The Nomina Sacra
found in the earliest Greek texts, including: ΘΣ, (Θεός, God), ΙΣ
(Jesus), ΧΣ (Χριστός - Christ) ΣΗΡ (Savior), ΚΣ ( Κύριος - Lord), ΥΣ
(Υἱός - Son), ΣΤΣ (Σταυρός - cross)
Θ Thetawas considered also thesymbolofdeath. Inclassical Athens, it wasusedas anabbreviationfor theGreek θάνατος(thanatos, “death”) and as itvaguely resemblesahuman skull,thetawasusedas awarning symbolofdeath, in thesame waythatskulland crossbones are used in modern times.
InAncient Greek, 'Χ' and 'Ψ' were among several variants of the same letter, used originally for/kʰ/and later, in western areas such asArcadia, as a simplification of thedigraph'ΧΣ' for/ks/.
The shape ς and alphabetic position of Sigma is derived from the Phoenician letter W (shin).
While the letter shape S aka Σ continues Phoenician shin, its name sigma is taken from the letter samekh, while the shape and position of samekh but name of shin is continued in the xi.
The letter W appeared in print as a unique letter 'W' in 1700
Digamma,waw, orwau(uppercase: Ϝ, lowercase: ϝ, numeral: ϛ) is anarchaic letterof theGreek alphabet. It originally stood for the sound/w/but it has remained in use principally as aGreek numeralfor6. The name "stigma" (στίγμα) was originally a common Greek noun meaning "a mark, dot, puncture" or generally "a sign", from the verb στίζω ("to puncture").
As the final letter in the Greek alphabet, omega is often used to denote the last, the end, or the ultimate limit of aset, in contrast toalpha, the first letter of the Greek alphabet; seeAlpha and Omega.
Xi
is the 14th letter of the Greek alphabet. It is pronounced in Modern
Greek, and generally or in English. In the system of Greek numerals, it
has a value of 60. Xi was derived from the Phoenician letter samekh. Xi
is distinct from the letter chi, which gave its form to the Latin
letter X
Samekh has no continuant in the Arabic alphabet, its numerical value 3000 is taken by Arabic Šīn. However the Nabataean alphabet, which is the direct ancestor to the Arabic alphabet, contained the letter ס Simkath
In Talmudic legend, samekh ס is
said to have been a miracle of the Ten Commandments. Exodus 32:15
records that the tablets "were written on both their sides." The
Jerusalem Talmud interprets this as meaning that the inscription went
through the full thickness of the tablets. The stone in the center
parts of the letters ayin and teth should have fallen out, as it was
not connected to the rest of the tablet, but it miraculously remained
in place
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