—for it is the Episemon and not a letter of the usual Greek alphabet:— 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 7 + 8 = 30 Again, we find the fall of the twelfth Aeon, Sophia, indicated in the alphabet; for Λ, which arithmetically denotes 30, the number of the Aeons, is only the eleventh letter in the alphabet. But it set about to seek another like itself, and so the next letter is M, or ΛΛ. Again, add up the numerical value of all the letters of the alphabet ending with λ and we"
"by the first 2 letters. The final letter in the sequence changes in Greek alphabetical order after 9,000 issued plates. For example, Patras plates are codice_2, where ΑΧ represents the Achaia prefecture of which Patras is the capital. When codice_3 is reached the plates turn to codice_4 and this continues until codice_5 is finished. Only the letters from the intersection between the Latin and Greek alphabets by glyph appearance are used, namely Α, Β, Ε, Ζ, Η, Ι, Κ, Μ, Ν, Ο, Ρ, Τ, Υ, Χ (in Greek alphabetical order). This is because Greece is a contracting party to the"
"sometimes by placing it at the end of the alphabet, such as in Swedish and Icelandic; and in Finnish, after ""Z"", ""Å"" and ""Ä"", thus fulfilling the place of omega, for example in the Finnish expression ""aasta ööhön"" ""from A to Z"". However, in Hungarian, as well as Turkish and other Turkic alphabets that have ""ö"", it is an independent letter between ""o"" and ""P"". ""O"" with diaeresis occurs in several languages that use diaereses. In these languages the letter represents a normal ""o"", and the pronunciation does not change (e.g. in the Dutch/Afrikaans word ""coöperatief"" [cooperative]). Some writers and"
"Omega are moonlight blue and bastard amber, from the names of the shades of lighting gels commonly used in theatre lighting. The official magazine of Alpha Psi Omega/Delta Psi Omega is ""The Playbill"". Alpha Psi Omega/Delta Psi Omega has a total of 1048 chapters on record, making it one of the largest Greek Letter Organizations in the world. Chapters of Alpha Psi Omega are named with Greek Letter names according to the order in which they were chartered. Chapters of Delta Psi Omega are numbered. The current national officers of Alpha Psi Omega and Delta Psi Omega are as follows:"
"semi-ustav manuscripts it was used for decorative purposes, along with the broad version () as well as the Broad On (Ѻ ѻ). Modern Church Slavonic has developed strict rules for the use of these letterforms. Another variation of o is the ""ornate"" or ""beautiful omega"", used as an interjection, “O!”. It is represented in Unicode 5.1 by the misnamed character ""omega with titlo"" (). Omega (Cyrillic) Omega (Ѡ ѡ or Ѡ ѡ; italics: ""Ѡ ѡ"" or ""Ѡ ѡ"") is a letter used in the early Cyrillic alphabet. Its name and form are derived from the Greek letter Omega (Ω ω)."
"Lambda Lambda, Λ, λ (uppercase ', lowercase '; ""lám(b)da"") is the 11th letter of the Greek alphabet, representing the sound /l/. In the system of Greek numerals lambda has a value of 30. Lambda is related to the Phoenician letter Lamed . Letters in other alphabets that stemmed from lambda include the Latin L and the Cyrillic letter El (Л, л). The ancient grammarians and dramatists give evidence to the pronunciation as () in Classical Greek times. In Modern Greek the name of the letter, Λάμδα, is pronounced . In early Greek alphabets, the shape and orientation of lambda varied."
