Greek Alphabet Chart

I’ll still continue to transliterate the Greek text in my blog posts, but for those of you who want a little bit more, here is a Greek alphabet chart, complete with transliteration, pronunciation helps, and the numerical value of each Greek letter, so you can easily tell who the antichrist is.

English Spelling	Greek Spelling	Capital (Print)	Lower Case	Translit- eration	Pronun- ciation	Numerical Value
alpha	ἀλφα	Α	α	a	father	1
bēta	βητα	Β	β	b	baby	2
gamma	γαμμα	Γ	γ	g	girl	3
delta	δελτα	Δ	δ	d	dad	4
epsilon	ἐψιλον	Ε	ε or ε	e	met	5[1]
zēta	ζητα	Ζ	ζ	z	zone/adz[2]	7
ēta	ἠτα	Η	η	ē[3]	fête	8
thēta	θητα	Θ	θ	th	thin	9
iōta	ἰωτα	Ι	ι	i	machine or hit[4]	10
kappa	καππα	Κ	κ	k	kite	20
lambda	λαμβδα	Λ	λ	l	lake	30
mu	μυ	Μ	μ	m	mom	40
nu	νυ	Ν	ν	n	nun	50
xi	ξι	Ξ	ξ	x	ax	60
omikron	ὀμικρον	Ο	ο	o	hot	70
pi	πι	Π	π	p	pen	80[5]
rhō	ῥω	Ρ	ρ	r	rhyme	100[6]
sigma (final)	σιγμα	Σ	σ ς	s	send this	200
tau	ταυ	Τ	τ	t	table	300
upsilon	ὐψιλον	Υ	υ	y/u[7]	book	400[8]
phi	φι	Φ	φ	ph	phone	500
chi	χι	Χ	χ	ch	loch	600
psi	ψι	Ψ	ψ	ps	rips	700
ōmega	ὠμεγα	Ω	ω	ō	tone	800[9]

[1]The Pre-Koine Greek alphabet had the letter digamma (Ϝ, value = 6) next.

[2]Some prefer the /dz/ pronunciation when the letter is in the middle of the word. The transliteration is still the same.

[3] Strong’s Concordance uses “ee” to transliterate this letter.

[4] Long like machine when it ends a syllable; short like hit when in a consonant-terminated syllable.

[5]The pre-Koine Greek alphabet had the letter koppa or qoppa (Ϟ/Ϟ, value = 90) next. Compare to Hebrew qoph:ק.

[6]When a word begins with rho, it always has a rough breathing mark (ῥ, Ῥ) unless it is a loan word.

[7] Use u when the upsilon appears in a diphthong (two vowels making one sound), but y when it stands alone or has the diaeresis over it (ϋ).

[8] Words beginning with upsilon or an initial-upsilon diphthong always have a rough breathing mark, except in the case of the name of the letter itself. This may reflect the loss of an initial /s/ sound at times (compare Gk “hyper” and “hypo” to Latin “super” and “sub”)

[9]The pre-Koine Greek alphabet had sampi (Ϡ; value = 900) as its final letter (after omega). Compare to Hebrew sin/shin: שׂ/שׁ.

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