Textus Receptus Bibles
Bible Analysis
Revelation 1:11
Textus Receptus (Stephanus 1550)
(See Variants Below)
King James Bible (Oxford 1769)
Textus Receptus Support:
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Variants
Both the Stephanus 1550 and the Beza 1598 Textus Receptus do not fully support this verse. In many cases the verse is supported from either the Bishop's Bible, Tyndale Bible or the Erasmus reading.
Variant: Omit "seven" before "churches."
Greek-English Dictionary
the first letter of the alphabet: figuratively only (from its use as a numeral) the first . Often used (usually an
before a vowel) also in composition (as a contraction from G427) in the sense of privation; so in many words beginning with this letter; occasionally in the sense of union (as a contraction of G260)
1. first letter of Greek alphabet
2. Christ is the Alpha to indicate that he is the beginning and the end
of the New Testament 1889
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.