"Beta Beta (, ; uppercase , lowercase , or cursive ; or ) is the second letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 2. In Ancient Greek, beta represented the voiced bilabial plosive . In Modern Greek, it represents the voiced labiodental fricative . Letters that arose from beta include the Roman letter and the Cyrillic letters and . Like the names of most other Greek letters, the name of the beta was adopted from the acrophonic name of the corresponding letter in Phoenician, which was the common Semitic word ""*bait"""
"Omega (TeX) Omega is an extension of the TeX typesetting system that uses the Basic Multilingual Plane of Unicode. It was authored by John Plaice and Yannis Haralambous after TeX development was frozen in 1991, primarily to enhance TeX's multilingual typesetting abilities. It includes a new 16-bit font encoding for TeX, as well as fonts (omlgc and omah) covering a wide range of alphabets. At the 2004 TeX Users Group conference, Plaice announced his decision to split off a new project (not yet public), while Haralambous continued to work on Omega proper. LaTeX for Omega is invoked as ""lambda"". Although"
"Zeta Zeta (uppercase Ζ, lowercase ζ; , , classical or ""zē̂ta""; ""zíta"") is the sixth letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals, it has a value of 7. It was derived from the Phoenician letter zayin . Letters that arose from zeta include the Roman Z and Cyrillic З. Unlike the other Greek letters, this letter did not take its name from the Phoenician letter from which it was derived; it was given a new name on the pattern of beta, eta and theta. The word ""zeta"" is the ancestor of ""zed"", the name of the"
"Theta Theta (, ; uppercase Θ or ϴ, lowercase θ (which resembles digit 0 with horizontal line) or ϑ; ""thē̂ta"" ; Modern: ""thī́ta"" ) is the eighth letter of the Greek alphabet, derived from the Phoenician letter Teth . In the system of Greek numerals it has the value 9. In Ancient Greek, θ represented the aspirated voiceless dental plosive , but in Modern Greek it represents the voiceless dental fricative . In its archaic form, θ was written as a cross within a circle (as in the Etruscan or ), and later, as a line or point in circle"
"indicate text style. Theta Theta (, ; uppercase Θ or ϴ, lowercase θ (which resembles digit 0 with horizontal line) or ϑ; ""thē̂ta"" ; Modern: ""thī́ta"" ) is the eighth letter of the Greek alphabet, derived from the Phoenician letter Teth . In the system of Greek numerals it has the value 9. In Ancient Greek, θ represented the aspirated voiceless dental plosive , but in Modern Greek it represents the voiceless dental fricative . In its archaic form, θ was written as a cross within a circle (as in the Etruscan or ), and later, as a line or"
"God in Judaism, has been interpreted as consisting of the first, middle, and final letters of the Hebrew alphabet. The Qur'an gives ""al'Awwal"" (الأول), meaning ""The First"" and ""al'Akhir"" (الآخر), meaning ""The Last"" as two of the names of God: . Alpha and Omega Alpha (Α or α) and omega (Ω or ω) are the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet, and a title of Christ and God in the Book of Revelation. This pair of letters are used as Christian symbols, and are often combined with the Cross, Chi-rho, or other Christian symbols. The term ""Alpha and"
"is designated Omega, the last letter of the Greek alphabet, and deceased brothers are referred to as having joined The Omega Chapter. Through the years, members of Phi Beta Sigma have been involved in incidents related to hazing, although now denounced by the fraternity, incidents have been discovered of pledges being subjected to activities which in some case have resulted in serious injury and even death. Prior to 1990, the Crescent Club was the official pledge club of Phi Beta Sigma and potential candidates interested in becoming a member of the fraternity would join the pledge club before being fully"
"the Greek letter ""omega"" Ω, has been depicted in art from approximately 3000 BC, although more generally from the early second millennium BC. It appears on some boundary stones—on the upper tier, indicating her importance. The omega symbol is associated with the Egyptian cow goddess Hathor, and may represent a stylized womb. The symbol appears on very early imagery from Ancient Egypt. Hathor is at times depicted on a mountain, so it may be that the two goddesses are connected. Her temple, the Esagila (from Sumerian E (temple) + SAG (head) + ILA (lofty)) was located on the KUR of"
"Epsilon Epsilon (uppercase ', lowercase ' or lunate ; ) is the fifth letter of the Greek alphabet, corresponding phonetically to a . In the system of Greek numerals it also has the value five. It was derived from the Phoenician letter He . Letters that arose from epsilon include the Roman E, Ë and Ɛ, and Cyrillic Е, È, Ё, Є and Э. The name of the letter was originally (), but the name was changed to (""e psilon"" ""simple e"") in the Middle Ages to distinguish the letter from the digraph , a former diphthong that had come"