Aland, Kurt, et al, eds., The Greek New Testament, Third corrected edition © 1966, 1968, 1975, 1983 by the United Bible Societies, ISBN 3 438 05111 7

Benner, Allen Rogers and Herbert Weir Smyth, Beginner's Greek Book(New York: American Book Company, 1906), copyright by American Book Company

Goetchius, Eugene Van Ness, The Language of The New Testament(New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1965), Copyright © 1965, Charles Scribner's Sons, ISBN 0-02-344530-0 (For a complete discourse on the use the language of the New Testament, refer to Eugene Van Ness Goetchius, The Language of the New Testament, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1965, ISBN 0-02-344530-0, LCCN 65-25867)

Green, J.P., Sr.(Ed. & Trans.), The Interlinear Bible, One Volume Edition, Copyright © 1976, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1984, Second Edition © 1986, by Jay P. Green, Sr., ISBN: 1-878442-82-1 (Lafayette, Indiana 47903 U.S.A.: Sovereign Grace Publishers)

Hadley, James and Frederick DeForest Allen, A Greek Grammar(New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1884)

Strong, James, Exhaustive Concordance Of The Bible(Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publisher's Reprint), ISBN 0-917006-01-1

GREEK WORDS, LETTERS AND ALPHABET

     θεος      theos      God (Strong No. 2316)

  Greek Alphabet                    English Alphabet
Small          Capital           Transliterated from the Greek
α               Α    alpha            a     A
β               Β     beta             b     B
γ                Γ     gamma         g     G
δ               Δ     delta             d     D
ε                Ε     epsilon          e     E
ζ                Ζ     zeta               z     Z
η               Η     ēta                ē     E (ē is pronounced like the letter "a" in late)
θ               Θ      theta            th     TH
ι                 Ι         iota               i       I
κ               Κ     kappa            k     K
λ                Λ     lambda           l      L
μ                Μ   mu                 m     M
ν                 Ν     nu                  n     N
ξ                 Ξ     xi                   x     X
ο                 Ο  omicron           o     O
π                 Π   pi                    p     P
ρ                 Ρ     rhō                 r     R
σ                 Σ     sigma             s     S
ς                  Σ     sigma             s     S (final, at the end of a word)
τ                  Τ     tau                 t     T
υ                  Υ   upsilon            u     U   (u or y, pronounced as the German letter ü)
φ                  Φ  phi                 ph     PH
χ                   Χ   chi                 ch     PH
ψ                 Ψ   psi                 ps     PS (sometimes s)
ω                  Ω  ōmega           ō      O (ō is pronounced like the letter "o" in motel)

NOTE: The small or lower case letters are the most commonly used letters found in the original Greek manuscripts of the New Testament. They are characteristic of the koine, or common, Greek language used during the first century AD. That is the reason they are presented in the first column.

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