Name | Capital | Small |
Pronunciation | Remarks |
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Koine | Modern |
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Alpha | A | α |
a as in cat | ah as in father | |
Beta | B | β |
b | v | |
Gamma | Γ | γ |
g | y or gyh | for γγ, γκ, γχ, γξ the γ is pronounced as the "n" in sing, ink, etc. |
Delta | Δ | δ |
d | th as in then | |
Epsilon | E | ε |
e as in get | e as in get | the name means "simple e" |
Vau or Digamma | Ϝ | ϝ |
w or fw | | the letter dropped out of use before the time of the New Testament. The name "Vau" reflected its Semitic name "vav"; the Greeks called it Digamma because it looked like two superimposed Gammas |
Zeta | Z | ζ |
dz as in adze | z as in zoo | if dz is difficult to pronounce, just use z |
Eta | H | η |
ey as in grey | ee as in see | |
Theta | Θ | θ |
th as in thin | th as in thin | |
Iota | I | ι |
i as in it | ee as in see | before other vowels i
can sound as y in yes |
Kappa | K | κ |
k | k | |
Lambda | Λ | λ |
l | l | |
Mu | M | μ |
m | m | |
Nu | N | μ |
n | n | |
Xi | Ξ | ξ |
x as in taxi | x as in taxi | |
Omicron | O | ο |
o as in got | ou as in bought | the name means "little o" |
Pi | Π | π |
p | p | |
Koppa | Ϙ | ϙ |
k | | the letter dropped out of use before the time of the New Testament. |
Rho | P | ρ |
r as in red | r as in very | ρ at the beginning of a word is aspirated : "hr" |
Sigma | Ξ | σ |
s as in see | s as in see | terminal sigma is written ς |
Tau | T | τ |
t | t | |
Upsilon | Υ | υ |
u as in put | ee as in see | the name means "simple u" |
Phi | Φ | φ |
ph or f | ph or f | |
Chi | Χ | χ |
ch as in (Scots) loch, (German) ach, (Spanish) gente |
Psi | Ψ | ψ |
ps as in psst | ps as in psst | |
Omega | Ω | ω |
o as in home | ou as in bought | the name means big (broad) o |