Kathemerinosatos

Lesson Two

Alphabet: Capital Letter

We are continuing with our alphabet and this week we are on capital letters. Remember these are not frequently used compared to the small letters. But this does not mean that they are less important and should be ignored. According to David Wenham, “nowadays capital letters are used in Greek for proper nouns and for the first letter of a paragraph, and to mark the beginning of a direct quotation.” (Wenham 1965). Therefore, we cannot ignore the capital letters, just imagine how many proper nouns are in the New Testament as well as direct quotations?

Capital  Letters

No	Letter in Greek	English equivalence	Name of the letter
1	Α	A	Alpha
2	Β	B	Beta
3	Γ	G	Gamma
4	Δ	D	Delta
5	Ε	E	Epsilon
6	Ζ	Z	Zeta
7	Η	Long  ´E´	Eta
8	Θ	TH	Theta
9	Ι	I	Iota
10	Κ	K	Kappa
11	Λ	L	Lambda
12	Μ	M	Mu
13	Ν	N	Nu
14	Ξ	X	Xi
15	Ο	O	Omicron
16	Π	P	Pi
17	Ρ	R	Rho
18	Σ	S	Sigma
19	Τ	T	Tau
20	Υ	U	Upsilon
21	Φ	PH	Phi
22	Χ	CH	Chi
23	Ψ	PS	Psi
24	Ω	Long ´O´	Omega

Your task this week is to master this alphabet and make some observations. Next week, I will explain some of the things you might have observed from this alphabet.

References

Decker, Rodney. J. (2014). Reading Koine Greek: An Introduction and Integrated Workbook. Michigan: Baker Academic.

Dobson, John. H. (1993). Learn New Testament Greek. Michigan: Grand Rapids.

Duff, Jeremy. (2005). The Elements of the New Testament Greek. Cambridge: University Press.

Wenham, J.W. (1965). The Elements of New Testament Greek. Cambridge: University Press.