Omega

Greek Letter (Indeclinable)

Ω, ω, ὦ μέγα (cf. ὂ μικρόν), omega, ô, the twenty-fourth and last letter. As a numeral, ω᾽ = 800, ω, = 800,000. As a symbol of the last (= τὸ τέλος), τὸ Ὦ (Rec. Ω, L, ὦ, T, ω), the Omega: Rev.1:8 21:6 22:13 (cf. Ἄλφα). (AS)

Omega

Greek Letter (Indeclinable)

Ω, ὦ, τό, twenty-fourth and last letter of the Ionic alphabet, ἀπὸ ἄλφα ἕως.ω. [Refs 9th c.AD+]; thence used as a symbol of the end, the last, ἐγώ εἰμι τὸ ἄλφα καὶ τὸ ὦ (not τὸ ὦ μέγα) [NT]:—as a numeral ώ = 800, but ωνυμ = 800, 000. The epichoric _Attic dialect_ and other alphabets of the Inscrr. had used o in differently to represent the sounds of the later ο and ω: Ω is a differentiated form of ο, and, though usually = ω, was used in the Ionic islands of Paros, Thasos, and Siphnos with the value ο, while O or O represented the sound ω. The name of the letter was τὸ ὦ (perispomenon accusative to [Refs 5th c.BC+]: after the loss of the distinction between long and short vowels, ο and ω had the same pronunciation; they begin to be confused in Papyri of [Refs 3rd c.BC+](οἰκωνόμου [Refs 3rd c.BC+], but the name ω μέγα appears first in later Greek, [Refs 9th c.AD+]; ἐν τῷ ω ¯ μεγάλῳ under omega (in a lexicon), [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

Greek

Noun

the last letter of the Greek alphabet, i.e. (figuratively) the finality; Omega