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Alpha and Omega (τὸ Α καὶ τὸ Ω)
Rev., rightly, gives the article, “the Alpha,” etc. The words are explained by the gloss, properly omitted from the text, the beginning and the ending. The Rabbinical writers used the phrase from Aleph to Tav, to signify completely, from beginning to end. Thus one says, “Adam transgressed the whole law from Aleph even to Tav.” Compare Isa 41:4; Isa 43:10; Isa 44:6.
The Lord (ὁ Κύριος)
See on Mat 21:3. The best texts read Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς the Lord the God. Rev., the Lord God.
Which is, etc.
See on Rev 1:4. “God, as the old tradition declares, holding in His hand the beginning, middle, and end of all that is” (Plato, “Laws,” 715).
The Almighty (ὁ παντοκράτωρ)
Used only once outside of Revelation, in 2Co 6:18, where it is a quotation. Constantly in the Septuagint.