Greek · Strong's G5598
Ὦ
Ōméga (oh-MEH-gah)
noun, neuter (indeclinable)
The last letter of the Greek alphabet, used by Christ in Revelation as a title declaring Himself the end and consummation of all things.
Omega (Ω) is the twenty-fourth and final letter of the Greek alphabet. In Scripture it appears only in Revelation, paired with alpha (Α) in the divine self-title "I am the Alpha and the Omega" (Revelation 1:8; 21:6; 22:13). The phrase is a Greek merism—naming the first and last to encompass everything in between.
By taking Omega as part of His name, the risen Christ identifies Himself with the eternal Yahweh of Isaiah 44:6 ("I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God"). He is the goal of history, the final word on every story, and the One in whom "all things hold together" (Colossians 1:17). The title also carries pastoral weight: every promise reaches its yes in Him (2 Corinthians 1:20), and every enemy—including death—is finally undone at His appearing.
In Revelation 21:6 the title introduces the new creation: the One who is the End is also the source of "the fountain of the water of life freely" to those who thirst. Christ's lastness is gift, not threat, for those who belong to Him.
Common English renderings
- Omega
- the last
Key verses
"I am the Alpha and the Omega, saith the Lord God, who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty."
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"And he said unto me, They are come to pass. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely."
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"I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end."
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