alpha and omega

1. 1.

   the first and last; signifies God's eternity

   Broadereternity
2. 2.

   the basic meaning of something; the crucial part

   Broadercrux

Questions about alpha and omega

What does alpha and omega mean?

alpha and omega means "the first and last; signifies God's eternity". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

Is alpha and omega a common word?

alpha and omega is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.